Which Reverse, (if any) would actually be considered rare? The 1982 Jefferson (Philly & Denver) Jefferson mintstate nickel. Would this year be considered a scarce,or rare date? Judging from what I've seen on population, there isn't really to many of them encapsulated thru Pcgs or Ngc. I haven't seen any on ebay yet. Also' I've noticed these dates have different 'Reverse-Types. I would really like to know if there's a difference between a 1982 Jefferson (Reverse of 1977), from a (Reverse of1982). I've spent a good part of the day, trying to get more information on this date, Ben's-Jeff'Nickel Analyst & David Bowers Red Book, only has the same infor' on each Reverse, thatboth Reverse's (most) have "excessive wear on the lettering". The Red Book,by David Bowers does say, that the (Obverse has been modified-Slightly, with the Lettering farther from the rim. Just how many are there of these, and would anyone have anymore infor- on this? If you were to hold each (Reverse) up in hand, can you tell, or is there anything different about these ? Any information would be much-appreciated, with a Big-Thank-You, in advance, to all that may respond to this. Again' just Chasindreams :high5:
well, as I am not a collector of jefferson's I didn't even know there was a diffrence... now I have something else to research...
The difference is pretty extreme. The most dramatic difference to my eye especially on lightly worn specimens is the lines in the dome. There are none on the type of '77. You can still find a few decent examples of these in circulation for comparison. You'll need about ten rolls to be sure of having an XF of each. All the '82 nicvkels (especially the Philly) are fairly scarce in unc since they weren't saved and there are no mint sets. I'd guess about a quarter million exist with a slight predominence for the earlier type. Gems are extremely elusive accounting for the low pops. Gems are available from many sources including the souvenir sets but are most infrequent.
