Coolest Jefferson Nickel Set

Thanks for clarifying this for me. I see how it makes sense now. And sure does make it much easier to assemble.

 

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Need to have some Cameo's in there...pre 64's if you can swing it..Nice!

 

Ok here's a tally so far of what you would need to include in the coolest Jefferson Nickel set, aside from the common, easy to obtain dates.

1938-D
1938-S
1939-D
1939-S

1939-P Reverse of 1938
1939-P Reverse of 1940
1939-D Reverse of 1938
1939-D Reverse of 1940
1939-S Reverse of 1938
1939-S Reverse of 1940
1940-Proof Reverse of 1938


1942-S Type-1 (possibly unique)

1942-P War Nickel Proof
1943-P War Nickel 3 over 2
1945-P War Nickel Doubled Die Reverse

1942-P War Nickel
1942-S War Nickel
1943-P War Nickel
1943-D War Nickel
1943-S War Nickel
1944-P War Nickel
1944-D War Nickel
1944-S War Nickel
1945-P War Nickel
1945-D War Nickel
1945-S War Nickel

1950-D

1950-Proof Cameo
1951-Proof Cameo
1952-Proof Cameo
1953-Proof Cameo
1954-Proof Cameo
1955-Proof Cameo
1956-Proof Cameo
1957-Proof Cameo
1958-Proof Cameo
1959-Proof Cameo
1960-Proof Cameo
1961-Proof Cameo
1962-Proof Cameo
1963-Proof Cameo
1964-Proof Cameo

1994-P SMS
1997-P SMS

2005-P Bison Detached Leg
2005-D Bison Detached Leg
2005-S Proof Bison Detached Leg

Looking at it so far I would say to add the following:

1938-Proof
1939-Proof
1940-Proof
1941-Proof
1942-Proof Type 1

1939-P Doubled Die Reverse
1942-D D over horizontal D
1943-P Doubled Die Obverse
1949-D D over S
1954-S S over D
1955-D D over S
1971-S No S

The only other nickel I cant remember off the top of my head is that Presentation Piece from 70's I believe from Felix Shlag. Mayvbe it was 1984. I cant remember. Can anyone help out on that one?

Also, looking over the list, is there anything that has been missed that if you collected Jefferson Nickels you would want in your collection?

 

I found it. It was the 1938 Proof Nickel that got presented to Felix Schlag in the amount of 150 pieces.

Wonder how much they typically trade for if you can find one.

Heres some more info:
http://www.felixschlag.com/home

 

The sleeper key date business strike Jeff is the 1939 S reverse of 1940. I own one, a PCGS MS65. I have searched everywhere for another one, preferably an MS66. Good luck even locating one for sale. Most dealers I talk to don't realize they are very rare and overlook them. If you can find one in MS66, they usually go for several hundred dollars even without full steps.

 

PCGS states there are only a few hundred 1942 D/horizontal D in existence. Getting one in MS grade will cost you a few pretty pennies.

 

The two top PROOFS are the 1939 Rev. 40 and the 1940 Rev. 38. High grade ones can run over $1k.

 

The Cherrypickers Guide listed the 10 Most Wanted list of error Jeff's. Most have been listed already. The list is:
1. 1939 DDR
2. 1942 D/horizontal D
3. 1943/2 overdate
4. 1943 P doubled eye
5. 1945 P DDR
6. 1946 D/inverted D
7. 1949 D/S
8. 1954 S/D
9. 1955 Proof TDR
10. 1955 D/S

 

Why is the 1939 proof with reverse of 1940 rare? That shouldve been the standard issue correct?

Is there a 1939 proof with the reverse of 1938? Were those the 'standard' issue?

 

According to Cherrypickers, the vast majority of 1939's had the 38 reverse. A few were made with the reverse of 40.

 

Perfect. Thanks for the info. I knew it had to be one or the other.

 

How about some colorfully toned proofs? These are somewhat easy to find from the early 1960's.

 

We can call that little sub-set 'The Psychedelic Sixties'

 

I find myself buying 60's proof sets just for the nickels!

 

Hey, I'll take the silver if you're just throwing it away...

 

Actually, should be called varieties, not errors.

A variety is done to the die, an error to the planchet.

for example:
Errors: off center strike, clipped planchet, double strike, wrong metal etc.

Varieties: 1955 DDO, any over mint mark, any RPM, and (earlier) RPD, etc.

 

You know, there's one other that you might want to add. In '41 they made a few dies with a new, larger mint mark (i.e., the Large S). They're about 10% or less of the mintage

 

I saw that mentioned in the redbook but didn't know the rate of which ones were the more rare type.

 

1946 S MS66FS

 

Question. I had heard from a couple dealers that a batch of at nickels were sent to pcgs but were altered while appearing to be sealed in original proof sets. I was told this quite a while ago and the pcgs slab numbers listed appear to be well after this event I heard about. So while I'm not concerned these coins were in that batch i was wondering if anyone else knew anything about this?