I should be arrested for war crimes

Yes, you SHOULD be arrested. Instead I'll give you a stern warning and confiscate the evidence.

 

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Nice jloring. I guess these were not the best investment in 1982.

I look at this way:
In 1982 that person paid the equivalent of 61 gallons of gas ($1.30 avg price) for the nickels.
In 2012 I paid the equivalent of 11 gallons of gas ($4.19 average price) for them.

What's my point? I have no idea.

 

Pay no attention to that sound of helicopters overhead.

 

So you hear them too? Phew!

 

Nice! [ step away from the coins...put your hands up ]

 

I have been watching these sets as well and absolutly love them. One of these days I hope to have the luck you did when you found this set. nothing beats looking at some nice jeffersons.

 

Awesome set. I haven't had much luck on quality war nickels.

 

$1.30 for gas in 82? Are you sure?
I wasn't driving then, but I remember paying only 80c when I started driving a few years later in 86.
I remember being offended when it spiked near that amount when the bombs started falling on Iraq for the 1st Gulf War.

 

i dont think that is not right

 

I remember when (in 1974) gasoline soared to equal the unGodly price of a pack of cigarettes...55¢

 

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/2005/fcvt_fotw364.html

BTW - the Gulf war was NOT in 1986

 

only if you had odd numbered license plates. People wining today have no idea how bad it was in the 1970's

 

Never said it was.
That is when I started buying gasoline, which was at 78-80c a gallon.
I never saw $1.30 fuel until the 1st Gulf War.

 

Now that I think about it... I remember buying fuel for my lawn mower as a kid, and it was never anything close to a dollar, much less $1.30. I'd remember that. I bought my first oz of silver around 81-82 timeframe for 18 bux.

 

I rode a Kawasaki 175 dirt bike back then...gas wasn't an issue.

I grew up in southern Connecticut and this band (NRBQ - New Rhythm & Blues Quartet) played some of our High School dances. This was their big hit at the time (pretty good band really)...you may remember them.

[video=youtube;Mb4ZWccudEM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb4ZWccudEM&feature=related[/video]

 

Just to make everyone feel bad, nearly seven years ago, I bought a Jefferson Nickel Album (1938 - 1961) from a dealer who had just bought a whole bunch of Harris Albums and wanted to get rid of them. I don't think he took a hard look at them as he sold it to me for $5.00 (about 8¢/coin). With the exception of the 1942-S (MS-63) and the 1945-P (MS-60) all were in MS-65.

I still have the album which probably averages MS-64 for all 65 coins.

 

They all look nice but all have some impairments - scratches, nicks, spots - that would keep them out of the high MS numbers. It would be a waste of time and money to have them graded when the most you could hope for is MS63 or so. What's the mark between the building and the rim on the 42P?

 

You realize this thread is five years old right? lol

 

Some of the reverses appear to be rotated.

 

I always suspect the tweezers can leave marks when dipped.