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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 594194, member: 15309&quot;]Tmoney,</p><p><br /></p><p>You know my answer to your question.&nbsp; Jefferson Nickels of course.&nbsp; Even with every single coin in the series boasting a mintage of over 2.5 million, there are many conditional rarities in the series.&nbsp; I love this series because it is really only collectible in the premium gem states.&nbsp; Having said that, some of the dates are extremely hard to find in MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, lets look at the 1952-S Jefferson Nickel.&nbsp; This coin had a mintage of 20 million.&nbsp; Would you believe that the population of this coin in MS66 is a scant 312/32 with all of the higher grade coins being an MS67.&nbsp; With such a small surviving population of premium gems, the MS66 1952-S Jefferson is wholesale valued at $24 by Numismedia.&nbsp; In MS67, the coin is a top pop with only 32 known examples.&nbsp; The coin has a Numismedia wholesale value of $120.&nbsp; Well here is what a $120 Jefferson Nickel looks like:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels/JeffersonNickel1952-SNGCMS672990-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I know that comparing populations and values across different series is meaningless, but I am going to do it anyway.&nbsp; I own a 1930-S SLQ NGC MS67 FH.&nbsp; The population of this coin is 38/2 with an original mintage of 1.5 million.&nbsp; This surviving population of 1930-S quarters in MS67 FH is actually smaller than the 1952-S Jefferson.&nbsp; However, the Numismedia wholesale for the quarter is a whopping $3,825.&nbsp; Here is the photo of my 1930-S MS67 FH SLQ.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Standing%20Liberty%20Quarters/SLQ1930-SNGCMS67FH1-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I know that there was 20 million 1952-S Jefferson&#039;s minted.&nbsp; But in almost 60 years they have only found 32 examples good enough for the MS67 grade.&nbsp; Do they really think that they are going to find hundreds of MS67&#039;s in the dwindling number of unopenend original rolls still left out there.&nbsp; I highly doubt it.&nbsp; That is why I think the Jefferson Nickel series is highly overlooked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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