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Message:: [QUOTE="jetshack, post: 440908, member: 11725"]Picking the right $50 coins now could very well pay off quite well in the near future. With the price of base metals in such flux right now, I think it's a fairly safe assumption to think that within the next few years we'll see modified planchets for the penny and nickel denominations. With the 100 year anniversary of the Lincoln cent next year we've already started to see a run up in semi-keys in that series. But we haven't seen much change in the Jefferson series.  There's a bill before Congress right now to change from the nickel to the half dime.  I doubt it passes, but the idea is starting to formulate. IMO several of the earlier date Jeffersons are still quite inexpensive in the higher grades compared to their mintage numbers.  An couple of examples that I'm talking about are the 38D&S.  With mintages of ~5 million they're considered semi-keys of the series BUT can still be picked up in high MS grades for well under $20.  Along the same lines are the 49S, 50P, 51S and 55P all of which have mintages of under 10 million all of which can be picked up in MS65 for under $10[/QUOTE]