Here's an angle to sell a No S 1971 Jefferson nickel for $700.00

I reported this listing item 120950417586 . I've seen this trick before as sometimes sellers will act dumb and list a Phila 1971 nickel as a No S proof.

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Whoever is looking to purchase a No-S 1971 Proof should know better than to search for a raw example and on eBay none-the-less.

-Brian

 

It's gone ...
The lesson here is for new collectors to be aware that there were 106,884,000 1971 nickels minted for circulation without a mint mark and to not confuse that coin with the No S 1971 proof.

 

Judith must be a very, very busy person...!

 

Well I just showed a 1971 nickel that has no mint mark.... How would you know the difference

 

Shy

The valuable one is the proof.

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It's in a blue-edged myler wrapper. That equals Philadelphia business strike. For one thing.

 

I have one is it worth something

 

Five cents.

If you think you have the rare proof variety, your best bet is to take very clear and well-lit photos of both sides of the coin, and post it in a new thread. If it's one you found in circulation, though, it's probably not worth the trouble -- it's not impossible that a No-S proof could end up in circulation, but you've got much better odds of being struck by a meteor as you're trying to get the photos.

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I have a 1971 Jefferson nickel with no s bit the thing is that know one would know any difference because you can have proofs that have gone into circulation

 

Yes but a proof would have to wear down to maybe VG to F before the proof status would be questionable.

 

I have 1 coin 1971 five cent no s liberty Sir. How much is the value please.

 

Five cents, I assume, and I haven't heard about anyone being struck by a meteor lately.

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Albert, see post #3.

 

OK look. Everyone has a 1971 Jefferson nickel because they made a ton of them in Philadelphia. Philadelphia had no mint marks on nickels before 1980.
If it has an S it is a proof coin, which is easy to tell the difference between a proof coin and a regular, circulating, business strike coin.
As for the rare no S 1971, there are only 200 of them, and you are not going to find one in circulation. It would have to come out of a proof set.
Sure there is a chance the set was cracked open and that nickel was spent.
You can't tell anything without a photo, but the odds are, it's a nickel,
and not a super rare coin worth $1000.