My Completed Liberty Nickel Folder

Here’s my completed folder. The last coin was the 1912-S with a lamination error, several of them on the obverse. It’s also one of three key dates. It has the lowest of all Liberty or “V” Nickels with a total mintage of 238,000. Here’s the set, a low grade set but still on the costly side. Now if I can only find a genuine 1913. LOL
The folder is dated 1940 but it didn’t take me that lo g to fill it.

 

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Very nice! I wish I could save the day and say I had one to complete your set!

 

Nice folder and nice to see it complete! Will you leave it at that or start upgrading the common dates?

For the record, a lot of collectors don't even consider the 1913 Liberty Nickel to be a "real" coin.

 

I would just be happy with the 1885/1912S .

 

The 1913 Liberty Head nickel is an American five-cent piece which was produced in extremely limited quantities unauthorized by the United States Mint, making it one of the best-known and most coveted rarities in American numismatics. In 1972, one specimen of the five cent coin became the first coin to sell for over US$100,000;[1] in 1996, another specimen became the first to sell for over US$1 million. A specimen was sold for US$3 million in a 2004 private sale, then resold for US$3.7 million at a public auction in 2010.

 

Made illegally, left the mint illegally, and the US Mint never authorized them.

Kind of interesting that it's even legal to own, given the 1933 Saint, 1964-D Peace, and 1974 Aluminum Cent aren't/wouldn't be. IMO, I think the 1933 Saints should be legal, but that's for a different discussion.

 

No doubt that some coins were intentionally or tampered as well as in everything else I guess. I guess that’s what makes it rare. Not saying it’s right but for a collector, it’s a story and rare. If you happened to ran into one, I’m curious, what would you do?

 

+1

 

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Effectively, a 'complete' set is had if you acquire the 1885, 1886 and 1912-S.

I was one coin shy of a complete set before I sold it all. Never got around to buying a 1885.

 

One interesting thing about this series… the keys (1885, 1886, 1912-S) remain the keys at every grade level, even up to Gem MS. There aren’t any condition rarities outside of those.

 

I can only dream to have one.

 

Congrats!!!

 

The 1885 was the coin that started my collecting. When I was 5 years old my aunt gave me 2 nickels from her jewelry box. One was the 1883 WO cents and the other the 1885. I asked my mother to take me to the bookstore to look at coin books. I saw that the 1885 was listed with a value of $5. That set me going. A Five Cent piece worth $5.

 

Good memories of how and who started you to collect. The only ones I have in the 1800’s are Morgans. Only 2.
That is good you kept the collection going and well, those nickels are for sure worth a bit more than $5 today.

 

Just save your money. I do and then I spend it on the coin I need.

 

No up grading on this set.

 

They are the two of the three most costly in this series. All the others are affordable by any standards.

 

Sorry you had to sell.

 

Respect that. Looks like a set someone could have built out of circulation at the time this folder was printed in the 1940s. I like it!