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Westward Journey Nickel Series

The Westward Journey Nickel series is my favorite modern U.S. coin series.   I am a huge fan of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and I think that the Westward Journey Nickel Series was a great way to commemorate Lewis and Clark. One of my dreams is to travel across the United States following the footsteps [...]


Full Step Jefferson Nickel Guide

I have written extensively here on the Coin Blog about collecting full step Jefferson nickels.  Today, I wanted to point out an unbelievable full step Jefferson nickel guide on CoinTalk. Lehigh96 from the CoinTalk forum has written a great guide to help us to understand what is a 6FS Jefferson nickel and a 5FS Jefferson [...]


Interview With Bernard Orgovan, A Jefferson Nickel Expert

The following is an interview that I did with Bernard Orgovan, a coin collector, coin dealer, and Jefferson nickel expert. As a coin collector and coin dealer, Bernard specializes in Jefferson nickels. I met Bernard on the CoinTalk Forums where he has been nice enough to help me learn how to get started collecting full [...]


What Type Of Coin Collector Are You?

Have you ever thought about what type of coin collector you are?  I am currently reading Scott Travers’ One-Minute Coin Expert, Sixth Edition (One Minute Coin Expert) where he divides coin collectors into four categories.  These four categories are nothing earth shattering, but they are good to think about if you want to understand the [...]


Key Date Jefferson Nickels

Collecting a full series of Jefferson nickels is not that difficult or expensive due to the fact that there are only 5 jefferson nickels that are scarce.  These scarce Jefferson nickels are called key date Jefferson nickels.  The key date Jefferson nickels are, 1938-D 1938-S 1939-D 1939-S 1950-D According to David Bowers in The Official [...]


Full Step Jefferson Nickels

As I mention in my last article about wanting to buy a 1938 nickel, I mentioned that specifically I wanted to buy a 5 Full Step nickel.  As you know, the Jefferson nickel reverse shows a picture of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate.  It turns out that much of the Jefferson nickel value is based upon [...]


1938 Nickel – Finding 5 Full Steps

I decided that the first Jefferson nickel coin that I will add to my nickel type set collection is a 1938 nickel.  The 1938 nickel is the first nickel to bear the portrait of Thomas Jefferson.  Since this 1938 nickel is the first Jefferson nickel, I decided to make it the first coin of my [...]


First Jefferson Nickel – Big Decision!!

It is time for me to decide which coin will be the first nickel that I buy for my U.S. nickel type set collection.  I have agonized over the decision of starting with the Jefferson nickel or the buffalo nickel long enough.  I have decided that I will focus first on the Jefferson nickels, but [...]


1950-D Jefferson Nickel – A Key Date?

Since beginning my journey to put together a U.S. Nickel type set collection, I have been reading a lot about these U.S. nickels.  For this type set coin collection, I want to buy key date nickels (as my budget will allow). As I have been working on putting together a list of key date coins, [...]


U.S. Nickel Type Set

As I mentioned in one of my last articles, my first coin collection that I begin on Coin Blogger will be a U.S. nickel type set collection.  I am getting really psyched as I plan out my collection.  This article will describe the U.S. coins that make up the U.S. nickel type set. A U.S. [...]


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