What Is The Most Overlooked Series?

Tmoney,

You know my answer to your question. Jefferson Nickels of course. Even with every single coin in the series boasting a mintage of over 2.5 million, there are many conditional rarities in the series. I love this series because it is really only collectible in the premium gem states. Having said that, some of the dates are extremely hard to find in MS67.

For example, lets look at the 1952-S Jefferson Nickel. This coin had a mintage of 20 million. Would you believe that the population of this coin in MS66 is a scant 312/32 with all of the higher grade coins being an MS67. With such a small surviving population of premium gems, the MS66 1952-S Jefferson is wholesale valued at $24 by Numismedia. In MS67, the coin is a top pop with only 32 known examples. The coin has a Numismedia wholesale value of $120. Well here is what a $120 Jefferson Nickel looks like:



Now I know that comparing populations and values across different series is meaningless, but I am going to do it anyway. I own a 1930-S SLQ NGC MS67 FH. The population of this coin is 38/2 with an original mintage of 1.5 million. This surviving population of 1930-S quarters in MS67 FH is actually smaller than the 1952-S Jefferson. However, the Numismedia wholesale for the quarter is a whopping $3,825. Here is the photo of my 1930-S MS67 FH SLQ.



Now I know that there was 20 million 1952-S Jefferson's minted. But in almost 60 years they have only found 32 examples good enough for the MS67 grade. Do they really think that they are going to find hundreds of MS67's in the dwindling number of unopenend original rolls still left out there. I highly doubt it. That is why I think the Jefferson Nickel series is highly overlooked.

 

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Yes The Jefferson series is highly overlooked! INDEED!
Low populations in high grades, and cheap prices on some!
Very rare high grade, FS, as well..
I don't really like the coin, as much as others do, but I can agree, this series is highly overlooked

 

Roosie Dime leads em' all...
Almost everything else closely behind..

 

I think Ikes (Eisenhower dollars) are also pretty overlooked...can get good grade circulated coins for face value fairly easily.

But then, I'm fairly new to the hobby and to the US! So I'm not familiar with a lot of US coins and the history of coinage.

 

This is true! Ike dollars are overlooked as well, and most people can get a complete set for a fair amount

 

I would have to agree with Lehigh96. Jefferson's would top my list

 

We have to consider a few things when we talk about "overlooked". Not liked much or unpopular are not really overlooked to me. Americans tend to like big coins to collect. Roosevelt dimes and the smallest coin ever minted was a silver half dime and I believe it has a star on it certainly don't fall into the large category. So, are these really "overlooked" or just not liked/unpopular? Franklins are big, Franklin is a popular American in history, but a lot of people do not like the obverse. The Jefferson Nickels in the upper grades mentioned earlier tp me are truly an overlooked coin as well as others.

 

I am going to have to catch you on that. And of course I assume you mean smallest coin th US has minted. The 3 cent silver is the smallest at 14mm. and the silver half-dime is 15.5mm. But i assume you meant the 3 cent not the half-dime(because the star comment).

 

I like rosies, but I know many don't. To me, they look really nice in high grades. You can get nice BUs for barely over melt, which about now is pretty low.

 

I thought I was going to be wrong on that, but I was too lazy to look it up. Now sometimes former unpopular coins do become more popular. Four that come to mind are the Peace Dollar, Shield Nickel, Lincoln Memorial Cent, and Commemeratives. I will say the Eisenhower Dollar appears to be slowly gaining popularity also. I'm certainly not a coin expert on popular vs unpopular, and others may disagree with me or add more gainers.

It would be interesting I think for people who have been serious collectors for many years to add their comments. Unpopular series they have seen become popular over the years, and excluding fads the popular series that have declined in popularity also over the years.

 

I feel like the numismatic community has overlooked and brushed aside Washington's. I can pick through dealer's rolls of clads and pay ms-60 prices for higher grades day in and day out...I realize they just don't care.... Their prevalence in everyday life seems to have turned the numismatic community off, but it is this that drew me to them...just looking closer at something you see everyday I guess. Demand seems to be a result of, and represented by, the "state quarter hype sector" which from a monetary standpoint I appreciate.

 

UHR...........................I mean S.B.A........

 

Roosevelt Dime - And the reason I've overlooked them is because they are so small and thin. From my very limited experience with these, this sure is a coin that you have to start your grading inspection by looking at the rim.

 

Being partial to larger coins, I agree with those who mentioned the Eisenhower dollar. I particularly like the reverse.

 

flying eagle cent. Except for 1856, which is a famous rarity, no one really wants them or gives a darn.