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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 4848393, member: 19250&quot;]I have every major Jefferson variety. Each of them have declined in value.</p><p>Jeffersons, Roosevelt dimes,as well Franklin halfs....have very little interest in todays collector.</p><p>It is a shame as these 3 series are doable for most to complete a full set of the series.</p><p><br /></p><p>I worked a show a few years back, where a man cam in with a unc. set of Franklins in a capital holder.</p><p>The set was a nice set.</p><p>The man walked the room of 25 dealers....showing his set.</p><p>He came back to me and was sort of upset, i asked what was the trouble?</p><p>His reply I came to a coin show to sell my coins and not one person made me an offer!</p><p>I knew why as at this time most would only offer spot.</p><p>The dealers&nbsp; number #1 did not want them for their inventory as they already had enough that were not selling...and #2 Didn&#039;t want to upset the guy making such a low offer..thus no offer for the set.</p><p>I&#039;ve seen complete collections of Jeffersons given the same treatment.</p><p>I myself am guilty of not purchacing the 50,51,&amp;52 proof franklins I need to complete my Franklin proof set due to concerns of being backwards in the coin....paying more than actual market value.</p><p>I was shocked to see that even high grades of any of the 3 series i listed above ha e such low interest.</p><p>I just gave 45 Jefferson nickel slabs to a dealer here on coin talk.</p><p>They ranged from grades 64 to 70....they were placed on ebay for weeks at both the retail value as well placed on sale to generate sales...and not 1 sold ,or for that matter an offer made on&nbsp; any them.</p><p>These were registery set graded coins! </p><p>No interest at all.....the dealer one of the best on the east coast.</p><p>So it goes to show you.....you need and do your homework as it doesn&#039;t pay to build a set of these series as you&#039;ll never see your investment returned at par or above.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did however replace my ms 64 1939 double die rev. With an Au 58 for $75....so my variety collection is again complete. Other items such as the 1971 s no s Proof is another key coin which does not hold value I had 2 of them....the last sold at Gettysburg show a few years back under par for an 67 DC coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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