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Looking good!  |
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Anyway, I have a basket of nickels to get though and some fresh funds from the sale so lets pick this back up and see if there are any upgrades. If I remember correctly most of these are 60's and later which I am interestingly having the most difficult time finding upgrades. A lot of the later coins were scarce in chBU the year they were made. Then after 1965 people quit setting large numbers aside so there are only a few nice coins surviving and a lot of those are in mint sets which are now tarnished. Fortunately nickels usually don't tarnish as badly as the other mint set coins and most of them can be restored to pristine condition by a soak in acetone. There just aren't many mint sets left any longer and there is growing competition to get them. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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very nice group of nickels
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One more out of the basket from last year! Some of the 70's nickels are tough with any stairs. Sorry about the photos... Choice+ 5FS by NGC standards  . Looks like I had to pay $20 but the slabbed ones are a lot more and don't look too much better if at all.    |
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Nice looking Nickels, captainkurt! Errers and Varietys.
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Sharp strike! I agree with cladking about collecting after 65... Here's a capital plastic set my Mom and I put together back in the day...  |
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lets see - you outbid everyone and paid $300.00 for that set... |
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lets see - you outbid everyone and paid $300.00 for that set. I love you John! You always make me smile/laugh! You know...back in the day 1971/72... My Mother...who was a very attractive woman...would hawk Jefferson nickels...it was her passion. We had never heard of FS back then...she just looked for clean open fields. Then she would send me in (a young boy 12-13yrs old) to haggle the price .50 to a Doller less then what was asked for a couple of these Jefferson nickels. This Capital Plastic is one of my favorites because of this. But again...like "cladking" has said...after that...it felt like the journey was complete. smat |
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Link to a 1943 D Full Step in the grading forum! UPGRADE BABY! Quote:
One more out of the basket from last year! Nice examples! |
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Here's a capital plastic set my Mom and I put together back in the day... Outstanding! |
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Quote:Nice Jefferson nickel set, smat45! Thank you E&V. I'm grateful my daughter has an interest in this because of her Grandmother's interest. Still in the original Capital plastic box and tissue. smat |
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Outstanding! Thank you jbuck! It's a set I've never thought of selling because of the memories. smat |
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It's a set I've never thought of selling because of the memories. Nor should you ever. That one needs to be passed down to the next generation.  |
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