A condensed old Jefferson Nickel thread.....

leothelyon

.....because too many X's show instead of pictures.

This coin is an EDS example! If your posted coin falls short of an EDS strike, tell us why or tell us the area where it's not struck up.




What the heck....here's another that seems to defy all odds!







How about another EDS Relief Jefferson nickel? Afterall, that's all I seem to collect these days. Here's an example that
details more design in the hair than usual that leaves me wondering......is this the ultimate in strike?






Here's one of those coins that won't win me any high esteem awards but how can I improve on it? It has an EDS strike and it's prooflike, the two most rarest qualities a coin can have and it grades a lowly MS64FS.




But yet, I'm happy as a true collector can get owning this coin.


Well, here's mine! Not a full stepper though, there's only 4.75 steps, not that I don't have one, in fact, I have 2 or 3 with nice steps but the strike, prooflike fields and gold and blue toning on this one out-class them all. And I have no doubts whatsoever that there are examples just as nice with certified steps. This is the best I've done in regards to strike, grade and eye appeal......and there are some steps!





Here are two of my favorites. The strike is stronger an the first while the grade/condition is higher
on the other. They both have SEA!








Here's another coin with a great strike. Obviously from all the apparent scuffs, this slab got tossed around a bit because no one wanted it. Makes me wonder how many collectors snubbed their noses to this coin because there was no FS designation! The steps are very nice with a slight bridge and the combination of the strike, grade/condition, nice underlying luster and toning gives this tough date some very nice eye appeal.





The problem with this coin, we haven't been able to locate a better one. I guess if it had some corrosion on
it in the form of some eye catching toning..............






The first was in a MS66FS holder for the longest time while all along we knew it was a MS67 calibur coin. Finally made it!
The second coin is a nice one as well, love the toning. Both coins have excellent strikes and SEA!










Here are two more coins from the MichelD collection. Please note the absence of the "horseshoe" effect
on the reverse sides which is a very common problem on the 1939-S, 1940-S and 1941-S dates.




Also note on the above example, it's very close to 6 steps for a "reverse of 1938" nickel. This is about
as close as you can get for a true 5 complete full step coin as both the riser and tread are present
on the 5th step.

Both dates are very difficult to locate fully struck without the "horseshoe" effect. If you can locate them,
don't worry too much about whether there are a couple of marks in the main focal area. As you can see
and likely a first for many collectors here, what these two coins look like fully struck with SEA!






I think everyone needs to go out and find themselves some nicely struck Jefferson nickels!









Here's a very nice 1956-D with a very rare strike! It took me a long time to add this high quality date to my collection. As for the steps, they're not struck up in the lower center but the rest of the coin IS struck up and that makes me a very happy guy! The interesting fact about this coin, will I be able to locate another with an equal strike and eye appeal with better steps? Hopefully but there are a few other dates that I need to improve on.






The 1950-D Jefferson nickel is indeed a rare coin if you can find an EDS struck example! Although this example exhibits a rare above average strike, there are a few areas were the detail could be stronger.




The following example has a better strike.



Here's a coin I picked up from the CSNS coin show in Chicago. I have bought and sold 4 1953-D PCGS MS65FS coins and none of them could match the overall quality of this coin! The coin has brighter gold toning throughout than the picture shows and there are 3 bands of red, green and gold running through LIBERTY and the date but it's not a lustrous coin.



But the following coin, MikeD's example, was very likely one of the first coins struck from the first set of dies made from the master hubs for the Denver production of nickels. Where are the others?

And here's another but with a somewhat lesser strike.

And here's another powerfully struck 1953-D!






Full relief 1954-S examples are seldom seen this nice. There's one other example that I'm aware of that may be just as nice.








Hi everyone
Nothing to see here. Just moving a couple of pics from another thread.









The only way this coin could improve is with more luster.




And the only way this coin could improve is with a stronger strike.





This might surprise some of you but locating a high quality example of the 1957-D has not been easy for me.
I have another PCGS MS65FS but the strike on this one has more detail especially from 20 year old master hubs.




Leo

66RB

This is a great post, thanks for sharing all of these nickels Leo.

I really like the 39-S's, I was wondering abuot those earlier date S-mints a few years ago.

cladking

I hardly know what to say.

You definitely (and consistently) post some (many) of the finest Jeffersons on these boards (or anywhere).

Many people just don't realize how difficult it is to find any Early Die States at all, mucvh less examples
with minimal marking and still attractive. It's trur that large numbers of some of these were saved but
that just assures a fairly good supply of unattractive, banged up, and very poorly made coins in "pris-
tine" condition.

I'm rarely impressed by war nickels since these come nice but that first coin is the exception. They don't
come that nice.

Great photography too.

CoinCrazyPA

I am a nickel collector also , and I have to say I am very impressed with these. I have a collection I am building with all FS and could use some of these I wish! keep the pictures coming I am drooling on my keyboard.

clackamas

I love these threads.

This is about as good as this date comes.

zeebob

I'm not a Jefferson collector... We'll wasn't. After looking at your post for the last five minutes, I'm thinking I should collect Jeffersons.

WOW! What a great collection you posted! Thank you.

leothelyon

Thank you for the nice comments and I must point out that not all of the above coins are mine but belong to another board member here.
I'll let him chime in on his own but with our collections combined, we believe that we have the greatest collection out there to be had. That's right, we would sell for the right price. This collection is the works of 3 collectors that had it's starts in the late 1970's. The number of years all 3 collectors have into this set spans over 60 years. This collection can not be duplicated. It is a "one of a kind" acheivement! But this collection needs new blood to take it over and we would like to continue building this set with the new owner. We have the trained eyes to complete this set. Well, I've said enough other than to add that this collection can be seen through two websites but not all of the coins have been photographed.

Thanks again, Leo

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leothelyon

This 1948 example is one of the very best high quality examples to own. The strike and grade
condition are maxed out giving it incredible eye appeal.



I wish I could locate an example of this date that would match that of the above coin. Interestingly
enough, the only way to do that is through the 1949-D/S variety. As it does come with an EDS strike.



And for this date, the EDS example that exists, will be passed down to another generation.
I've seen this coin but had to mail it back. At that time, I hadn't started taking pictures of my coins yet.
It had a dark red, blue and green toning to it with a similar strike to that of the 1948 and the
1953-D posted earlier in this thread.




Leo

leothelyon

This one caught my eye, like yesterday at a local B&M. While it misses a full strike designation, it's very close.





Leo

leothelyon

Oh where, oh where did my uploadbox go? Take note of all the X's where there use to be pictures of coins.

leothelyon

Anyone have an idea what this is......located in "help".



"13 users are registered to the FuseTalk Documentation forum.



There are currently 0 users logged in."



Perhaps I need to register.

leothelyon

From MercuryDimeGuy from another thread;
NOTE: posting images from https locations still doesn't work, but they already have that in their issue log and it will be fixed.

So...........they're working on it. Ok, thanks.



Leo