recently i have finished a few sets in albums and i wanted to go a diffrent route. the new collection i have taken on is no easy task. i am trying to go for the Jefferson Nickels that are graded. i think i am off to a good start. i have over 80 coins so far. i was curious what are the key coins in this set?? also what are some good books on nickels?? any info would be graetly appreciated. once i have all the coins i will start to post some.
Although I don't actively collect them finding good strikes in the 1950s will be tough. Good luck finding a high grade 1954-S with full steps.
i will keep an eye out for those. thanks:thumb: thanks for the info. i have a 1954 S PCGS MS65 no FS:bigeyes: i do have a 1951 & 1952 D PCGS MS64FS
Most of the keys are in the '60's and especially the late-'60's though coins like the '54-S and '62 can be killers. I would suggest that most people might want to avoid paying huge premiums for the six step coins. Don't get me wrong, if this is the way you want to collect them then there's nothing wrong with it and you can have a lot of fun since there are many people working on this set. But you'll pay very large premiums for some dates and they won't necessarily be nice well struck examples. As with most moderns early die states are what tends to be tough because dies are used so long now days and collectors of the past didn't spend much effort looking for them to save. So you can often get scarce well struck examples for a very little premium just because they lack full steps. The 1982 issues are pretty tough in nice well struck gem or near gem. This date is probably far scarcer than a '39-D or '50-D. The price is low because most collections end at 1964 and many of those who collect the more modern coins are beginners.
That's a difficult set. Good luck with it. IMHO the war nickels in blaze white are difficult to find. A lot of toning going on out there.
thanks for the link. i am going to pick that up real soon. yeah i know it will be very hard to finish up. this is my new long term project
Getting any of the 1964 coins in high grade is not easy, and if you want Full Steps it gets down-right difficult. Huge numbers struck in a hurry so QC was not high on the list of concerns.
