Comments on: First Jefferson Nickel – Big Decision!! http://www.coinblogger.com/first-jefferson-nickel-big-decision/ Bringing coin collectors together to share our love of coins Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gayle http://www.coinblogger.com/first-jefferson-nickel-big-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-693 gayle Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:31:59 +0000 http://www.coinblogger.com/?p=60#comment-693 Have you ever seen a nickle that was gold? Jefferson 1964D? Have you ever seen a nickle that was gold? Jefferson 1964D?

]]> By: Lureuin http://www.coinblogger.com/first-jefferson-nickel-big-decision/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Lureuin Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:15:30 +0000 http://www.coinblogger.com/?p=60#comment-15 I wish I had received the advice I did a couple years ago when I was a kid first starting to collect coins. I have ended up with multiple sets of the same coins in varying grades by building the sets by searching pocket change and bank rolls. By building a set by searching you inevitably end up with a set that has higher grade newer dates and lower grade older dates. You will still have to purchase the harder to find dates, which if you are on a budget may leave you with an un-filled hole for a while. When you are finished you end up with a set with coins grading from Good to BU. If you are buying the coins for your denomination sets (not searching through pocket change and bank rolls), always buy the most expensive coins first in the grade you want your entire set to be. The reason for this is that you will fill the harder spots first and you will get the higher expenses out of the way now rather than in the end when they will naturally be higher and harder to find or afford. I wish I had received the advice I did a couple years ago when I was a kid first starting to collect coins.

I have ended up with multiple sets of the same coins in varying grades by building the sets by searching pocket change and bank rolls. By building a set by searching you inevitably end up with a set that has higher grade newer dates and lower grade older dates. You will still have to purchase the harder to find dates, which if you are on a budget may leave you with an un-filled hole for a while. When you are finished you end up with a set with coins grading from Good to BU.

If you are buying the coins for your denomination sets (not searching through pocket change and bank rolls), always buy the most expensive coins first in the grade you want your entire set to be. The reason for this is that you will fill the harder spots first and you will get the higher expenses out of the way now rather than in the end when they will naturally be higher and harder to find or afford.

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