A very special 1950-D Jefferson Nickel
skier07
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Growing up one of my best friends was a coin and stamp collector. We would go to the local coin store and coin show together. Neither one of us was ever able to find a 1950-D nickel in circulation to complete our set. When I celebrated my 13th birthday in 1971 he gave me this coin and a few months later I reciprocated the favor when he turned 13. I recently found mine in a shoe box after it went missing 20 years ago. I’ll probably remove it from the flip but it brings back very special memories just the way it is for now. The coin in hand has beautiful toning with great eye appeal. I’m not sure what the grade is but I really like this very special coin.
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Cool story and nice looking coin!
It's perfect as is, right down to the label maker description.
Very nice coin and color.
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Great story/memory. Definitely a keeper the way it is!
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Awesome memory and coin. Are you still in contact with your friend?
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Nice one with nice toning .
Appreciate the coin and the story behind it.
Love the story!
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An interesting aside…my experience as a small time dealer is that a circulated 1950D nickel is worth considerably more than a MS Full step coin! There are many collectors that want a coin to match their set and a VF or XF 1950 D carries a nice premium…IF IF you can find one!
Can't put a price on something like that IMO it is more valuable then any coin I own thanks for sharing your experience.Like the square window flip also
Great story @skier07 . I think I’d get it slabbed just for the heck of it.
@skier07 leave it just as it is. That coin and holder represent an era that can’t be reproduced. Slabbed 50d’s are easy, that one is unique
It also seems to have protected it well over the years.
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Agree with leaving it in that period 2x2
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My brother and I never found a 1950-D Nickel either despite considerable searching. That and the 1955-S Lincoln cent were elusive.
Searched high and low for a 1950-D nickel, finally found one in 1977 in change from a copy machine.
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That's an OLD flip!
Keep it as is!!
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Great story to go along with a nice looking nickel. I would leave it as is. The sentimental value of seeing it as it was given to you will far outweigh anything that slabbing may do for it.
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Lucky enough to find two 50-D's from circulation about a month apart back in the late 70's. None before or since. The 55-S Lincoln, finally picked one from circulation after 2 or 3 years of one empty hole in the old Whitman album. Never another one. This was even before the two 50-D's.
nice coin and great memory, wtg
Nice story and coin!
The 50-D was also my first coin purchase when I was 14. Strange but true.
I have a very similar story. I could never find this one in change in the 1960's as a kid, and my mom was originally adamant against my paying much money for coins. By 1969, she relented and actual drove me to the coin shop to purchase an uncirculated 50-D similar to yours, in order to complete my Jefferson set. The 50-D was still relatively popular, so the price was high even compared to today's prices. Why my Mom changed her mind is beyond me - maybe she figured it was better for me to spend money in the 60's on coins instead of drugs. :-)
Fast forward to 22 years later, in change from a vending machine at my workplace, out popped an AU 1950-D! It made my day.
Not a bad looking 50-D.
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Awesome coin and story. As others have said, I would keep it as is. The coin seems well preserved, and the old flip/label maker label are way cool and a part of the story IMHO.
Unless you are looking for a 67 or higher 1950-D's are cheap, and can be found for less than the cost of submitting/slabbing. I'm pretty sure that is not the intent, but buy one already slabbed if you want one slabbed.
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Great story and coin!
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Great story!
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Very nice story!
Very cool story. Plus, finding things you've lost make it even better! Nice coin.
its funny in the 60s (early) i too had a buddy who he and his parents were coin collectors and he and i were always on the lookout for the infamous 1950d jefferson impossible at the time so 40 years later i flash forward and i have half a dozen of these coins and they are hardley worth mentioning. i read a story of a person who hoarded these coins i mean hundreds of thousands and he was so proud of the fact that he ruined the market on these coins but had the nerve to say he had bought several houses off money he made from those nickles before dumping them on the market and making them worthless.
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