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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2305820, member: 19250&quot;]Collecting&nbsp; Jefferson&nbsp; nickels&nbsp; can be fun, it&#039;s&nbsp; a series&nbsp; that can be easily&nbsp; collected to fill up a folder,album.</p><p>However&nbsp; in higher grades, varieties&nbsp; and full steps this series&nbsp; may take you a life time!</p><p>First of all you&#039;re&nbsp; talking 78 years of mintage , MS &amp; PR, 3 different&nbsp; mints, then variety&nbsp; coins.</p><p>Let just examine&nbsp; the year 1943. There are over 62, 1943 Philadelphia&nbsp; rpm&#039;s, the Denver&nbsp; mint has 16 rpm&#039;s,and the San Francisco&nbsp; mint 13 RPM&#039;s. Now this doesn&#039;t&nbsp; account&nbsp; for the over dates, and doubled&nbsp; dies. Or proof strikes coins.</p><p>When you get into full steps nickels you are talking&nbsp; big bucks and a lifetime&nbsp; chasing&nbsp; them! </p><p>There&#039;s&nbsp; a lot of collectors who discount&nbsp; nickels as being worthy&nbsp; of collecting . Only a few years made of a medal of value &quot;silver&quot;. </p><p>As a kid in the 1960&#039;s&nbsp; the only nickel I needed to complete&nbsp; my 1938 - 1964 was a 1950 D. At that time finding&nbsp; a 50 D in circulation&nbsp; was like finding a needle in a hay stack !</p><p>One must remember&nbsp; old timers like myself could just about fill a coin album from pocket change.</p><p>The 1950 D in the 1960&#039;s&nbsp; in unc. Condition&nbsp; was around $35.00 . Now understand&nbsp; that if you adjust the rate of inflation&nbsp; that is equivalent&nbsp; to about $350.00 in 2016 dollars.</p><p>Now you can buy the 1950 D&nbsp; MS-64 in full steps under $50!</p><p>I have always enjoyed&nbsp; collecting&nbsp; nickels. They can be a worthy collect able.&nbsp; Some of the highest auctions&nbsp; to close have been nickels.&nbsp; </p><p>One word of advise set your goals .... as you may find filling up a album may not be enough . If you do be ready to commit&nbsp; to a long search for quality&nbsp; nickels that may run you into a small fortune .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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