The Start Of My Liberty "V" Nickel Collection

Thanks, seamonkey.

I did, however, run into some unfortunate scenarios.
I opted to sell my 1885 V nickel recently.

I ended up selling it to a member on Reddit.
I did, however, do pretty decent on it IMO.
I originally paid around 250 for it, and I got nearly 200 dollars back out of it. It came at a time when we needed money, though.

Having money issues sucks. That's another reason why I was happy to find this cheap key date coin. I don't really plan on sinking anymore money like that into this series personally or any other honestly, at least not on a single coin.

The only other coin I plan on spending quite a bit for is the 1914-D Lincoln Cent. This is an exception IMO and a series I'm happy to put the funds into if I have them one day. There are always holidays, birthday parties, etc.

Nice addition. Now that is one I would have no problems cracking out. Odd someone paid to have it photographed.

Here is the photo...

Definitely not! Thanks, seamonkey. I did see that.
When considering purchasing a slabbed coin, I always try to verify first to avoid fakes.

Honestly, I also don't really mind the look of some of these old, worn Liberty nickels. I'm quite fond of them actually. I've seen some of them on ebay that were graded "fair" but actually looked pretty nice in my mind and had some decent details.

I was going to consider upgrading a few of the coins like the 87, 88 and 89. However, I quite like the look of them honestly.
Perhaps I'll give it some time and look around and see if anything stands out to me more than what I already have.







My thought process has kind of evolved on the notions of cracking slabs. I cracked open the slabs in my Lincoln cents for the 09-S and 31-S. I believe I will do the same when I obtain the 14-D eventually as well, even being a 200-300 dollar coin. I'd rather it be in my album collection. Something like the S VDB, even if I were able to ever obtain this.... Yeah, I would leave it in the slab.

Nice purchase, Humanist!

The 1886 came in today.

Not the best looking coin, but for 50 bucks, it'll do.








I got "cracking" on cracking

Still a great coin, Humanist! Sometimes you have to settle for a problem key date coin. It's cheaper than it would be, than if you got a problem free key date coin. As long as you're happy, that's all that matters.

Thank you, friends.

Yeah, I agree. I would prefer a much nicer coin. Who wouldn't?
But, I mean, I'm doing this on a budget unfortunately.
I'm willing to skimp a bit if I can get a coin that is normally up there in cost for a good price.

I almost purchased a 1912-S recently as well.
Unfortunately, after my 250 dollar 1885 coin purchase, my wife hasn't forgotten about that.
I was definitely sad to see that coin go.

I won't be buying anymore nearly 300 dollar coins again in the future. That said, I would still possibly pick up the 1912-S in the future if I can find it for around 150 or so.



I'm not really sure how much farther I can go with this series. Lol.
In terms of album filling capacity, I only have the 1885 and 1912-S left. And, well, we know how that went.. Lol.

I may upgrade some coins here and there eventually. I think that would be a good look. I also thought about mirroring the first page to a degree on the second page and doing another "lower grade" set without any keys.