1950-D Jefferson Nickel - I'm gonna buy one!

BuffaloIronTail · January 31, 2022 4:39PM

Never found one. That coin was a big deal in the day.

Don't care if it's circulated. Matter of fact, it might even be rarer that way.

The looking begins.

Pete

coinbuf · January 31, 2022 4:43PM

Go get one!

braddick · January 31, 2022 5:10PM

Try finding one in FN15 or less!

Type2 · January 31, 2022 5:16PM

Go to the coin shop. If not let me know I think I can spare one for you.

johnny9434 · January 31, 2022 5:17PM

You'll have plenty of fun with this one

COCollector · January 31, 2022 5:17PM

@BuffaloIronTail said:

...Don't care if it's circulated. Matter of fact, it might even be rarer that way...

Rarer than you might think: 1950-D Nickel PCGS population report shows just one graded F12. None lower.

rooksmith · January 31, 2022 5:36PM

Jaime Hernandez:
This is one of the key dates in the Jefferson Nickel due to its very low mintage. its total mintage is only 2,630,000. Compare its mintage to an earlier issue such as the 1943-P where the Mint struck 271,165,000 Jefferson Nickels.

The 1950-D nickel has survived in large quantities over the years as it has always been considered a key date. Therefore, most example were saved and today coins are very easily obtainable even by the rolls.

rooksmith · January 31, 2022 5:37PM

@rooksmith said:
Jaime Hernandez:
This is one of the key dates in the Jefferson Nickel due to its very low mintage. its total mintage is only 2,630,000. Compare its mintage to an earlier issue such as the 1943-P where the Mint struck 271,165,000 Jefferson Nickels.

The 1950-D nickel has survived in large quantities over the years as it has always been considered a key date. Therefore, most example were saved and today coins are very easily obtainable even by the rolls.

Yeah -- Thats right, you cant find it EXCEPT in Mint State ... Still a great coin to collect, they dont make them any more!

braddick · January 31, 2022 5:39PM

Here's mine:

vulcanize · January 31, 2022 5:54PM

@BuffaloIronTail said:
Never found one. That coin was a big deal in the day.

Don't care if it's circulated. Matter of fact, it might even be rarer that way.

The looking begins.

Pete

If you hurry up, there is an MS-66 going on auction on eBay in another 40 odd minutes

All the best.

Guess I got lucky with that one and pulled it out of circulation.

Crypto · January 31, 2022 5:56PM

@braddick said:
Here's mine:

That looks like a weakly struck UNC rather than an XF40

Crypto · January 31, 2022 5:59PM

Mine

Crypto · January 31, 2022 6:00PM

Extra credit

JBK · January 31, 2022 6:32PM

Some years ago I got a couple BU ones from Littleton on sale for $6 each.

ChrisH821 · January 31, 2022 6:53PM

@Crypto said:

@braddick said:
Here's mine:

That looks like a weakly struck UNC rather than an XF40

Yeah that has an awful lot of apparent luster for an XF40.

moursund · January 31, 2022 7:11PM

@ChrisH821 said:

@Crypto said:

@braddick said:
Here's mine:

That looks like a weakly struck UNC rather than an XF40

Yeah that has an awful lot of apparent luster for an XF40.

CAC! CAC!
🤠

mr1931S · January 31, 2022 7:57PM

I bought a circulated one out of a coin shop years ago. Didn't think it was particularly special by being a circulated piece. Bought a nice unc last year for $8. Those of you with circulated '50-D nickels might consider putting it in a rock tumbler and wearing it down to PO-1 or put it in your pocket for half a century if you can wait. PO-1 1950-D nickel has to be worth a fortune.

jesbroken · February 1, 2022 3:59AM

Mine. I have many BU 50D's all raw. But saw this 50D and felt like it was more attractive than most for the grade.
Jim

ricko · February 1, 2022 5:46AM

I believe there are one or two in my nickel jar... (two quart jar).... I remember seeing one anyway... At the time, I thought to myself, 'These are supposed to be scarce... and here is one.' I hope it is there and I didn't spend it... Cheers, RickO

BillJones · February 1, 2022 6:29AM

It's actually hard to find a 1950-D Nickel in circulated condition.

oih82w8 · February 1, 2022 8:31AM

I have not found a 50-D in circulation either...so I bought one too!

