Jefferson War Nickels (Capital Plastic Collection)

I bought this collection housed in a Capital Plastics holder about a year ago and just got around to imaging the coins tonight. I had forgotten how nice these coins are, each one has absolutely blazing luster and many have incredible pastel toning. Some of the coins look like they need an acetone bath but I didn't notice until I looked at the photos.



Before I submit some/all of these coins to NGC for grading, I thought it might be fun to give you guys a chance to predict the grades of the coins. Here are the individual photos for each date/mm.

1942-P​

1942-S​

1943-P​

1943-D​

1943-S​

1944-P​

1944-D​

1944-S​

1945-P​

1945-D​

1945-S​

As always, comments welcome!

These are my grades:

1942-P: MS66
1942-S: MS67
1943-P: MS67 5FS
1943-D: MS65 6FS
1943-S: MS67*
1944-P: MS66
1944-D: MS66
1944-S: MS66+*
1945-P: MS65
1945-D: MS67
1945-S: MS66+*

 

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Wow, great photography and beautiful coins. Can I see a holder photo? I love their displays.

 

Funny thing I've been thinking of building a set myself.
I've always liked them, even built a set or two over the years.

 

I am horrible at grading Jefferson's so I'll forego the opportunity to guess a grade. Just wanted to comment that this is one beautifully matched set. I love it and rather hope you keep the set together.

 

Did you choose all the coins to have a light yellow tone or is it just the holder toning them all the same color?

 

Yeah, my cat thought he could keep his "set together" too, but that didn't quite work out for him.

Hey Lehigh, is the Glamor Shots franchise still in business, and do they have a coin division?

My favorite Capital holder is the Buffalo short set - 1934 to 1938-D. The trick is finding a 1934-D as nice as the rest of the set.

 

Nice set! Maybe two of them will come back with full steps designation?

 

I think only one of those coins isn't FS

 

Nice consistent toning...I'd keep them as a set.

 

Nice set!

I'll go first on guessing the grades, even though I'm pretty bad at grading this series.

1942-P MS-64FS
1942-S MS-64FS
1943-P MS-64FS
1943-D MS-65FS
1943-S MS-65FS
1944-P MS-64
1944-D MS-64FS
1944-S MS-64
1945-P MS-64FS
1945-D MS-65
1945-S MS-64

 

The photos are a little hard to see the fine details in the steps.
If I had a guess only 3 possibly 4 have FS.

 

1942-P nope
1942-S possibly, after acetone removes the green crud
1943-P FS
1943-D Possibly FS
1943-S nope
1944-P nope
1944-D nope
1944-S nope
1945-P nope
1945-D nope
1945-S nope

Just my opinion

 

My 2 cents
42P 66
42S 66 5FS acetone rinse
43P 65 5FS
43D 65 5FS questionable 6FS acetone rinse
43S 66
44P 65
44D 65 Questionable 5FS
44S 65
45P 64
45D 66 acetone rinse
45S 64

 

Can't find the member who posted this some time ago to give credit, but this is a valuable aid when determining FS.

 

I could agree, I didnt zoom in so I just glanced

 

I'm at 3 with full steps: 42-S, 43-P, & 43-D.

My photos are good but they really don't do the luster on these coins justice. The S mint coins are absolutely booming with outstanding pastel color. I'm rather hoping that the luster carries some of these coins to full grade bumps, + grades, * star grades, or any combination of the three. A few of these coins are not going to make the final cut and will not be submitted to NGC

 

+1

 

That was pretty random cat abuse if ya ask me.

Nice set. I also would like to see the holder with coins in it.

 

Hey, he remained fully "nadded" longer than most people would allow. He just recently got "de-nadded".

 

I bought them this way, the paper insert of the holder is the cause of the toning.

Thank you!

I have never learned how to take photos of multiple coins at once, I can never get enough light on all the surfaces.