Will the Jefferson Nickel Wake Up, in this Decade ?

Paul, I still haven't forgotten when you were nice enough to post some pictures of your Jefferson Nickels for my son to look at. A very nice gesture you did for a youngster.

 

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I am sure I enjoyed as much as he did. Here is one that might fire some people up about the series. Population 5/0

 

Right, the new collectors are getting the quarters from circulation. Some of them will branch out, some of them will demand the Mint products, they didn't know existed, for both the quarters and Lincolns. As for Mint products being demanded later, has the westward journey Mint products affected Jeffs at all? Are Jeffs dropping like Franklins or are they at least holding their own?

 

Will the Jefferson Nickel Wake Up, in this Decade ?


Probably not.

 

I have been roll searching Jefff's lately and it;s not unusual to find ones pre 1960. Just this last weekend I found a 41, couple in the 50's and a bunch of early 60's. That's just from ten rolls. I know they are not worth so much, but they do have some age and its worth throwing them in my plastic tubes. I have about 30 rolls of pennies to do next. Not sure what I will find with them.

The Jeffs have a special place for me because as a kid that's one of the ones I could afford to collect. So most of the ones I have now (two whitman books) are from that period. So regardless of the value, I love em.

 

I love Jefferson Nickels. They are so fun to find because when I find an older date of them, under 1960, I often find myself saying YES! or just screaming the date really loud.

 

It's funny you mention that. I was doing the same thing. Great mines think a like.

 

That Last sentence you put in, makes you a True Jefferson Collector !

 

Newbie question: from where does one get current MS coins? (Ignore the "can't find 2009 business strikes" problem).

Do you just get new rolls (say, last year, getting a 2008 roll) from the bank and pick out the choicest? Or are you getting "slabbed only" from dealers? (How else would you know it's 63 or more) Or . . . what?

This is an open question to anybody . . . just curious

 

Hello Paul , (LeHigh96) Your Collection does stand out, and with your on-going support for the Jefferson Nickel, it just goes to show, your Love for this Series,,,It Will Surely Rub off for those who are thinking of collecting Jefferson's. I'm sure that I'm speaking for almost everyone here, that appreciates your support, an great enthusiam providing all this... Oh? by the way Paul ? I just made a recent purchase I thought you might enjoy looking at: A 1952-D Jefferson nickel graded MS65/with FS! by PCGS.
This Jefferson coin, has a Light-Golden/Rainbow/Pink-ish
over-tone Color on the "Steps". There are no intrusions, or separations that I can see, just nice Full-Steps, for this coin.
Take care , my friend! Chasindreams

 

That is a very nice coin, Population 56/32. I feel compelled to point out to anyone reading this thread the reason why you made a specific point to evaluate the steps for yourself. The reason is that PCGs is much more lenient with the full step designation than NGC. Therefore, when buying PCGS full step Jefferson Nickels it is of paramount importance to scrutinize PCGS's step designation. On this issue, the 1952-D the populations are as follows: PCGS 53/27 NGC 3/5. That is no accident.

I never envisioned myself championing the Jefferson Nickel series, but I really do love the design and the intricacies of the series. The ability to price these coins in registry grades is an art in itself. I hope that my passion for the series will inspire other collectors to be creative in the way they collect coins. There are no rules other than the ones you set for yourself. Many collectors view the Jefferson series as the Rodney Dangerfield of US coins. My guess is that there are very few people laughing at my collection of Jeffersons.

Personally, I have never understood how Lincoln collectors could find the Jefferson series and design unappealling.

 

You raise a good point. Visual appeal is important, and IMHO, clad coins have no character no matter what you do to them. Silver gets worn, tarnishes in interesting ways, etc. OTOH, anyone ever see a clad with the rim worn down?

And so, of the common coins in circulation -- nickels and cents are the only ones that aren't made of that character-less clad.

IMHO!

 

Yes, both the Lincoln cent and the classic Jefferson nickel have nice portraits on the obverse and for over 50 years, the cent had the Memorial reverse, another building like Monticello.

So, there's similarities there.