Tags Jefferson Nickels

It’s March 2020, and if you’re like me, you’ve been told to stay home until further notice. The world is going through a pandemic that hasn’t been seen in our lifetime. States are closing borders and people are getting sick and losing their jobs. I’ve been lucky so far as […]

Coin Collector Stuck At Home

April 1, 2020 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged America the Beautiful Quarters / Coin Folders / Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents / State Quarters by Kevin

Previously, I purchased cent and nickel rolls from the bank looking for wheat cents and silver nickels. This time, I thought I would do more hunting by purchasing quarter rolls. Of course, I’m looking for silver quarters, but now, I also want to find West Point quarters from 2019 and […]

Coin Roll Hunters 3

March 9, 2020 in Coin Sets / Investing / My Collection tagged America the Beautiful Quarters / Coin Rolls / Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents / Washington Quarters by Kevin

A while back, I spoke about building a Wartime Nickel Set where every nickel was graded Mint State 67. Back in the late 1990s, I started purchasing them between EBay and Coin Shows. Each of them was graded and slabbed by NGC. I’ll explain about slabbed coins in a bit. […]

A Slabbed Coin Album

February 25, 2020 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged Coin Albums / Jefferson Nickels / Slabbed Coins / Walking Liberty Half Dollars by Kevin

2019 was a big year for getting coins minted from the West Point Mint. For the collectors, there were three West Point Lincoln Cents. First, there was the proof cent included with the Proof Set. Then, there was the reverse proof cent included with the Silver Proof Set. Lastly came […]

2020 West Point Nickels

February 1, 2020 in Coin Sets / New Coins / US Mints tagged Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents / Roosevelt Dimes / West Point by Kevin

In my previous article, I mentioned that 2019 was not a good year for me personally. A week before Thanksgiving, I lost my mom. As sad as I was that she passed away, I’m grateful that she died in her sleep peacefully in her own bed at the age of […]

My First Coin Collecting Influence

January 20, 2020 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged Coin Folders / Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents by Kevin

A couple of weeks ago, I went to my local coin store to look for a coin album for my completed Peace Dollar collection. After searching the store, the owner said he didn’t have any at the moment, but would order one for me. While there, I noticed a number […]

Coin Collecting Folders

March 3, 2019 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged Coin Folders / Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents by Kevin