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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 53245, member: 57463"]Welcome to the forum, OzRadio! </p><p><br /></p><p>Jefferson Nickels are as good a place to begin as any. You will want to <u>read</u> about them before you spend much more money. </p><p><br /></p><p>I assume that you already know that <b>you have to count the steps</b>. From that point forward, there are even more details, including Red Book Varieties, errors, etc. You will want to find out more about The Full Step Nickel Club (EMail: <a href="mailto:fsnc5555@aol.com">fsnc5555@aol.com</a>, Work Phone: (818) 759-4745.) The FSNC publishes a newsletter, <i>The Portico</i>. They are an ANA member club and if you and your son really like this hobby, you will want to join the American Numismatic Association. Apparently, there is no standard references for Jefferson Nickels. At least, I found none in either the American Numismatic Society or American Numismatic Association library catalogs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I "started" with Barber Dimes, actually, and never got past the first six or eight before going over to Mercury Dimes. That was fine, but I realized that what I really liked about those coins was the classical imagery. At a local coin show, I saw ancient Greek coins for sale in about the same price range as the nicer Mercury and Barber dimes, and so that is what I focused on for the next several years. I collected small silvers worth about a day's wages from the towns and lifetimes of famous philosophers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 53245, member: 57463"]Welcome to the forum, OzRadio! Jefferson Nickels are as good a place to begin as any. You will want to [U]read[/U] about them before you spend much more money. I assume that you already know that [B]you have to count the steps[/B]. From that point forward, there are even more details, including Red Book Varieties, errors, etc. You will want to find out more about The Full Step Nickel Club (EMail: [email]fsnc5555@aol.com[/email], Work Phone: (818) 759-4745.) The FSNC publishes a newsletter, [I]The Portico[/I]. They are an ANA member club and if you and your son really like this hobby, you will want to join the American Numismatic Association. Apparently, there is no standard references for Jefferson Nickels. At least, I found none in either the American Numismatic Society or American Numismatic Association library catalogs. I "started" with Barber Dimes, actually, and never got past the first six or eight before going over to Mercury Dimes. That was fine, but I realized that what I really liked about those coins was the classical imagery. At a local coin show, I saw ancient Greek coins for sale in about the same price range as the nicer Mercury and Barber dimes, and so that is what I focused on for the next several years. I collected small silvers worth about a day's wages from the towns and lifetimes of famous philosophers.[/QUOTE]
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