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<p>[QUOTE="CoinOKC, post: 146058, member: 2146"]You have to ask yourself, "Why aren't there more Wheaties in circulation"? It's because of the design change in 1959. Wheaties slowly disappeared from circulation because they were different from the new design. Had the wheat reverse continued to this day, there would be many more older-dated Lincolns in circulation than there are now. People simply wouldn't have noticed the difference and they would have remained in circulation longer.</p><p> </p><p>Now, with the Jeffersons the same theory exists. The old "Felix Schlag" obverse is gone from the nickel forever. As more and more of the new design enter circulation, the old design will slowly disappear, undoubtedly filling many coffee cans around the world.</p><p> </p><p>Will the old Jeffersons be worth more in the future? YES. Will it be worth it to save thousands of them? Well, how many wheat cents would you like to have right now?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CoinOKC, post: 146058, member: 2146"]You have to ask yourself, "Why aren't there more Wheaties in circulation"? It's because of the design change in 1959. Wheaties slowly disappeared from circulation because they were different from the new design. Had the wheat reverse continued to this day, there would be many more older-dated Lincolns in circulation than there are now. People simply wouldn't have noticed the difference and they would have remained in circulation longer. Now, with the Jeffersons the same theory exists. The old "Felix Schlag" obverse is gone from the nickel forever. As more and more of the new design enter circulation, the old design will slowly disappear, undoubtedly filling many coffee cans around the world. Will the old Jeffersons be worth more in the future? YES. Will it be worth it to save thousands of them? Well, how many wheat cents would you like to have right now?[/QUOTE]
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