85 Years Of Jefferson Nickels

OAKSTAR

Post'em if you gott'em. I'll start at the beginning. 😂

braddick

robec

CoinHoarder

The_Dinosaur_Man

No picture to show, but one of the coins that got me started on this hobby was a 1985-D Jefferson. I thought the D mintmark looked crooked, did some homework, and learned that in that year the mintmark was no longer being applied by hand to the dies so I thought I had found something. Brought to my LCS who told me it was still worth just five cents. On that same day, though, I was exposed to the wider world of collecting and got hooked.

It would be a few more years before I learned that mintmarks were still applied by hand to business strike dies, but proof dies did get their mintmarks punched in by machine in 1985. Of course, my young self did not know what "proof" really meant back then.

JeffersonFrog

erwindoc

MWallace

@braddick said:

I'm familiar with that piece. Is it yours?

MWallace

braddick

@MWallace said:

@braddick said:

I'm familiar with that piece. Is it yours?

No. I always thought it was the coolest concept nickel though out of the few that were presented.

JeffersonFrog

Not of tremendous value, but one of my all-time favorites.

Sanddollar

2000-P 5C Jefferson Nickel -- Struck with Two Obverse Dies -- MS65 PCGS. This Jefferson nickel has two obverses, rotated approximately 225 degrees from coin turn.
Both sides are weakly struck but exhibit a readable date and mintmark, and a partial outline of the Jefferson bust. Although unstruck areas retain the dimpled texture of the planchet surface, post-strike contact is confined to the rim near IN G on one side, and the rim near BERT on the other side. The surfaces are brilliant, luminous, and satiny.
Double-headed mint errors are extremely rare, and this is the only one seen that is also a rotated die.

bsshog40

OAKSTAR

Well, it is.......................... but it isn't! 😂 😂

bsshog40

Mr_Spud

lobo54

.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

CoinHoarder

I bought this unopened bag from the Cheap Slab Store in 2010. I will never open it.

OAKSTAR

@CoinHoarder said:
I bought this unopened bag from the Cheap Slab Store in 2010. I will never open it.

REALLY??

Manifest_Destiny

The most art deco of our circulating designs, which makes sense given that it was designed during the art deco period.

bigjpst

Still probably my favorite coin in my collection.

CoinHoarder

@OAKSTAR said:

@CoinHoarder said:
I bought this unopened bag from the Cheap Slab Store in 2010. I will never open it.

REALLY??

Yep. Nothing really to find. If I opened it, I would have 4000 loose nickels on hand. When/If I ever sell it. It will remain unopened. The thing is heavy!

OAKSTAR

@CoinHoarder said:

@OAKSTAR said:

@CoinHoarder said:
I bought this unopened bag from the Cheap Slab Store in 2010. I will never open it.

REALLY??

Yep. Nothing really to find. If I opened it, I would have 4000 loose nickels on hand. When/If I ever sell it. It will remain unopened. The thing is heavy!

Okay, that's a plan.

OAKSTAR

@CoinHoarder - What was that article in the newspaper about?

CoinHoarder

@OAKSTAR said:
@CoinHoarder - What was that article in the newspaper about?

It was the on line advertisement from the Cheap Slab Store that I copied when I bought the bag.

One of these days, I will take a picture of the actual bag.

Here's another one of my Jeff nickels:

OAKSTAR

Nice! Thanks @CoinHoarder

BillJones

@lobo54 said:
.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

I think you would have hard time finding the 1950-D nickel. A couple of dealers cornered a substantial part of the mintage, and it seldom reached circulation. Finding one a circulated grade is harder than finding an Unc. The 1939-D might be tough too.

Manifest_Destiny

@BillJones said:

@lobo54 said:
.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

I think you would have hard time finding the 1950-D nickel. A couple of dealers cornered a substantial part of the mintage, and it seldom reached circulation. Finding one a circulated grade is harder than finding a Unc. The 1939-D might be tough too.

I tried putting together a set from circulation in the 90's, including coin roll hunting. When I quit, I had them all except a couple of the war nickels and the 50-d.

Mr Lindy

LANDIS STUDIOS 5c pattern reissues.
New issues deleted the FSNC2002 from obverse die & added a limited run of 17 struck in 24k to the line up:

124Spider

BillJones

When I put together the Proof sets from 1936 to 1942, the 1938 Proof Nickel was special to me because it was the introductory piece and the first of its kind. There is nothing rare about it, of course. It's just interesting.

JeffersonFrog

Even SEGS had/has some nice ones ...

braddick

Appalachian Hoard Jefferson War Nickels

Here is a fun thread regarding these nickels
(along with links to other threads within that thread if you want to go down
the Appalachian Hoard rabbit hole):
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1033580/appalachian-hoard-jefferson-war-nickels

JeffersonFrog

Who in their right mind posts a 1959-P Jeff?

OAKSTAR

@JeffersonFrog said:
Even SEGS had/has some nice ones ...

You like SEGS? Me too.

Clackamas1

My favorite coin.

CoinHoarder

mirabela

I've probably posted pics of most of these at some point before. Jeffersons were a project I pursued pretty hard between 2006 and 2009 when I was very enthusiastic about coin collecting but not very flush with ready cash. My target was choice and gem uncs, with nice color a plus. I bought a lot as singles but I also bought around a dozen different complete unc sets to pirate the coins that would upgrade my set and blow out the rest, broke some original bank wrapped rolls to do the same, etc. Taken across the years I took to do it, the budget was basically two cups of coffee a week, and I still think of it as one of the most satisfying things I've undertaken in coin collecting.

