Jefferson Nickel Values
Most Jefferson nickel values are found in the early years, 1938 and 1939. They are worth 35 cents to $25 or $50 depending on date, mintmark and condition.
Jefferson Nickels 1938 (to present) Coin Guide
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Jefferson Nickel
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In 1966, almost thirty years after the Jefferson Nickel first appeared, the designer's initials (F.S. for Felix Schlag) were added to the obverse below Jefferson's bust.
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The Jefferson Nickel
So far the Jefferson Nickel has been a part of the United States coinage for
68 years. It has become one of the favorites among American collectors. ...
The Jefferson Nickel features a left-facing bust of the president, dressed in a coat of the period and wearing a peruke wig.
This is the Jefferson Nickel collection I started with a $4 investment. I am not very artistic, so I'm sure you can do a lot better, but you can see the basic layout here. The two boxes on top are for the 1938 and 1939 nickels.
Photo by Susan Headley ...
Jefferson Nickels (1938 to Date)
In 1938 the government announced a competition to redesign the nickel, and some 390 artists applied.
Jefferson nickel - The five-cent coin being struck from 1938 to present and featuring Thomas Jefferson on its obverse. Felix Schlag was the designer.
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Jefferson Nickel
Felix Schlag won an award of $1,000 in a competition with 390 artists for his design of the five-cent piece that honors Thomas Jefferson, ...
Jefferson nickel
The Felix Schlag designed five-cent coin first struck from 1938 to date.
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Jefferson nickel
Nickel still in use today. Designed by Felix Schlag and has been in continuous use since 1938.
jugatep Overlapping portraits on a coin which face the same direction.
Jefferson nickel: the U.S. Five Cents coins struck from 1938 until today.
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key: the coin in a series that is the hardest to obtain and generally the most valuable.
Jefferson nickel
The five-cent coin struck beginning in 1938 through to this day. Felix Schlag was the designer.
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Jefferson nickels and Lincoln cents especially exhibit a large number of affected coins, throughout the entire history of the coin.
Jefferson Nickel: Copper-Nickel pieces dated 1938-42 and 1946-64: to the right of Monticello on the reverse. Silver pieces dated 1942-45: a large mintmark above Monticello on the reverse. 1968-2004: Below (clockwise from) the date.
The Jefferson nickel, designed by Felix Schlag in a Mint-sponsored contest, was first minted beginning in 1938.
1939 Jefferson nickels are fairly common to find in change but the doubled die reverse is rather scarce but still may be found in the wild. Value: $30-$500.
1942-D/horizontal D 5c ...
1985-P Jefferson Nickel
Triple strike, second strike at 10:00 and third strike at 2:00.
I have a Jefferson nickel made between 1942 and 1945; the color on it looks strange and it just doesn't feel like a regular nickel. Do I have something good?
War Alloy Jefferson Nickels
War is hell, especially on money. Metal was scarce during World War II. Just ask a Jefferson nickel, made of 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese (the Sacagawea Dollar US silver coin also uses manganese).
A term used for a Jefferson nickel where 5 ½ or 6 steps leading up to Monticello on the coin's reverse are fully defined. Full Steps are rarer than "blended" steps are an important modifier in grading Jefferson nickels.
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Jefferson Nickels - on the reverse side at the right of the building from 1938 to 1981, except when the composition was changed to include silver. From 1942 to 1945 the mint mark is on the reverse and above the building's dome.
The distribution methods used on the Lincoln Cent and the Jefferson Nickel is what makes them more easily attainable than the higher denominations. These are shipped in bulk and sub-divided and rolled by sources outside the mint.
Despite being our nation's first nickel five-cent coin - the forerunner of the Liberty, Buffalo and Jefferson nickel - the Shield nickel does not seem to have a large devoted following.
In late 2004, the 2004-dated Jefferson nickel will feature an angled, side-view of the keelboat with full sail that transported members of the expedition and their supplies through the rivers of the Louisiana Territory in search of a northwest ...
Steps Referring to the steps of Monticello on the reverse of the Jefferson nickel. A mania developed in the 1970s of demanding full-step nickels; six steps are visible when the coin is immaculately struck up.
Refers to Jefferson nickels that were minted between 1942-1945. During WWII, nickel and copper were designated as critical strategic metals. It was during this time that the U.S.
The example at left is a recent Jefferson nickel that clearly has two additional strikes, one 75% off-center, and the other 90% off-center. The strikings are also referred to as DSBS, or Die Struck Both Sides.
The Type I proof is of the same style and composition as the usual Jefferson nickels. The Type II proof is of the WWII large mintmark style and silver composition.
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1945 Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Jefferson Nickels ...
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Here is a rare 1942-D Jefferson nickel, with a D mintmark over a horizontal D mintmark. This repunched mintmark (RPM) brings as much as $750, compared to the $30 of the normal coin.
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Older Jefferson nickels, as well as well-circulated Buffalo nickels, are also the stuff of bargain bins. Silver isn't entirely absent from the bargain bin ...
CIRCULATED ROLL OF "WAR TIME SILVER JEFFERSON NICKELS" FIVE-CENT PIECE, Average Circulated condition. $15.90 ...
Full Steps - All 5 steps showing on a Jefferson Nickel.
FSB
Full Split Bands - Mercury dime ...
" We grade, authenticate, verify and list attributes for errors and varieties such 5, 5+, and 6 steps for Jefferson nickels, DM (deep mirror), DMPL (deep mirror proof like) for Morgan Dollars, ...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1793- P or none Pennies and coins struck prior to 1980 had no mint marks, except for Susan B. Anthony dollars and wartime Jefferson nickels.
4. Problems with blending the alloy and impurities produced laminations on the planchets. This is still a problem with all nickel coinage, including Buffalo and Jefferson nickels.
FS - 'Full Steps' - Jefferson nickel lovers know that the reverse side of the nickel for many years features a Jefferson Memorial building design. This design shows the steps leading up to the memorial building.
SEGS - Sovereign Entities Grading Service of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Very good certification and attributions; though many of their slabbed coins sell near raw values. Their Jefferson nickels grades appear one of their strongest suits.
Overdate - A coin that has a numeral or two from a different year in it. This typically occurred as the mint was attempting to use a previous year's working hub. Example 1943/2 Jefferson Nickel.
for the Buffalo nickel's successor was well under way, as the design's required 25 years would end the following year. It was to be replaced by the third coin to bear a likeness of one of our presidents, Thomas Jefferson. The Jefferson nickel ...
There have been similar issues since; the 1994 and 1997 Matte-finish Jefferson nickels, for example, are frosted SMS-type coins. There also are a few known 1964 SMS coins, these likely struck as tests in late 1964 for the new 1965 SMS strikings.
How much like paradise it would be if comparable references were available on everything else from Massachusetts silver coins minted in 1652 right down to Jefferson nickels and Lincoln cents! ...
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