Tags Jefferson Nickels

2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the San Francisco Mint producing mint set. To commemorate the anniversary, a reverse proof set will be minted for the first time. The First Reverse Proof Set As I stated earlier, the 2018 Reverse Proof Set will be the first of its kind […]

The Reverse Proof Set

July 22, 2018 in Coin Sets / New Coins tagged Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents / Proof Sets / Reverse Proofs by Kevin

I’ve spoken about Wartime Nickels in the past, but thought I would build a post just about them. After all, I did build a nice set of MS-67 certified silver nickels. One nice thing about these Jefferson Nickels is that you can find them occasionally in change and nickel rolls. […]

Jefferson Silver War Nickels

May 22, 2018 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged Jefferson Nickels / Silver Coins by Kevin

A while back, I wrote about collecting a short set, or collecting certain coins in a set instead of a complete collection. Last year I finished a Jefferson Nickel short set which included 12 silver nickels that were minted during World War II. Eleven of them were uncirculated nickels in […]

Walking Liberty Short Set

April 7, 2018 in Coin Sets / Investing tagged Franklin Half Dollars / Jefferson Nickels / Walking Liberty Half Dollars by Kevin

For some collectors, they look to buy coins in order to sell them for a profit in the future. Nothing wrong with that, but when people start altering these coins, dealers and buyers will consider them practically worthless. Here are some coins you shouldn’t consider buying. Cleaned Coins One of […]

Coins You Shouldn’t Buy

March 25, 2018 in Investing / Research tagged Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents / Roosevelt Dimes / Susan B. Anthony Dollars / Washington Quarters by Kevin

Coin Collecting can be fun as well as a learning experience for kids. I think there were more kids collecting back when I was a kid than today. My Personal Coin Collecting Beginnings Back in the late 1970s, I was in my teens and was looking through my older brother’s […]

Coin Collecting Kids

March 6, 2018 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged America the Beautiful Quarters / Coins for Kids / Jefferson Nickels / Lincoln Cents / State Quarters by Kevin

Back in December 2017, I put together my coin resolutions for 2018,, and the first one was to complete my Peace Dollar collection. Twenty years ago, in 1998, I started working on getting the 24 coins needed to get all the Peace Dollars. Between 1998 and 2000, I went to […]

First Coin Resolution of 2018 – Fulfilled!

February 23, 2018 in Coin Sets / My Collection tagged Five Ounce Silver / Jefferson Nickels / Peace Dollars / Silver Dollars by Kevin