Your Thoughts: Buying War Nickel Set For $270

It's your $$. The last set of 65s went for $477, you know where.

I was afraid the price was high. I had been trying to stick to two types of coins, but I just can't do it. Yes, there are coins you want and what else can you say. So, fioti, you have them, too?

cc: You are right about the emotional side of this purchase. As far as pursuing them piece by piece, you bring up a good point. That's what I'm doing with my Morgan date set, and, yes, it's a challenge I love. I've examined this set of nickels, and each one is a gem. I couldn't do better in this grade if I tried. In some respects, I am not riding under my own power. My dealer put these together--and he's someone I admire and trust. And to answer the essence of your question, I am a learner and a collector. You can't take that away from me. You provide some good thoughts. Thank you.

blackjack,

Since I'm not a big fan of the ' War Nickels' the only place I could use for comparison would be ebay. Did you check there to see the prices (I'm sure you did)? I'm so use to seeing dark, tarnished War Nickels. I really do like the cleaner examples. Good luck with the purchase and if you get them don't forget to post the pics so we can all see them.

Thanks for the input, my friends. I'm glad to hear the price is right, fioti. Thanks for the support. I'll see about haggling when I have the money in hand. Right now they're in a small wn bag in the dealer's floor safe. Something about this feels secretive, almost illicit, a ransom I will bring back from the kingdom of coins for all these boring hours I work in order to have cash for this passion, my "shelter from the storm." (I was lucky to retire young, though not wealthy. I work for coins, a double entendre.)
And, mds, I checked ebay last night. Not a lot there in PCGS MS65. The ones I'm getting are gorgeous, white and lustrous. I'm a big fan of the Jefferson nickel. You'd love these, mds. I will post pics when I get them; planning on picking them up on the 31st, along with the 2009 mint sets, for the commemorative Lincolns. Yeah, mkman, I'm buying this one for me. I've thought about it and I couldn't justify it if it were for investment alone. I have no thoughts of selling it. I buy Eagles and rounds for speculation.

Not the way I buy. I treat all purchases as an investment towards my retirement. I don't buy to fill holes or complete types. I buy for my future income.



Thanks. You're making my head swell. But you're only saying this because you don't know me. You're not so bad yourself. In fact, everybody on this forum are a GREAT bunch of people. Even SsuperDdave.

I also have a set of MS65 PCGS War Nickels and I'm not saying exactly what I paid for them since they were bought over the course of a few years but I was wondering if any of yours are graded FS (full steps)? The label would carry that designation. I am upgrading my Set to include the FS version. Seems that's the big interest in Jefferson's nowadays. When I go to sell my duplicate non FS I find all buyers want is full steps or at least 5 steps version. So far I have 16 of them but only 4 in War Nickles. Don't even know if all the War Nickels can be had in FS. Does anyone have any PCGS FS War Nickels or know if I can eventully obtain a full set of them? Sorry now I didnt go that direction in the first place.

Just my thoughts

Edgman

edgman, I called "my guy" and he affirms that the set I'm looking at doesn't have the full step designation. I can back out if I want, he tells me; I can look for those with an FS designation; whatever I want. But, he says, a set with the FS designation will probably run about $150.00 more than the $270.00 for this set. That's too deep for me. Problems, problems, problems. I asked him if he thinks my potential set is still a good investment (bad word!) and he thinks so, especially as these are so white.