I am a big fan of Jefferson nickels. Anyone else? Lehigh got me hooked on them last year. I started to catalog every one I have. I started with the raw ones in my albums, even the the circulated ones. This is not a quick thing to do lol. I made it through the the first 11 years in one sitting, plus some newer ones I snapped a while back. Hope you like it so far! Comments welcome. http://www.thecoinnection.com/member/MemberCoinShelf.html#memberAlbum=111 After taking the images, I noticed that the only one that I would gues would get "Full Steps" is the 1940-s. I was pleasantly sruprised since I really never looked that closely at all of them.
Nice work. I would have liked Jeffersons more if they hadn't caused the discontinuation of the buffalos, which I consider one of this countries greatest coins. I always wished they could have continued at least into the war years, to have greater quantities available. I feel the current portrait is a vast improvement, and I wish they would have used the original reverse.
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what a nice collection, i have enjoyed looking at your fantastic pics since your first posting of them. my little jeff collection looks nowhere near as nice as yours. with time i willupgrade whatever i can lol
Thanks kydedhed. Jeffersons are great to collect because overall, they are fairly inexpensive. Don't get me wrong, you can get into some pricey ones for those key dates. I have only purchased a few TPG graded Jeffs and cracked them out. I also do not care so much about the whole Fullstep designations. I am only missing 3 Jeffs to complete the uncirculated book. Might be awhile before I buy any coins though.
I have completed my Jeffs and am in the process to update to full stepp MS condition through out. Probably can;t do them all like that, but well on my way.
Jeffs are a great series, very underrated IMHO. Lots of varieties, full steps, silver war issues, culminating in the commemorative series in 2004-05. And I like the new facing portrait. The rest of our coins should follow suit.
Which 3 are you missing? I'm also a very big nickel fan. I love the look of the older nickels - I feel like the new nickels have their designs "etched" in instead of struck.
Hey everybody, I mainly collect US paper money, but I do get whatever coins out of collection that seem old enough. I have some of what you showed pics of, but none of them are in nearly nice enough condition as what you showed. Are they still worth collecting? Please keep in mind that I am not big on coin, but I sure do have some. They are mainly around 1930's-1940's-1950's. I keep any coinage that is 1959 or older. Is that reasonable?
For sure they are worth collecting. Dont forget, the 'war' nickels ('42-'45) are 35% silver as well. Finding any nickels from the 30's is always nice. 1950 is also a semi-key date. Also, any dime or quarter from before 1964 is silver! So you should kick up your keepers to 1963 instead of 1959.
I do know that much. 1964 for sure! Oddly enough, I do have some 1964 silver quarters. I thought I ready everywhere that '63 was the last year, but I've seen some '64 silver and some not. Do you have any idea on the general value?? Is there anything in particular I should go through my coinage collection to look for that could be extremely rare that I might not even have a clue on for weats (1875-1959), older nickles (1920's-1959), silver quarters, etc? Like any special mintage ones with certain mints like Frisco or Denver or Phili? Right now Im going to go check out my nickles see if I have any war time silvers. I don't believe I do, but I don't mind my coins much. I'll keep you posted.
Oops, I mispoke, yes, 1964 are still silver. :| As far as what you should be looking for, there are quite a few across all the denominations. Here is a good site for a general idea of value: http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml Check out the prices and you will get an idea of which ones are the keys and semi keys.
Well its weird in that I've seen more 64's that aren't silver than ones that aren't. Well actually maybe that just because people pull the silvers out of circulation but the leave the regulars. I also mispoke. I do move up my collecting years to 64 if they are silver. I have plenty of silver dimes from 64 and earlier as well as quarters. I just don't know about my nickles. I never knew they minted silvers. Must be rarer than the other coin denominations. Well like I said, Imma go check and see what I got for silver nickles and I post what I have on here. I'll also check out that website and see if I have any 1k+ coins . Ty for the info. Trav...
