Jefferson Nickel on HA.COM (buyer beware)

mingot · January 4, 2012 12:01AM

This coin is listed at the reverse of 1938.

It isn't

linky

ModCrewman · January 4, 2012 12:05AM

I concur.

notwilight · January 4, 2012 12:17AM

Only on Heritage. ;-)

Lehigh96 · January 4, 2012 2:44AM

They do this frequently. I am tired of sending them e-mails telling them to correct their mistakes, so I stopped.

commoncents05 · January 4, 2012 2:52AM

It's not their fault, the PCGS Coin Number is for a Rev of 38.

-Paul

johnny9434 · January 4, 2012 6:16AM

there should be some rule that it has to specify that it is what it is on the label. jmo

Lehigh96 · January 4, 2012 7:03AM

<< <i>there should be some rule that it has to specify that it is what it is on the label. jmo >>

I don't recall when the TPG's started recognizing the different reverses of the 1939 Jefferson Nickels. The coin in question has the series and coin numbers on the slab indicating that it is a PCGS 13 dating between 2002-2005. Here is an example of another PCGS 13 slab that does attribute the reverse.

From this we can deduce that sometime during the 2002-2005 period, the TPG's started attributing the reverses of the 1939 Jefferson Nickels. Since there are different prices driven by the different reverses, I think it is incumbent upon the auction house to provide the proper attribution since they are fully aware that the older TPG slabs don't always carry the attribution. To my knowledge, all of the older slabs (both NGC & PCGS) default to the reverse of 38. This is an NGC 1939 Rev of 40 in an NGC 5 slab from 1992-1995.

It currently resides in the Rev of 38 slot in my NGC registry collection.

swhuck · January 4, 2012 8:20AM

This coin will pulled from the auction and sent back to PCGS to get the correct attribution.

BigDowgie · January 4, 2012 9:58AM

These are the coins that we, the collectors, need to get cleaned up! PCGS is not going to do anything about it. We have tried many times without any recognition of their designation problem. There are several posts on this topic of Rev40 coins in Rev38 holders. The real Rev38 coins are rare! Find one in MS65FS or MS66FS.

mingot · January 5, 2012 12:25AM

<< <i>This coin will pulled from the auction and sent back to PCGS to get the correct attribution. >>

Thanks, Stewart.

@BigDowgie -- looks like one is getting cleaned up

JeffersonFrog · January 8, 2012 12:13AM

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DennisH · January 8, 2012 12:16AM

R40 for sure... and sold for a lot more than I expected.

Jefferson Nickel on HA.COM (buyer beware)

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