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Pretty nice 1965 SMS Jefferson Nickel I picked up today.

RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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Made my bi-monthly trip to one of the shops around here and scored my very first DCAM 1965:

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It doesn't have the usual strange crescent haze but, unfortunately, it has a lot of crap in the fields. I don't think it's the correctable kind of crap, either. Still a hell of a strong example for $11. image

Also picked up a couple nice cameo Frankies - a 1957 and a 1962.

Russ, NCNE
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Comments

  • TerrapinWillTerrapinWill Posts: 848
    Is that for keeping or selling? What would you get for such a frosty jeff?
  • DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    Mind showing the Frankies? image

    Nice nickel too, and a rare cameo for a modern image. (As if you didn't know)

    -Daniel
    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    -Aristotle

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    -Horace
  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Very early strike coin, and it doesn't have the cloudy area above Monticello that is usually seen as a result of the amount of metal required to fill the bust on the obverse. KILLER frost and mirrors for a 65. I think it might do better than you expect, and it sure looks dcam. image
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  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    DCAM? DCAM? Man ... send that puppy off and I await the news. I'll save the coronary until the grade posts! image Considering there's 14 of these in all grades in DCAM, methinks PCGS is going to want super clean fields. In other words, a walk-on-water coin ...
    The Ludlow Collection (DCAM/CAM)
    The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)

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  • badgerbadger Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭
    Way to go, Russ. Another fine Jefferson.
    Collector of Modern Silver Proofs 1950-1964 -- PCGS Registry as Elite Cameo

    Link to 1950 - 1964 Proof Registry Set
    1938 - 1964 Proof Jeffersons w/ Varieties
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Mind showing the Frankies? >>



    image

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    << <i>Considering there's 14 of these in all grades in DCAM >>



    Actually, there are 15 in DCAM now. Marty just made an MS66DCAM.

    Russ, NCNE

    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • RGLRGL Posts: 3,784 ✭
    Whoa ... Marty ... where is the pix on your 65? image
    The Ludlow Collection (DCAM/CAM)
    The Ludlow Brilliant Collection (1938-64)

    image
  • stephunterstephunter Posts: 2,324 ✭✭✭
    Nice Score!image
  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,293 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have owned two of the 65 dcam's and that one has as strong a frost as either of them. I am a bit concerned about the stuff in the fields.

    But still an outstanding snag at $11.

    “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson

    My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!

  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,108 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice 1956 SMS nickel. Definitely has DCAM frost. As far as the fields go, who cares if they are not of the smooth deep mirrored type (not many 65 SMS nickels are).

    I would have no trouble paying $11.00 for an SMS set that has that nickel (I paid $10.00 for just such a set a few years ago). Your net cost basis would be $10.14 and upon a resale, I expect that you would find that you would have to pay a tax on your capital gain.

    I also like the Frankies, particularly the 1957. Russ, is this the first raw 1957 CAM Frankie you have found? I have looked for 6+ years and finally found 3 raw 1957 CAMDCAM frankies last November at the Santa Clara show.
  • midwestcoin13midwestcoin13 Posts: 583
    image
  • TrooperTrooper Posts: 1,450 ✭
    Geezz, you sure know where to find them...I think it's still a great looking coin with the fields being the way they are...

    Tom
  • ERER Posts: 7,345 ✭
    What's that line above Jeff's head?
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Russ, is this the first raw 1957 CAM Frankie you have found? >>



    Yep.



    << <i>What's that line above Jeff's head? >>



    Reflection off the mirror.

    Russ, NCNE

    eBay consignment sales | | Collectibles from Resco CCC
  • DD Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭
    That reverse on the 1962 is INCREDIBLE. Really nice finds Russ. imageimage

    -Daniel
    "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

    -Aristotle

    Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.

    -Horace
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,108 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Russ, congrats on finding your first 1957 CAM frankie. Was it in an original 1957 proof set (govt. packaging), was it in an assembled set or was it a single coin? How much did it cost? Finally what do you think it will grade at (any possiblity of DCAM)?

    Again, congratulations, 1957 CAM Frankies are tough to find.
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    Original set, $31, 66CAM.

    Russ, NCNE
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MS65DCAM unless they downgrade for all the surface pest in the fields.

    al h.image

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