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I just recently, past week actually, decided I was going to start collecting coins again. I had collected when I was younger but ended up selling them all shortly after turning 18. I came across a bunch of old nickels from my uncle and found one which looked odd. Its a 1940-D Jefferson, but it appears to be more of a copper color. I was just wondering if it was discoloration or actually made that way. Pic included. Sorry for the quality.  |
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 to CCF kurtkurtles. Looks like toning to me. Can you weight it? John1  |
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Yes, welcome to the forum kurtkurtles. The Jefferson nickel (along with the Lincoln wheatie) was the first coins I started to collect. It looks to me like it spent a lot of time with some copper coins over the years, and toning as mentioned previously. |
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Thanks for the replies. John1 - I unfortunately don't have a scale to weigh it. Just wondering what that would prove/disprove? Collectorplay - I have really warmed up to the Jefferson nickels. I've always been a fan of Indian Head nickels. What are the key dates I should be looking for with Jeffersons? I know 42-45 is pretty hard to find but any others? |
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When it comes to Jeffersons, keep an eye out for the 1938D, 1938S, 1939D, 1939S, Any War Nickels as you mentioned, and 1950D. |
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John1 - I unfortunately don't have a scale to weigh it. Just wondering what that would prove/disprove? It would prove weather or not it was struck on a copper planchet. John1 |
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Yes, the "War Time" Jeffersons from 1942-1945 as mentioned have a touch of silver and are great to come by. Plus those mentioned above by Kefiroth are also hard to find. The circulated Jefferson nickel was one of the first coins I started collecting as a child. Just last year I finally got my Whitman Jefferson nickel album filled through about 1970, with the 1938S being the hardest to get (at the cheap price I was willing to pay!). This may sound a little goofy, but one reason I enjoy collecting the Jefferson nickel, Lincoln Penny, and Roosevelt dime are because those presidents were (in my opinion) great leaders. So they deserve to have their image on our country's currency. |
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I completely agree. Jefferson has always been one of my favorite presidents. Speaking of price, what is the maximum you would pay for the harder to find ones? I'm not looking for great condition.. Just decent I guess. I'm still an amateur. Thanks again.
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For "decent" condition, I can't see any reason to spend more than $10-15 for any circulation issue Jefferson nickel unless you're looking for full-step gems of certain dates (some dates in the 60s, for instance, are common but are rarely if ever found well-struck.) I got a gem 1950-D on a whim at a pawn shop for $15, and that's the key date. Most of the other hard dates (1950, the silver ones, 1938-D/S and 1939-D/S) should be a few bucks. Edited by CaptainFwiffo
09/02/2011 1:53 pm
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Thank you very much. I was really hoping to complete the collection for a couple hundred max. Sounds like a reasonable goal now.
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That's completely reasonable, even if you are going for a nice grade. There are several forum members who have completed that set at face value just by searching bank rolls.
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