The Atlantic City Set of Jefferson Nickels
1941


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: FIVE-CENT PIECES - JEFFERSON
Item Description: 5C 1941
Grade: NGC MS 67
Owner: lehigh96
 
Winning Set: The Atlantic City Set of Jefferson Nickels
Date Added: 6/18/2008
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Mintage: 203 Million
Full Step Availability: 20%
Population MS67: 190/2
Date/mm Information: Bowers warns that eye appeal can be a problem across all grades but full step coins are rather common.

Coin Description:
Bright white centers are surrounded by iridescent violet and blue reminiscent of a war nickel. The peripheries are a sandy cover with rainbow undertones. This coin's beauty is elusive in photographs, but when viewed in hand the reason for the assigned star designation becomes much more evident. One of only 14 coins graded MS67 to be awarded a star.

Comments:
If eye appeal is what is rare, then only an eye popping example will do. And what could be better than one of the very first star coins ever designated by NGC. An early certification number in combination with what is not really a star but a superscript asterik on the label. Although the coin is well struck, the common weak point under the 3rd pillar prevented any chance for a full step designation as I grade the coin 5-4-2-3 by the quarter step method. I consider this coin my "LUCKY CHARM". As luck would have it, this coin once resided in a Jefferson Nickel set that won the award for BEST PRESENTED set in 2003 (wink-wink).

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