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Pillar of the Community
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Are they known to have weak strikes? Not the SMS coins, but the business strikes.
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They weren't especially bad. Compared to other dates of the time they were almost good but in those days there were extremely few very well struck examples of anything. In the case of the nickel the master dies were worn so dies usually lacked a lot of detail. Many of these had weak strikes but at least '67 nickels were mostly struck by decent dies rather than worn out ones. The mintage on these was pretty low so a lot of dies weren't needed like the silver coins that were being pulled out by the general public who caused the coin shortage.
Finding high quality strikes of '67 nickels is very tough but nice choice strikes are fairly common compared to many of the nickels and other coins of the era. About 5% are "nice enough".
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Q. David Bowers notes in A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels, "Most dies for circulation issues from 1960 to 1967 lack step continuity below the second pillar from the right." It is listed at 1 in 150 for 5 Full Steps.
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lukkyseven, that book that biochemist6 just quoted would really do you a world of good noting your obvious attraction to the Jefferson series. If you try ebay you can get a barely used or even new one at a good discount under the retail price. I guarantee you'll like the book and learn a lot from it. |
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Wheezy - It's on it's way from Amazon right now! I went to the bookstore to get it, but they didn't have it :(. Biochemist - Thanks for that info :) |
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Read your post before breaking a new box, so I had '67 on the brain. Was going to toss this till I flipped it over. Note the absence of a "C" in "CENTS".   Thanks for the post! |
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Wow, that's cool. Does that influence value? If so, how much?
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That C is right behind one of the high spots on the Obverse, so maybe that's why? I don't fully understand mint errors yet...
The reason I brought this up was b/c I was scanning the bay for some (since I hadn't found any in the box I opened) and there aren't many high grade ones out there... I can't wait to get that book in the mail, supposed to be at my house by Monday :)
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I may have to look into a copy of that myself. High grade Jeffersons are nice to look at :)
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I just like them because they're a completable set that you can still get from circulation. Then if you wish to upgrade to nicer ones (as I'm doing now) you can without breaking the bank. The same cannot be said for Lincolns. The same could be said for quarters and dimes though. I just like the Nickels better.
I think they're a great coin to learn about collecting/grading/details. Then you can move on to other stuff.
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I think they're a great coin to learn about collecting/grading/details.  100% with that ...... and if you roll-search for them as many of us do there is an amazing variety of fun finds to be discovered ...... foreign coins, war silver, Buffalo's and even the occasional V nickel. Be aware lukkyseven that Q. David Bowers has also published a number of other great guide books ...... in addition to the one you ordered (which is chock full of knowledge), I also own "Shield and Liberty Head Nickels" and "United States Commemorative Coins". I highly recommend any of this Red Book series and commend them to anyone interested in self-education through reading and study. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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I gotta get through the Buffs before I move backwards to the shield or liberty. But one day. I think I have many many years of nickel collecting ahead of me. I can see gettig distracted by these Morgan dollars (and probably merc dimes) though! |
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