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Valued Member
United States
166 Posts |
Are circulated pre 1942 Jefferson nickels worth anything above face value? I find them all the time and was wondering if I should keep them? |
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Valued Member
United States
492 Posts |
I keep all Jeffersons older than 1960, but that's just me.
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Valued Member
United States
455 Posts |
It seems they would be...I found a 1939 in decent shape and looked it up on CoinTrackers, this is what they said:
"As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in poor condition will be valued at somewhere around 50 cents, while one in "perfect" condition can bring $5.5."
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Valued Member
United States
140 Posts |
I have seen many people save anything pre-60 but I only keep wars and earlier.
As for the value of them I am unsure but anything over 60 years old is very neat to see in circulation still. My opinion...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1217 Posts |
i keep any nickels 1960 and older. Have 2 complete Jefferson folders from 38-61, so I periodically go through what I find and update the folders. The rest - as long as they are in "average circulated" condition are worth about 10 cents each - 1961 back to 38. I keep any of the key or semi-key dates forever.
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United States
4212 Posts |
Dont go by the tracking folks, a '39 is worth about a dime, where a "perfect" one would probably be $30,000+. (None have ever been graded as such)I could only dream of a "perfect" '39D. This is where most people on this forum turn: http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/price...etopgd.shtmlAfter my reply, I got to thinking. A perfect piece would be much more. Edited by fioti
02/17/2013 09:48 am
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8515 Posts |
If they're an upgrade for my folder I keep em otherwise they go back into the wild. I have so many coins on my desk and a temporary desk next to it that I just can't keep everything lol.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2589 Posts |
Common date pre 1960 nickels are generally worth about 10 cents a piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
I keep anything pre 70. I make rolls of the same dates and when I get to many, I put them on ebay. Of course the 1939 D and 1950 D should be kept. If you find a lot of pre 42 Jefferson's, put them on ebay.  |
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United States
979 Posts |
I keep pre 62s, that's just the way the whitmans divides them. I will say that cointrackers over estimates value, but I have sold some for over face. Values are based on mintage and condition. Heck, my coin shop sells V nickels and Indian cents for a buck, except for low mintage dates or ones in nice shape. Edited by Broseph
02/17/2013 8:05 pm
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Valued Member
United States
98 Posts |
You find pre-42 Jeffersons 'all the time'? I must be doing something wrong, I almost never find these!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4333 Posts |
I just thinned out about 100 rolls of pre '60, keeping only the pre-1940.
They are worth exactly what someone would be willing to pay.
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Valued Member
 United States
166 Posts |
I find about 3 or 4 per box
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United States
860 Posts |
Given the mintages of the 1938p, the 1939p, the 1940p,d,s, and the 1941p,d,s, they can't have very high values. The 1938d,s and the 1939d,s are all low mintage coins so they could have some value.
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Valued Member
United States
125 Posts |
I agree with several posters above, I keep anything dated before 1960 in coin tubes. So far, I have about 15 tubs full. Eventually, I will go through and keep one tube of each date and will only be keeping the nicer examples, upgrading with every new find.
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