Where To Buy BU Jefferson Nickels.

I have been building my Jefferson set for about a month now and I am doing PCGS with varieties! I just take it one coin at a time from the local shops around here and from raw coins they have that I'll send in to grade next month or so... It's fun but it's going to take me a while to get it done... I do pick up low grade PCGS coins that someone had sent in for grading for some reason and I use them to fill the holes in my set... I really wish John hadn't posted that link, I may have to go buy all of those now...

My personal favorite way to find BU coins like Jefferson nickels is at a coin show. Many dealers carry these and you can compare different dealers lots for grade and price. Sure you can do this on ebay also but at a show you can see the coins in hand. And sometimes you get lucky. When I was building my BU Jefferson set I happened upon a dealer at a show who had recently purchased multiple albums and he was selling most of the coins individually for $1, including the 1950-D. I felt like a kid in a candy shop. Just saying.

Dave Enders or http://www.ebay.com/usr/johnscanlon...m1543.l2754. I used both when I was putting mine together. They both do runs. I did that for the later years. 60 and up. I also used mint and proof sets as well.

for all the coins 59 and before, I purchased individually in hand. I think that is especially important for the War Nickels.

Thanks to everyone who reached out to me, I have completed my Jefferson nickel Series (including Proof Only Issues - Dansco #8113/8114). The earliest coins are circulated, and the more recent (64 - date) are BU. I am replacing my silver War Nickels with BUs and only need the 1943 -P, and S,
and the 1945-D. I've done this War Nickel upgrade one coin at a time. Eventually, I'll replace all the circulated coins with BUs, but I don't have to hurry. It's a great feeling to complete any series.

I started this set when I was 10 years old. I took a 45-year, temporary departure (military career, marriage, children, college, etc.) and just completed it this week.

Special thanks to chipjones and dwizzer. Also, unending support and friendship from Earle42 (we're brothers from different mothers). Jack

Jack!!

Congrats!

I felt like I had completed the Boston Marathon when I completed my circulated set from CRH....
If/when I can complete my Dansco with Proofs, will be like whipping MMA fighter Chuck Liddell in his prime for the title...
I bought Mint & Proof sets from my coin shop to fill it to where it is...in my case I needed the other coins too for all the other albums. So buying Nickels one at a time was not the way to go for myself.

Completing the set is not so difficult but finding quality examples is a different problem. The 70's and 80's quality is an absolute joke IMO. I've searched thousands, and just like Memorial cents, I discovered Jefferson's are probably even worse when considering strike, die state and luster.