Questions on "1941 5c Jefferson Nickel PCGS MS61 Nickle Five Cent Silver" on eBay

rec78

1. Is this a genuine PCGS slab?
2. If it is a genuine PCGS slab, why is the coin in backwards?
3. Does PCGS put coins in backwards if the owner requests? (This is the first one I have seen with coin in backwards)
4. Is this an unmarked sample slab?
5. If it is not a sample slab, why would anyone pay to slab this coin?

Link to auction: https://ebay.com/itm/1941-5c-Jefferson-Nickel-PCGS-MS61-Nickle-Five-Cent-Silver/383839805980?hash=item595ea2a21c:g:phIAAOSwPZhfxWAM

thefinn

It looks real, and yes they will put the reverse forward if asked. I don't think it's a sample, and the reason someone would have such a coin slabbed is ignorance - they don't know that early Jefferson nickels are common, even in Unc., and probably heard slabs were the way to get the best return and buyers.
And more ignorant people will bid on it.

joeykoins

Hi, how are you? Jefferson huh? my favorite coin. to answer your questions.
1.Looks right to me. You can look up the certification#. On the slab?
2. Probably just a slip up by our host?
3. Yes, I do believe PCGS would reply to one's request
4. I do not believe it's a "Sample"slab?
5. Lol. That's funny you would ask this. Members here would agree, I for one, have a tendency to send in coins that not too many people would. Lol. You could have someone, like me, just because they enjoy or like the coin? or maybe ,they were hoping it would come back a higher grade? Where it can be a valuable coin? Who knows, really?
One thing you should know right off the bat. The coin you posted from Ebay. Is NOT Silver! Even though the owner titled it that way. The Silver (Wartime Nickels) didn't come out until 1942. However, even then, in'42, not all Jefferson's are the Wartime Nickels. There is a Type 1 and a Type 2, 1942. The Type 1, is the non-Silver or non-Wartime. The Type 2, is the Wartime Silver Jefferson.You can obviously detect the difference from the reverse of the coin. Above Monticello, the Silver Wartime would have a huge letter (Mint Mark P, D or S) right above the Dome of Monticello. Google all this that I'm explaining to you. You'll learn pretty quick. Esp. by picking up some coin books. Also, our Forum has many knowledgeable people here, on all sorts of coins and coin topics. Word to the wise. Don't fall for any fast talkers and/or hard to believe sales or items on Ebay. Do your homework first.
I hope all this helped you in your quest to find some answers on the 1941 Jefferson? -Joey

rec78

@joeykoins said:
Hi, how are you? Jefferson huh? my favorite coin. to answer your questions.
1.Looks right to me. You can look up the certification#. On the slab?
2. Probably just a slip up by our host?
3. Yes, I do believe PCGS would reply to one's request
4. I do not believe it's a "Sample"slab?
5. Lol. That's funny you would ask this. Members here would agree, I for one, have a tendency to send in coins that not too many people would. Lol. You could have someone, like me, just because they enjoy or like the coin? or maybe ,they were hoping it would come back a higher grade? Where it can be a valuable coin? Who knows, really?
One thing you should know right off the bat. The coin you posted from Ebay. Is NOT Silver! Even though the owner titled it that way. The Silver (Wartime Nickels) didn't come out until 1942. However, even then, in'42, not all Jefferson's are the Wartime Nickels. There is a Type 1 and a Type 2, 1942. The Type 1, is the non-Silver or non-Wartime. The Type 2, is the Wartime Silver Jefferson.You can obviously detect the difference from the reverse of the coin. Above Monticello, the Silver Wartime would have a huge letter (Mint Mark P, D or S) right above the Dome of Monticello. Google all this that I'm explaining to you. You'll learn pretty quick. Esp. by picking up some coin books. Also, our Forum has many knowledgeable people here, on all sorts of coins and coin topics. Word to the wise. Don't fall for any fast talkers and/or hard to believe sales or items on Ebay. Do your homework first.
I hope all this helped you in your quest to find some answers on the 1941 Jefferson? -Joey

Love your posts Joey, but I have been collecting coins long before you were born. I know the coin is not silver, I just posted the description that was posted in the title of the auction. Getting coins graded that have little value costs you a lot of money that you will never recover. The coin graded MS61, a coin such as this should be at least MS65 (Or perhaps MS66 or even higher) to be worthy of grading. If you send in common coins that only come back MS61, you should really study coin grading and take the ANA grading course (IF there still is one).

keets

Love your posts Joey, but I have been collecting coins long before you were born.

this is rich, you've been "schooled" by joeykoins!!!

joeykoins

Lol. Ok, guy's. Did not know? The way you posted, I actual thought you were a "Newby". But it really threw me when I looked up on your post count, and seen you had over 4000 posts! Couldn't figure that out. Lol. So I just assumed you did not know about silver and/or non-silver Jefferson's. Sorry buddy. You could start teaching me now. Lol

Electricity

I’ve always wondered myself why you see lower graded coins slabbed, a few reasons come to mind.
They were hoping for a higher grade, a variety attribution that wasn’t there or just to round out a submission.

MFeld

@Electricity said:
I’ve always wondered myself why you see lower graded coins slabbed, a few reasons come to mind.
They were hoping for a higher grade, a variety attribution that wasn’t there or just to round out a submission.

I occasionally receive inquiries from people who have had pocket change graded, because they mistakenly believed that they were submitting valuable error coins (or non-errors that would grade much higher). Sometimes, it’s been coins which they’d asked about, before getting graded, and I or a co-worker had told them that the coins had no extra value. But they apparently didn’t believe us.

davewesen

it is rather rare. the population in MS61 is only 2

ECHOES

I have one,
More than likely scratching, or shaking your head, WHY?
Gift from my Dad when I was about 8yrs old.
I kept this coin in a Whitman folder for a very long time,
I wanted to preserve the memory...
Never know the real reason why low grade coins are slabbed.