The Start Of My Liberty "V" Nickel Collection

Well, that makes sense!

I also got these in the mail today as well;
1870 Shield nickel

Pretty nice coin IMO



Also received this 1873 Shield nickel today, "closed 3" variety.
Pretty worn, but yeah.. These are NOT cheap.


Also, thanks to nickelsearcher, I got this wonderful book for future Shield and Liberty nickel purchases! Thank you, my friend!

Nice Shield nickels, Humanist!

Thank you

I'm excited to say I ordered the key date coin of the series; the 1885. This is the most expensive coin purchase I've ever made, coming in at around 250 dollars. Higher grades, obviously, are much more expensive. Looking at the prices at Red Book, VG-8 comes in at around 600+ dollars.

I opted for it slabbed and it is graded "AG 3."
I feel somewhat relieved due to the fact that it is now out of the way.

It's not the prettiest looking coin, but given the prices in grades above this, this is what I could afford!

The 1886 and 1912-S should be a piece of cake after this! I believe they can be had for anywhere between 80-150 dollars. I am opting for the coins slabbed though, to discourage fakes.

Obverse

Reverse


Here is another one I was looking at, that was the same price and same grade essentially.

However, several people I talked to said they liked the "circulated cameo" effect better in the first coin, so, I went with that.

So you agree, jbuck? The first one was better?

Thanks, Seamonkey

Yeah, now I don't have to worry about it!
This is probably the most expensive coin I'll ever purchase.
And for me, rightly so, since the Liberty nickel series is so short.
I can easily (well, not easily..) purchase the other two key dates over time. I'm still gonna opt for graded/slabbed coins, though.

I might not even put any of them in the album. Not sure yet. I don't like empty holes... But I think there would also be something to said for having all three of the keys for the series nicely slabbed and retained in their holders.

If I don't want to have empty spots, I could even throw some "dateless" coins in there to fill the holes. I'll worry about it when it comes down to it!

I agree as well, I like the circulation cameo. Congrats on the key date purchase!

excellent purchase! nice cameo on the first one