BuffaloIronTail · February 1, 2022 11:05AM

@oih82w8 said:
I have not found a 50-D in circulation either...so I bought one too!

A rather nice one, if I should say so myself!

Pete

jmlanzaf · February 1, 2022 11:12AM

@COCollector said:

@BuffaloIronTail said:

...Don't care if it's circulated. Matter of fact, it might even be rarer that way...

Rarer than you might think: 1950-D Nickel PCGS population report shows just one graded F12. None lower.

Honestly, I don't think the slabbed population tells you much about a $5 coin.

What is the PCGS population of 1999 quarters XF or lower?

jmlanzaf · February 1, 2022 11:15AM

@moursund said:

@ChrisH821 said:

@Crypto said:

@braddick said:
Here's mine:

That looks like a weakly struck UNC rather than an XF40

Yeah that has an awful lot of apparent luster for an XF40.

CAC! CAC!
🤠

Not eligible

moursund · February 1, 2022 11:47AM

@jmlanzaf said:

@moursund said:

@ChrisH821 said:

@Crypto said:

@braddick said:
Here's mine:

That looks like a weakly struck UNC rather than an XF40

Yeah that has an awful lot of apparent luster for an XF40.

CAC! CAC!
🤠

Not eligible

Yeah, that occurred to me after my post. Thanks...

ChrisH821 · February 1, 2022 4:13PM

Here's one I just bought last week. Messing around with gif files...

bramn8r · February 1, 2022 7:15PM

mine, one of two I own, the other is MS65FS

robec · February 1, 2022 7:58PM

My two, a 65 followed by a 66

CoinHoarder · February 1, 2022 10:22PM

Here's my 3 certified 1950-Ds. Got all of these back in 2009. I think I have a couple raw ones too....somewhere. They're actually quite cheap price wise.

Elcontador1 · February 1, 2022 11:17PM

I paid a fortune for one in the 1960s. $22.50 which could have been much better spent on something else. Still raw. Think it's a low to mid range Unc. with full steps. One of the worst purchases I've ever made.

QE Guy · February 2, 2022 12:16AM

I bought a couple from the LCS for my kids’ albums - nicest Jefferson in the collection!

jmlanzaf · February 2, 2022 4:29AM

@Elcontador1 said:
I paid a fortune for one in the 1960s. $22.50 which could have been much better spent on something else. Still raw. Think it's a low to mid range Unc. with full steps. One of the worst purchases I've ever made.

You bought a coin you enjoyed for 60 years. Sounds like a great purchase.

This is why focus on "investment" ruins the hobby aspect. IMHO

Oldhoopster · February 2, 2022 10:31AM

@Elcontador1 said:
I paid a fortune for one in the 1960s. $22.50 which could have been much better spent on something else. Still raw. Think it's a low to mid range Unc. with full steps. One of the worst purchases I've ever made.

My uncle was a casual collector from that generation and in the mid 70s I would pester him to take me to the coin shop. One time, the dealer mentioned that he just got some BU 50-D nickels. Only $10 each he said. My uncle commented about how that was cheap. He bought 2 that day. Oh, it makes me sad thinking about what he could have bought instead of those nickels.

Type2 · February 2, 2022 12:06PM

Don’t be sad he enjoyed them. That’s why we do what we do if we like it then it doesn’t matter what we paid. I just try to get the nicest coins for the price I’m paying but it doesn’t always work that way. Some of the most liked coins I rec as a gift that are not worth much but I like the best in my collection. Like this one he said you like nickels so you can have it. Some may say big deal it’s a nickel but I love it he gave it to me raw but I sent it in as soon as I got home, I’ll try to keep it to the end of my life.

Elcontador · February 2, 2022 12:38PM

@Oldhoopster said:

@Elcontador1 said:
I paid a fortune for one in the 1960s. $22.50 which could have been much better spent on something else. Still raw. Think it's a low to mid range Unc. with full steps. One of the worst purchases I've ever made.

