Ok gang... I just got my new 20X B&L triplet and am ready to go at it. While I have the wife searching Lincoln rolls for wheats and coppers, I am going to try my luck at Jefferson nickels. What I'm asking is, what are the most common varietys I might spot and I know there are some of you specialists here. What are the ones that really stand out? ( The most common in pocket change that is). When I finish my Lincoln collection ( is that possible ? ) I will start on Jeff's. THANKS in advance, Jack
Are you asking about cent or nickel varieties? I don't know anything about nickels, but here are a few cents that shouldn't be impossible to find: 1972 DDO- look especially at IN GOD WE TRUST as there are almost 10 different doubled dies, your odds of finding one is fairly good. 1997 Doubled Earlobe- maybe I've just been lucky but I've found 14 of these so far. 1995 DDO- look at LIBERTY and IN GOD as well; there were many made. You're probably going to have mostly Denver minted cents and not Philly, and I don't know as many of those, but 1972-D also has a few DDOs just like 1972 (P).
Well there are hundreds, if not thousands of nickel varieties that I would suggest looking for. I have photos of some that I'll post here later today for you to view. Here is a list: 1939 DDR 1941-S LARGE Mint Mark 1942 D/D Horizontal 1943/2-P 1945-P DDR 1954-S/D 1954-S/S Those are some starters and also some that are well worth looking for! Speedy
Either purchase a book called Looking Through Lincoln Cents or go to the web site www.coppercoins.com For pennies(cents), you can find lots and lots of varieties. Also, many not listed there are just the more common error types as listed on 390 to 394 of the Red Book. As to Nickels I have no idea. Although I have several Albums full of them, I never look for varieties.
You'll probably spot the "silver" (war years) nickels right away (Not only are they silver,but have the large mintmark above the dome on the reverse) That is a variety... the overstrikes and double mintmarks are "error" not "variety" coins BUT, do look for the errors (especially the doubled "Monticello") Clinker
Ok...Thanks guys I have another question. What year did they go to the hubbed rather than punched mintmark? If that is the proper terminology. I can then concentrate on the years before the switch. I'm not getting many old ones in the rolls Im searching. Edit...just found the Coneca top 100 Jefferson page on google !!!!!
As acanthite said...it was the early 90's! I'm not 100% sure on this but I recall hearing that it took a few years for the mint to totally switch and so it is normally said that it was just in the early 90's. I think one of the last RPM's that the CONECA files lists though is in the late 70's. Out dated...and not that useful. I'm trying to do some research and hopefully one of my jobs to get done is to update that and make it correct. I've talked about that to James Wiles and he agrees that it needs updating....maybe I can get him to help with updating it. If you are getting alot of newer coins here are some suggestions: Dropped Letters/numbers Rotated Rev Copper Wash Blank Planchets (TY1 and TY2) Die Clashes All of the above can be found right in pocket changes but all of them are pretty rare! If you check out Vareitynickels.com and go to the error part and click on rotated Rev you will see one that a member here on CT just found in change! It was valued at over $100!!! Dropped letters are pretty $$ too! Blank Planchets I'm finding sell for nice money also! I think I paid about $25 for a TY1. Die clashes aren't all that $$ but depending on how strong the clash is the value could be a few dollars. There is a copper wash nickel sitting on ebay right now and the seller is asking $495. I doubt that he will get that much for it but who knows!! Speedy
also look for the 1990 nickels with the no FG on them. bruce1947 found one a few months back. not sure how much its worth, but i'm guessing alot! i can remember if its on the P or D nickels though.
It was a D...and you can see photos here: http://varietynickels.com/pages/jefferson-nickel/date-guide/1990d/1990dno-fs.php Speedy