Overdate

@BillJones said:

@lobo54 said:
.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

I think you would have hard time finding the 1950-D nickel. A couple of dealers cornered a substantial part of the mintage, and it seldom reached circulation. Finding one a circulated grade is harder than finding an Unc. The 1939-D might be tough too.

I found three 1950-D nickels doing roll searches in the mid-1960's. Never came across a 1939-D.

BillJones

@Overdate said:

@BillJones said:

@lobo54 said:
.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

I think you would have hard time finding the 1950-D nickel. A couple of dealers cornered a substantial part of the mintage, and it seldom reached circulation. Finding one a circulated grade is harder than finding an Unc. The 1939-D might be tough too.

I found three 1950-D nickels doing roll searches in the mid-1960's. Never came across a 1939-D.

Believe or not, Woolworth’s five and dime was charging $13 for circulated 1939-D nickels in the 1960s. That was a lot more money in those days than it is now.

BLUEJAYWAY

@MWallace said:

Like the lam. planchet. What value is attached to the piece? I ask because I don't believe I've ever seen a blank with a lam. Thanks.

OAKSTAR

@BillJones said:

@Overdate said:

@BillJones said:

@lobo54 said:
.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

I think you would have hard time finding the 1950-D nickel. A couple of dealers cornered a substantial part of the mintage, and it seldom reached circulation. Finding one a circulated grade is harder than finding an Unc. The 1939-D might be tough too.

I found three 1950-D nickels doing roll searches in the mid-1960's. Never came across a 1939-D.

Believe or not, Woolworth’s five and dime was charging $13 for circulated 1939-D nickels in the 1960s. That was a lot more money in those days than it is now.

Damn!!.... And you remember that price from 63 years ago?? Was it a Woolworth’s five and dime in New York?

Overdate

@BillJones said:

@Overdate said:

@BillJones said:

@lobo54 said:
.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

I think you would have hard time finding the 1950-D nickel. A couple of dealers cornered a substantial part of the mintage, and it seldom reached circulation. Finding one a circulated grade is harder than finding an Unc. The 1939-D might be tough too.

I found three 1950-D nickels doing roll searches in the mid-1960's. Never came across a 1939-D.

Believe or not, Woolworth’s five and dime was charging $13 for circulated 1939-D nickels in the 1960s. That was a lot more money in those days than it is now.

Around 1964, I sold a circulated 1950-D nickel I found to a dealer for $15 (or $150 in today's dollars). Uncirculated ones were going for upwards of $30 at that time (or $300 in today's dollars).

In 1964 a single unc. 1950-D nickel cost more than an unc. roll of Morgan dollars. Today an unc. roll of Morgans costs more than 2 rolls of unc. 1950-D nickels.

Back then, who would have guessed?

SanctionII

Here is one of my favorite proof Jefferson nickels. Under the attractive toning are fully frosted devices and mirrored fields on both sides of the coin. It graded PF68 and is one of my better raw cherrypicks.

BillJones

@OAKSTAR said:

@BillJones said:

@Overdate said:

@BillJones said:

@lobo54 said:
.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

I think you would have hard time finding the 1950-D nickel. A couple of dealers cornered a substantial part of the mintage, and it seldom reached circulation. Finding one a circulated grade is harder than finding an Unc. The 1939-D might be tough too.

I found three 1950-D nickels doing roll searches in the mid-1960's. Never came across a 1939-D.

Believe or not, Woolworth’s five and dime was charging $13 for circulated 1939-D nickels in the 1960s. That was a lot more money in those days than it is now.

Damn!!.... And you remember that price from 63 years ago?? Was it a Woolworth’s five and dime in New York?

No, it was the one in Milford, Delaware. I got to go to the one on Broadway, near the Hotel Taft a few times. It had better stock although all of their offerings were way over priced. I might be one of the few people who made some money on what bought there because I held the coins for so long.

BillJones

@Overdate said:

@BillJones said:

@Overdate said:

@BillJones said:

@lobo54 said:
.....and I think it is still conceivable to assemble a complete business strike set from pocket change.

I think you would have hard time finding the 1950-D nickel. A couple of dealers cornered a substantial part of the mintage, and it seldom reached circulation. Finding one a circulated grade is harder than finding an Unc. The 1939-D might be tough too.

I found three 1950-D nickels doing roll searches in the mid-1960's. Never came across a 1939-D.

Believe or not, Woolworth’s five and dime was charging $13 for circulated 1939-D nickels in the 1960s. That was a lot more money in those days than it is now.

Around 1964, I sold a circulated 1950-D nickel I found to a dealer for $15 (or $150 in today's dollars). Uncirculated ones were going for upwards of $30 at that time (or $300 in today's dollars).

In 1964 a single unc. 1950-D nickel cost more than an unc. roll of Morgan dollars. Today an unc. roll of Morgans costs more than 2 rolls of unc. 1950-D nickels.

Back then, who would have guessed?

The market for the 1950-D nickel was quite contrived. The retail price on them in BU got up to $35 in the 1960s.

You could still get bags of Morgan Dollars cheap back then. One dealer told me in the early 1970s that he used to get bags of Morgan dollar, search them and sell the excess for about dollar. The common dates really won't worth much back then. You could still get circulated ones for $1 at most any bank.

MWallace

@BLUEJAYWAY said:

@MWallace said:

Like the lam. planchet. What value is attached to the piece? I ask because I don't believe I've ever seen a blank with a lam. Thanks.

PM Sent.

Sanddollar

OAKSTAR

david3142

Steven59

I took these pics today for a differnt thread but they fit here too.............