My uncle was a casual collector from that generation and in the mid 70s I would pester him to take me to the coin shop. One time, the dealer mentioned that he just got some BU 50-D nickels. Only $10 each he said. My uncle commented about how that was cheap. He bought 2 that day. Oh, it makes me sad thinking about what he could have bought instead of those nickels.

Exactly. When I bought my 50 D, a complete set of Unc. silver Roosevelt dimes could be had for $15, and a roll of generic IHCs in G-F for $8.

vulcanize · February 3, 2022 3:22PM

Oh! Well, look at what this thread has done to me.
I just had to have an MS 66 sample of the 1950 D and made an impulse buy
Have it all in the raw but thought maybe a slabbed set would be nice to start......

Edited to add pics.

dbldie55 · February 3, 2022 3:58PM

I found a 50-D in circulation in the 90's. At the time, the only date I had not found in circulation was the 39-D.

BuffaloIronTail · February 3, 2022 3:59PM

I bought one. Finally. It's UNC but I'm happy.

Thanks for all the posts and stories. A lot of them sound like the same stuff I went through back then.

Pete

Che_Grapes · February 3, 2022 4:26PM

I have the 45D - I thought that was the key date?
I was never much of a nickel guy - my grandfather gave me a “ renegade“ V nickel for those who know what that is. That was 40 years ago and I still have it.
Has a thin layer of gold on the “no cents” V nickel meant to fool folks that it was a 5 dollar gold piece.
I am told (maybe incorrectly) that sending a renegade to PCGS will end in a details graffiti grade - but it is pretty and AU or even better grade.

Che_Grapes · February 3, 2022 4:36PM

Pics are not great - but you can see the color and even can see slight layering of the gold plating

vulcanize · February 3, 2022 4:38PM

@Che_Grapes said:
I was never much of a nickel guy - my grandfather gave me a “ renegade“ V nickel for those who know what that is. That was 40 years ago and I still have it.
Has a thin layer of gold on the “no cents” V nickel meant to fool folks that it was a 5 dollar gold piece.
I am told (maybe incorrectly) that sending a renegade to PCGS will end in a details graffiti grade - but it is pretty and AU or even better grade.

I have always heard of it being referred to as the "Racketeer" nickel but am hearing "renegade" for the first time.

Che_Grapes · February 3, 2022 4:48PM

I have always heard of it being referred to as the "Racketeer" nickel but am hearing "renegade" for the first time.

well it was 40 years ago so maybe I remembered it wrong - my regrets we will go with racketeer .... not sure what that means but that’s OK

Che_Grapes · February 3, 2022 4:50PM

A quick google search and it is racketeer not renegade ... although somehow renegade makes more sense but clearly that was my mistake

vulcanize · February 3, 2022 6:42PM

No worries at all. I was hearing rhat term for the first time and just wanted to confirm because am learning something new everyday.
Hence the query.
Cheers

Gazes · February 3, 2022 7:15PM

@BillJones said:
It's actually hard to find a 1950-D Nickel in circulated condition.

That can be solved by carrying an unc around with you for awhile

BuffaloIronTail · February 3, 2022 10:13PM

@Gazes said:

@BillJones said:
It's actually hard to find a 1950-D Nickel in circulated condition.

That can be solved by carrying an unc around with you for awhile

I always felt that doing that was "cheating", in a way.

Pete

BLUEJAYWAY · February 4, 2022 3:10AM

@vulcanize said:
Oh! Well, look at what this thread has done to me.
I just had to have an MS 66 sample of the 1950 D and made an impulse buy
Have it all in the raw but thought maybe a slabbed set would be nice to start......

Edited to add pics.

That folder sure does elicit memories.

BUFFNIXX · February 6, 2022 6:51AM

Why not go to the bank and get some rolls of nickels and see how long it takes you to find one!

WAYNEAS · February 6, 2022 8:42AM

@Che_Grapes said:

Pics are not great - but you can see the color and even can see slight layering of the gold plating

Nice memento.
Back in my day, I knew it as a racketeer nickel.
Wayne

BuffaloIronTail · February 6, 2022 10:13AM

That's why the Mint had a heart attack in 1913 when CENTS started to wear prematurely on the new Buffalo Nickel.

Pete

1950-D Jefferson Nickel - I'm gonna buy one!

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