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New Member
United States
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I have 1964-2004 Jefferson nickels still in the mint cellophane wondering what coins like this usually grade at. |
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Valued Member
United States
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The U. S. Mint does not ship coins out in cellophane. If you have U.S. coins individually wrapped they must have been wrapped privately after they left the mint. I have a few such somewhere amongst my long untouched boxes of coin stuff, which I remember receiving in mail as a gift to induce me to subscribe to a magazine or to pay for the first day on a life insurance policy premium. They sure looked to be in fresh from the mint collection.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Your Nickels that are still in mint cellophane came from U.S. mint sets that someone had cut out of the rest of the other coins in the set . On the earlier dates I found that most of them were inferior coins not grading higher than MS-63 . The later years were probably no higher than MS-64 .
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Valued Member
United States
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 They can grade anywhere in MS, but they tend to hover in the 63-65 range. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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63-65 is a pretty safe guess. It varies a little for series and years such as for Ikes its probably more like 62-63 Quote:
The U. S. Mint does not ship coins out in cellophane. The mint used cellophane sheets for mint and proof sets for decades |
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United States
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MS-62-65 is typical. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, generally 63-65 with the majority being 63 and lower.
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The U. S. Mint does not ship coins out in cellophane. If you have U.S. coins individually wrapped they must have been wrapped privately after they left the mint Incorrect information, they most certainly have sealed sets, in soft plastic packaging, all the way back to the 50's I believe. |
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United States
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Oh! Ouch! I just read the many intelligent comments and rebuttals from members to my comment to the original poster. I obviously posted incorrect information. My response was shoot from the hip deadpan wrong, and I apologize. I will say that in over seventy years of collecting, I am sure I never bought anything direct from the mint. In fact, I never bought a mint set in original packaging as far as I can remember...from anyone. So, I better be more careful!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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My experience so far is what everyone else is saying. I thought they would grade well when I bought them on ebay but I only have a few and they are pretty nicked up. So I don't buy those anymore |
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United States
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I love to pick extremely high grade modern coins in mint cello packages. The trick is to find listing that show the exact coin your getting, not a "multipule quantity" listing. I've gotten a few roosevelt for dime with Full Torch/ Bands for $1-2, gotten them graded, and sold them for over $100.
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08/04/2019 10:17 pm
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The trick is to find listing that show the exact coin your getting, not a "multipule quantity" listing. Honestly the real trick is to know what you are looking at and being able to grade moderns. The majority of people even collectors will fail miserably just sending in moderns. Even the successful ones have series that they just aren't good at and there's nothing wrong with that. In a lot of ways moderns can be harder with the high MS grading than many classic series are |
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