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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 14462657, member: 19250&quot;]1997 matte finish Jefferson nickel&nbsp; mintage 25,000 . One of the lowest known modern mintages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then if you want to compare something older the 1893 O - vs- 1895 S&nbsp; if you&#039;re going on mintages.....however there&#039;s another factor to the equation and that is survival rate!&nbsp; As there are quite a few series ,dates, mint marks, that ended&nbsp; up in the pot to be melted. </p><p><br /></p><p>Silver dollars, IHC, even half dimes that some were actually minted on a Monday and melted on a Tuesday. IE 1853 no arrows half dime&nbsp; be they Philadelphia or New Orleans. </p><p>Then we can address this from the direction of when you aquired a coin. Case in point the 1950 D Jefferson nickel. In&nbsp; the early. 1960&#039;s the 50 D was horaded in rolls a difficult mm to find in change esspecially if you lived on the right coast. As air travel had not yet been a choice for the middle class.</p><p>So minted from Denver and San Francisco&nbsp; were hens teeth. The retail cost of a ms 64 1950 D nickel&nbsp; was 25/30$ in 1960&#039;s money&nbsp; however today a nice ms 65 1950 D can easy be obtained under $20 in 2023 money.</p><p>So adjust for inflation and you&#039;ll see exactly what I am saying.</p><p><br /></p><p>$25.usd 1963 = $ 243.23 in 2023 buying power. Thus work it backwards on a $20.00 purchase today on a 1950 D nickel. Then you&#039;ll see that a 1950 D&nbsp; purchased in 1963&nbsp; would be a huge loss in todays money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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