Jefferson experts - How difficult are high grade coins from the 70s? Updated with pics at the end
tydye
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Jefferson nickels are one of my just for fun collections. I love that most can be picked up for around a dollar or less.
Well I found this album with ones from the 60s and 70s in it. All were nice but this one 72 I think may be the nicest I have ever found. I think it may go 67. I am thinking about submitting my first modern Jefferson.
Well I found this album with ones from the 60s and 70s in it. All were nice but this one 72 I think may be the nicest I have ever found. I think it may go 67. I am thinking about submitting my first modern Jefferson.
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Keep us posted.
Mine have been very well behaved in ordinary 2x2
Thanks for the info
It is a full step coin - 6 steps actually.
the rest of the decade gems are fun to search since they can be found with effort.
The '72-D is the easiest to find gemmy and FS but they all come this way if you have
the patience and the coins to check. In fact, I believe, they all come PL as well but
some like the '73-D and '74 aren't especially PL.
Nickels are really tough if you want perfection since almost all specimens have some
defect.
Good luck on the coin.
Steve
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Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
<< <i>Some of you are having far better luck than I have, especially for the 72PD dates. My best grades are MS64FS and MS65FS, not in that order, but I think I may have picked up a better date not too long ago for one of them. Can't remember offhand.
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Either you aren't looking in mint sets or you have higher standards than I.
The '72-D comes as a nice gemmy coin about 3% of the time in set. The main
thing holding these back tends to be scratches in the reverse fields but some-
times they will be on the potrait instead. Strikes tend to be full and crisp with
lots of steps and rarely fewer than four. One side is sometimes a little weak.
A lot of these top 3% will be PL. Average quality in the set for this date is ex-
cellent though about half will have a lot of marking.
The '72-P comes nicer but is much scarcer nice. Average quality is much lower.
Bu roll availability for the '70's era nickels is spotty. Some of these are read-
ily available and would be more so if the prices were higher. The '70-S can
be found in quantity (poor quality though) and the later Denvers tend to be
around. The '76 has a premium but I suspect these would be available at a
higher price. The '71 and a few others are as tough as the clads.
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<< <i>Some of you are having far better luck than I have, especially for the 72PD dates. My best grades are MS64FS and MS65FS, not in that order, but I think I may have picked up a better date not too long ago for one of them. Can't remember offhand.
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Either you aren't looking in mint sets or you have higher standards than I.
The '72-D comes as a nice gemmy coin about 3% of the time in set. The main
thing holding these back tends to be scratches in the reverse fields but some-
times they will be on the potrait instead. Strikes tend to be full and crisp with
lots of steps and rarely fewer than four. One side is sometimes a little weak.
A lot of these top 3% will be PL. Average quality in the set for this date is ex-
cellent though about half will have a lot of marking.
The '72-P comes nicer but is much scarcer nice. Average quality is much lower.
Bu roll availability for the '70's era nickels is spotty. Some of these are read-
ily available and would be more so if the prices were higher. The '70-S can
be found in quantity (poor quality though) and the later Denvers tend to be
around. The '76 has a premium but I suspect these would be available at a
higher price. The '71 and a few others are as tough as the clads. >>
Having several rolls from mint sets I could test your theory out but it will take some time. I have one coin for sale on my website and it grades only a MS63. Very nice AllCoinsRule.
Leo
The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!
My Jefferson Nickel Collection
This is your standard to compare to in deciding whether to submit or not. If it's even close, I still say give it a try!
AllCoinsRule,
Awesome coin! Let me know when you get tired of owning this one!
Dowgie
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Thanks for all the help
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I agree with the people above. This is my secondary set I fiddle with while waiting for coins in my main set to show up.
It's a fun coin to collect. They can be had for .25 to .50 cents in BU. However, great coins always cost more.
Mercury
Hoard the keys.
<< <i>I got one of my pcgs ms66fs 72-d nickels in the mail. The obverse is gorgeous. It looks like a cameo proof. The reverse... well the grader doesn't know how to count... it's 4 steps. Not even close to 5. Looks like pcgs will be buying it back. >>
That's a shame. This date is so easy with full steps and it's a shame to waste
such a nice obverse on a bad reverse. That's the way Jeffersons often are though;
everything is perfect except one major problem like a bad reverse or scratches on
one side.