Posting Jefferson nickels in order by date

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  1. RonSanderson

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    1976-S Proof
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  3. RonSanderson

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    1977
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  4. RonSanderson

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    Occasionally I post the coins as they appear in the Dansco. We're about halfway through the bottom panel on the third page of the album. That means, one week from now, we'll be exactly half finished with the Dansco.

    That is seriously a lot of nickels!
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    1977-D
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    1977-S Proof
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    1978
    I don't think I can capture the way this coin handles light. It is dark and lustrous, with a golden reverse that creates a warm glow in the album. The fields have a satiny darkness that seems to absorb light. Maybe I will return to this one day with the camera and see if there is any way to capture all that I see.
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  9. RonSanderson

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    1978-D
    This nickel comes the closest to full steps that I've been able to post in quite a while. Except for the proofs, of course.

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  10. JCro57

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    1978 5c struck on a Type 1 cent blank (no rim), and a 1979 5c struck on a cent planchet (has a rim) - both from my collection. Enjoy! ~Joe C.

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  11. 1916D10C

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    I love the wrong planchet errors. Closest you can come to seeing a coin and it's design as an entirely different denomination.

    Jcro- question, why does the first coin appear so white when it is on a copper cent planchet?
     
  12. JCro57

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    For the life of me, I have no idea. I have asked that question to many experts with no satisfactory answers.
     
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  13. RonSanderson

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    1978-S Proof
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    1979
    From the picture of the Dansco back in post #303, we can see that this is much darker than its companions, yet still comes across with a rich golden color. I like the sharp details on Monticello and the clean fields.

    From that picture we can see that this coin is the last in its group. In fact it is the last coin on the third page of the Dansco, meaning that half of the coins from the Dansco have now been posted.

    If you're like me, you are thinking, "But, 1979 was just a few years ago - that can't be right!". Well, time flies, and the Jefferson nickel has been the coin of the realm for over 80 years now. And in a few weeks 1979 will be 40 years back.

    Although the set only goes through 2011, that still requires 210 slots in the album. That's enough to make this thread last over 6 months - if I can do it! (At least I finished taking all the photos a couple of days ago...)

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    1979-D
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  19. RonSanderson

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    1979-S Proofs
    When I think of Type 1 and Type 2 variations, I think of a significant difference. For the 1917 Standing Liberty quarters, virtually every design element on the reverse was moved and the lettering changed in size and style. The Buffalo nickel went from a reverse with a bison on a mound to a bison on flat ground.

    The only difference I know of here is a variation in the mint mark. Type 1 is mostly filled in, and Type 2 is more open. Giving this tiny difference a name doesn't seem worth the trouble to me.

    1979-S Proof Type 1
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  20. RonSanderson

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    1980-P
    The Philadelphia mint includes a mint mark for the first time since the huge P appeared on the silver War Nickels. I will follow the Dansco's convention of still showing Philadelphia first, even though Denver now comes first alphabetically.

    Here's another gorgeous nickel that I really like.

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  21. RonSanderson

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    1980-D
    The battered surfaces are a far cry from the 1980 in the previous post. While a number of coins in the set have numerous planchet marks, this one looks like it received a lot of post-strike marks. These appear especially as tiny nicks on the reverse lettering.​

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