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I finally found it: the elusive 1938S Jefferson nickel. The last empty hole in my Dansco Nickel album has been staring back at me for a long long time. But tonight I was victorious  I finally picked one from tonights box. When I got back into coins a few years ago after 20+ years out of the hobby I had my Whitman folder with a few well worn nickels and an UNC 1950D in a 2 X 2. I guess back then I followed the "Buy the Key Dates First" that people say. I am usually the other way around and get as many as you can for the money, at least nowadays. I swapped out my Whitman folders for Dansco albums and over the last few years I have filled in the missing holes from what I started with and have slowly upgraded what I have as I find them. I will still have to find a 1950D in a box if I want to claim street cred. One thing I have noticed with my set is how hard it is to find high grade 1946-1952 nickels in circulation. I'll try to get some pics of the whole set up in the next few days but I am so excited I just had to post now and couldn't wait.    |
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Pillar of the Community
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All from CRH? Those early ones look nice, and are even sweeter knowing you found them in circulation! Nice  |
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Pillar of the Community
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That's great news. Congrats on accomplishing the goal you set for yourself.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Awesome! That had to be quite a feeling seeing that 1938 among the rest, then flipping it over and seeing that S mintmark.
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All from CRH? Those early ones look nice, and are even sweeter knowing you found them in circulation! All except my 1950D are from roll hunting. I guess I will have to keep searching, hoping to find upgrades for the ones that aren't as nice. |
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Terrific start to the new year! Enjoy the find and the complete set!!
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Pillar of the Community
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Congrats! Every so often we get to celebrate a victory. Well done, what's next?
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United States
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That's awesome! All of my nickels have come from the wild as well, except the proofs. It's such a great feeling filling in a hole!
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I have not done a circulation Jeff album yet. Pretty sure I have just about all of them in tubes except the 50D. I completed the proof album. I did the regulars in high grade to go along with the proofs. None of those were from circulation.
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 nice feeling to complete a set. What's next  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Congrats!  I'm working on a Jeffs from Circulation set too but have a LONG way to go. :) |
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Congrats and Happy New Year, what a great start...I am only 2 away from finishing my Lincoln Wheat Backs. I need 1909 VDB and 1943 S Steel. I feel accomplished, so I have started my nickels. I like the old ones better than the new faced ones. I have started my journey of learning all I can about the nickel.  |
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Posted 01/01/2015 8:21 pm
