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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nickelman, post: 405449, member: 4633&quot;]Hello Chasindreams, </p><p>&nbsp;I have been collecting primarily Jefferson nickels for over 25 years now first trying Full Step collecting (which is never ending). Then about 6 or 7 years ago I started variety collecting. I do not consider myself an &quot;expert&quot; by any means but am willing to share what knowlegde I have. </p><p>&nbsp;That being said, it is extremly difficult to put a dollar value on most varieties! The Jefferson series has hundreds of Doubled Dies and RPM&#039;s. There are a few good books that cover the most popular varieties but the pricing guides in these books either outdated or just plan unrealistic but other pricing guides aside are good for attribution help. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Here are a few books I recommend:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Jefferson Nickel Analyst</p><p>The Jefferson Nickel RPM Book &amp; Update</p><p>Best of the Jefferson Nickel Doubled Die Varieties 2nd</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Unless the varieties you are seeking are in the most part the Top 100 (<a href="http://conecaonline.org/content/Top100Jeffs.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://conecaonline.org/content/Top100Jeffs.htm" rel="nofollow">http://conecaonline.org/content/Top100Jeffs.htm</a>) then it is hard to know what the market price would be. I buy slabbed varieties on ebay or Teletrade (both top 100 and minor) if the price is right but have to be careful not to get in a bidding war and pay more than what you had preset in your mind. Most varieties can be cherried at shows and coin shops if you have access (haven&#039;t been to a show where I haven&#039;t found at least a few RPM&#039;s or DD&#039;s).</p><p>Check slabs as well for unattributed varieties (I have purchased many varieties slabbed by PCGS and NGC with both major and minor unattributed varieties).</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;To anwser your question if you did good on a 1939&#039;-DDO-DIE 1 &amp; DDR-DIE 7&nbsp; Jefferson Nickel MS-65 ,graded by Anacs for $ 60.00 It sounds a little high for the variety but not outragous (I have certainly done worse over the years). For the specific varieties that you are looking for set up a favorite search on ebay and a Mr. Wantlist on Teletrade they will show up and again decide what your willing to pay for them in the various conditions before they show up you will eventually get them! I have kind of set in my mind a threshold of the max premium I&#039;ll pay for a minor variety over the fair market value of the particular date without a variety and that has tended to serve me well.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Hope this helps and hope you continue to hang around the variety nickel forum (gets lonely down here sometimes LOL)! Many have come and many no longer are around here anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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