Finally Finished My First Jefferson Nickel Set

Great work @hum. Congrats on finishing a set--that is awesome!

Thanks, guys! Not only was it an improvement putting my collection into the Dansco album, but it also gave me a little space for additional coins. The Whitman album only went until 2003, whereas the Dansco goes until 2005. I like the price on the Whitman's, but it also appears the quality of the albums are not as good as Dansco. If you are frequently swapping coins around, I definitely don't recommend it. The pages essentially wear out or fall apart when you are moving the plastic sleeves in and out all the time. I haven't had this issue with Dansco.

Now, for my next Jefferson nickel set, I am also going the Dansco route. However, this time, I am doing a proof album. Now, obviously this will include all the "proof only" issues, which is from 1971 and onward. However, I have decided to also get my hands on whatever older proofs that I can as well that are reasonably priced. Now, this has always irked because there is no room in Dansco albums, let alone most albums for the older proof issued coins. I decided to reconcile this issue by instead putting the older proofs in the Philadelphia spots in place of the business strike, since proof Jefferson's before 1968 were minted in Philadelphia.I decided to go this route instead of adding another extra page to the album. I figured it really doesn't technically matter, since I already in actuality have the business strike P minted coins in this existing set that I completed. Ideally, I'd rather just have some kind of blank album and throw all of them in.... But then I'd have to label everything and be precise. My slight OCD would be inclined to rear it's ugly head lol

Also, regarding this set, they say the 1950 D is the key date of the series. However, it honestly seems the 1939 D is harder to come by, at least in my experience! I checked my local coin dealer several different times in an attempt to locate the 39 D with no luck. But yet, they had at least 2-3 1950 D coins. Odd. They were also reasonably priced, so I honestly bowed out and gave up on trying to find them in coin rolls. It only cost 20 dollars total for the 39 D and 50 D. Not bad at all.

Congratulations!

It is a great looking set.

Good luck with the next one. We shall wait for the results!

Great job! It feels good to "complete" a set, although we know that the set is usually evolving. I finished filling my old Whitman album in 2018 after throwing in the towel on finding the last four in the wild. I also transferred them to a Dansco, which I am still updating year by year from pocket change. After completing the folder, I purchased a set of UNC silver nickels from another CCF member and added them to the Dansco. If you're interested, here is a link to my post on the subject.

http://goccf.com/t/305695&whichpage=1

Edit: Since this old post, I have been able to find all six varieties of the 1939 nickels by looking through dealers' tables at local coin shows.

Congrats on the set! That's an accomplishment no matter how it gets done! @Dearborn I believe Bump111 means the 1939; the 1939 with reverse of 1940; 1939 with doubled die Monticello; 1939-d with the reverse of 1938; 1939-d with the reverse of the 1940; 1939-s; and the 1939-s with the reverse of the 1940. Wait that would be 7 varieties. I'll wait for Bump111 to clarify.

A nice selection to fill out the holes.

Congrats on completing the set and thanks for sharing it.