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1950- 1964 Jefferson ANACS Proofs on eBay

braddickbraddick Posts: 23,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
I'm not a Jefferson collector, but it would seem this is a pretty good deal for every single proof Jefferson minted between 1950 to 1964. Some in higher grades too.
I know the big rush is CAMEO and DCAM coins, but for a well matched set, this seems like a pretty good price?

Any Jefferson collectors who can tell us why these seem to be so cheap? (Can you image if this was a set of Franklins, same grades?)



I barely know who this eBay seller is and have no affiliation with the auction in any form.

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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,963 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭✭
    They appear to be splotchy and unappealing from the (admittedly) poor photo. Plastic aside, I wouldn't pay this much for a set of those, particularly not with milky/dull/fuzzy toning.

    A local dealer in Chicago has a similar set, far better looking, with gem quality (non) cameo proofs in a Capital Plastics holder in their window at $185, and it's been there a while. I'd sooner pony up the $ for that set and avoid paying for plastic grades I don't really agree with anyway. The bottom line is those coins don't appeal to me.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    hey Pat

    while i'm not sure what originalbest sees as splotchy and unappealing milky/dull/fuzzy toning, most of the coins are just too common in the grades that are listed. the 1950-1954's might be worth buying but the others are way high at the average price of $20/coin. i purchased a set in a Capital holder dated 1955-1964 about two years ago for $18. now that's a price that's too good to pass up. if you really need a set like the one offered and want to spend the $300, i bet i could do better than Howard------directly.image

    al h.image
  • I have purchased a few, mostly colorful, Jefferson proofs in ANACS holders. From
    what I've seen, they seem to grade these proofs fairly, if not conservatively.

    There are probably a few worthwhile coins in there (early dates) but, as Al stated,
    the later dates are way too common in these grades to be worth much.

    It's hard to tell from a scan this size, but that '54 in PF67 might be a real pretty
    coin in hand.

    Ken
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Keets,
    I've always wanted one of these in GEM grade (PR65 or better) for the year 1950. I'd prefer NGC but would accept PCGS. Do you have one available?

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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭✭
    I was thinking in particular, of the reverse of the '50 and the obverses of the '52 and '54. Yecch.
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Good news came out of this thread.
    I'm now the proud, new owner of a sparkling PCGS PR67 1950 Jefferson thanks to Ken! image

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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭✭
    Congrats! Sounds like a nice coin.

    Going to assemble the rest of a '50 set, or just wanted the nickel?


    The nicest '50 set I can recall seeing personally was at Eliot's in Champaign, IL, back when I was in school. Not cameo anything but very appealing, light, peripheral gold toning on all the silver coins, and gemmy, spot and haze-free surfaces on everything, with a bright red cent. I didn't have the $$$ to afford it. Nor the really nice 1856 flyer in PCGS XF-45 I was shown that day, either! This would have been in 1993-1994.
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,963 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Congrats! Sounds like a nice coin. Going to assemble the rest of a '50 set, or just wanted the nickel? The nicest '50 set I can recall seeing personally was at Eliot's in Champaign, IL, back when I was in school. Not cameo anything but very appealing, light, peripheral gold toning on all the silver coins, and gemmy, spot and haze-free surfaces on everything, with a bright red cent. I didn't have the $$$ to afford it. Nor the really nice 1856 flyer in PCGS XF-45 I was shown that day, either! This would have been in 1993-1994. >>

    I've always just wanted to add the Jefferson to my collection. a CAMEO would have been nice, but it's tough to knock a PR67 (PCGS). image

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  • originalisbestoriginalisbest Posts: 5,917 ✭✭✭✭
    Indeed. Just get a cameo to go with it someday, if one can be found that meets your expectations/wallet.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    hey Pat

    i'm glad one of the other fanatics was able to help you out.image

    al h.image

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