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Over the past several months I have had an increased interest in coin searching, which I have done little of in the past few years. One thing I have noticed is the decrease of older nickels. 1959 and earlier.

My question, before I start pulling them, is whether there is any interest in nickels from 1960-1969, other than the typical errors that we all look for. I am not looking for RC members to buy them, I am inquiring if RC members have encountered potential collectors.

If you have encountered interest, please detail what they were interested in.

I currently divide Jeff’s a few ways. 1938-1949, 1950-1959, War, proofs, and errors.

Note: I am currently seven coins short in the Dansco Jefferson Nickel album. That is in about 30 boxes.

Time for more coffee.

1964 and back mint mark on reverse

1965 till 1967 no mint mark

1968 mint mark on front.

I save all nicks but you may want to start keeping the "newer" older ones

I have failed to find Any buyers. For solid date rolls. Much less,,newer, older, .

I know someone who buys Jefferson nickels from 1938-1959 (no 1959-D's) for seven cents each. He doesn't buy those from 1960 and later and does quite a bit of business. I think he has about 6-7 employees. Sorry I couldn't give something more positive to you about those in the 1960's. I don't even save them as they are only 25% nickel.

I do save the Canadian nickels that are .999 nickel (with some exceptions) up through 1981. I think those will really be worth something sometime in the next 5-10 years or so.

galenrog wrote:Over the past several months I have had an increased interest in coin searching, which I have done little of in the past few years. One thing I have noticed is the decrease of older nickels. 1959 and earlier.

My question, before I start pulling them, is whether there is any interest in nickels from 1960-1969, other than the typical errors that we all look for. I am not looking for RC members to buy them, I am inquiring if RC members have encountered potential collectors.

If you have encountered interest, please detail what they were interested in.

I currently divide Jeff’s a few ways. 1938-1949, 1950-1959, War, proofs, and errors.

Note: I am currently seven coins short in the Dansco Jefferson Nickel album. That is in about 30 boxes.

Time for more coffee.

I have been searching nickels off and on for almost 13 years. I too have noticed a decrease of older nickels (pre 1960). I am partially responsible for that decrease!

As for 1960-69, I only keep the high grade ones. Those that are UNC or at least solid AU. The coin must have excellent eye appeal on both sides. I estimate that I have found close to 100,000 Jeffersons from this decade. Of that amount, I have kept only a thousand. I am thinking about selling them at flea markets.

One small word of advice : keep 1938 AND 1950 separate from the other years. If you are selling, charge a premium for those years because of VERY LOW mintage. Also keep 1939D and 1939S separate from your bulk piles.