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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 4222549, member: 19250&quot;]The coin in question is in fact an proof 1938 Jefferson nickel! As a collector of Jefferson nickels for many years ,I can tell you that it is with out a shadow of a doubt one of the most under rated series.</p><p>Proof Jefersons should be highly sought after and for the most part not even considered .</p><p>&nbsp;First look at the mintages&nbsp; no brainer all are under &gt;30k , varieties there are a treasure trove full to be discovered.....and for the most part affordable to collect!</p><p>The down side is that again the series doesnt have a huge following as others, thus making a very sweet coin sit in inventory for awhile or just not comand the value it should.</p><p>Felix Schlag the designer of the Jefferson nickel as well the redesigner of the nickel was promised 200 proof nickels . As part of the agreement with the mint ,as he had a plan to produce these....the image shown was part of my Jefferson Proof collection for 10 + years.[ATTACH=full]1080793[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1080795[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1080796[/ATTACH]</p><p>Notice the # on the hand signed certificate.</p><p>Back to the early proofs... 1938 [19,365]&nbsp; 1939 [ 12,535] 1940 [ 14,158] 1941 [ 18,720] 1942 [29,600] &amp; 1942 P [ 27,600].</p><p><br /></p><p>Then the war year the mint supended the proof strikes until 1950.</p><p>Given the mintages listed above factor in how many known varieties one would think......that early proof Jeff&#039;s would be flying off the shelf.&nbsp;&nbsp; After all a 1916 D dime mintage&nbsp; was 264,000.......1895 S Morgan 400,000.....</p><p>So now back to the op coin the 1938 extra serif.&nbsp; And a low mintage of 19,265 how many were hand ascribed with an extra serif of that total mintage? How many ddo&#039;s are there? How many ddr&#039;s are there?</p><p>Most of all history of this series esspecially in the beginning ...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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