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The 1939 Jefferson Proof-66 Reverse of 1938
In the year 1939 there were (Type I & Type 2) Nickels.This Jefferson is the Early Type 1 , where it is also called the Reverse of 1938. Why did the US Mint do that? The Design on these Type 1 Jeffersons was lacking in design-detail, Later in the year the US Mint decided to improve this coin,that's where the Type II, Reverse of 1940 comes into the picture. If your head-set on collecting just Cameos,,,,,be prepared to spend big-bucks obtaining these in this year.
Looking on the back,(Reverse) on most of the coins,you'll notice the Monticello where you can see the step-area was wavy and weak in detail overall. That all ended when the new Reverses came out in the fall of 1939, being much more stronger with very sharp well- definded looking steps. This coin in the photo is an' exception, there just isn't too many
floating around to buy now a days in this condition.
The Jefferson proof you see from the photo(s) above doesn't do justice when looking at the steps, but in hand, this coin shows remarkable step quality compared to most others in this early Type. I paid a lil' over $200.00 for this, back in the spring of 2008'. I haven't checked the price values on these yet, but it should hold their value fairly well.
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