I need help, I have picked up a gorgeous set of Jefferson nickels 1938-1978. They are ALL from original mint rolls. I took them in to a shop and they said all but maybe a couple would grade MS 60 and up. It is the nicest set I have ever seen that is not a set of slabbed coins. It includes every coin and all key dates and all war nickels. The set is incredible. Here is my problem, we don't really collect nickels as my kids prefer halves, old dimes and dollars. I am thinking of selling it. I looked in Redbook (I know not a great guide but a start) and got $283 if all exactly MS 60 up to $703 if all MS 65. I looked on EBAY and if I add up the SOLD price for each of the years and mints that sold in the last week of coins in BU or higher (not graded), I get over $600. Obviously if I did the work, and sent some of them for grading, individual coins could jump up in value. I have two offers on the set at the moment from locals. Are there any jefferson experts out there that could PM me and help me get an idea of a fair offer? Thanks, Erin
You might want to read this tread on another forum about them. http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=849797
Erin there are not alot of Jefferson collectors out there tho the one that are are pretty hardcore. If you list them by the set, check for full steps and post a picture of the steps. If any have a nice tone to them make sure you put up a picture of that also. Otherwise you may only get about $50 to $100
I'm currently piecing together a Jefferson set, from '38 to present. My kicker is, every single coin must have at least a couple of steps or Full Steps showing while being uncirculated. I'm almost complete edited
Aggie, there are very few people in the Jefferson Arena that actually know what they are talking about. Gbroke happens to be one of them.. Listen to what he has to say. There used to be 2 others on this forum that also were in that realm (IN MY EYES) One was a vest pocket dealer in SE Michigan and I can not remember his name, the other (Lehigh). If you need more information I do know another who is in the DC area and would be happy to hook you up with him. I have several full sets of "BU" Jeffersons but certainly not capable of answering your questions as well as the people that REALLY know the series.
