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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 212623, member: 4626&quot;]Everyone knew it was going to be the rarest Jefferson nickel and so everyone saved it very quickly.&nbsp; Because of that it is very easy to find them in high condition for no more than about $25 at most.&nbsp; It is not even that &quot;rare&quot; on an absolute basis, it just happens to be the rarest in the Jefferson nickel series.&nbsp; Semi-keys in high condition actually can cost more than the 1950-D because less people bothered to save them.&nbsp; (For a similar case, see the 1932D vs. the 1932S Washington quarters... the 32S is actually lower mintage, but the 32D is worth more, since they were saved less!)</p><p><br /></p><p>The 96W Roosevelt dime was less known, even by many collectors, until it wasn&#039;t possible to get it directly from the source anymore, so it&#039;s worth more at the time being.&nbsp; However, none of them ever circulated, they only came with 1996 uncirculated sets.&nbsp; So any that you&#039;d ever get will be uncirculated.&nbsp; Plus the 1996W still is pretty much unknown by non-collectors (compare that to the 50D Jefferson that almost everyone, collectors or not, knew would be rare) so the demand id lower.&nbsp; Absolute rarity alone is not enough... rarity relative to demand is what drives prices up, and right now just about anyone who wants an 96W dime has one.&nbsp; Like someone else said in a post here, 2 coins is oversaturating the market if there&#039;s only 1 person who wants one, lol...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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