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Champion not so much, but I do like me some nickels.

Typically it is 38 to 64, but I wouldn’t call it a short set by any means. I guess you could stop wherever you like. The easiest short set would be the war nickels. Some of the 50s and 60s coins are going to be tough to nearly impossible to find in FS.

My Dansco page 6 in the first volume goes to 2011.

SOLD! Do I make the check out to VKurtB?

It will be very difficult to tell on well worn examples. Like @VKurtB stated above, 39P Rev of 38 is less common than the 40. The opposite holds true for the 39S and the Denver coins are about equal.

I remember when you picked that one up. I was quite jealous.

As far as I know this is the only way to tell the difference in reverses. If there is another diagnostic, I would certainly like to know what it is.

There is also a QDR (Quadrupled Die Reverse) for the 39P but it isn’t as popular or desirable as the DDR. In my opinion the 39 S REV OF 40 is one of the true key date coins in the series. You just don’t see them very often. I’m still searching for that one.

Thanks for taking a look. The only reason I said that was because I have a 40S DDO and it looks similar to this one. Particularly the thick “In god we trust” and date.

Hello. I see nothing to indicate any errors on this coin. This nickel has seen heavy circulation and has accrued a few bumps and bruises along the way. The voids on the obverse could suggest this coin was plucked from the ground at some point, cleaned up and put back into circulation or took some heavy shots in that area. The mintmark looks to have taken a hit and displaced the metal. This coin lived a hard life and what exactly happened to it is hard to say. Everything you see is most likely PMD (Post Mint Damage). No value over face.

Switch out that blue core for a black one and I think it would look sharp with that label.

This looks to have some thickness on the date (40) and (IN GOD WE TRUST). You might check for a DDO on this one. Maybe DDO-005? (VARIETY VISTA) I could be wrong, but there is no harm in giving it a quick check. Nice looking for a roll find. Where is @GBrad when you need him?

Doesn’t look like 2008 nickels did well either. Particularly Denver coins.

I don’t believe I saw anything over a grade of 66. Edit - NGC shows 1 09P in a 67 6FS.

NGC pops / all grades 2009 P - 212 6FS / 10 5FS / 10 no steps 2009 D - 217 6FS / 26 5FS / 16 no steps PCGS pops / all grades 2009 P - 400 FS / 3 no FS 2009 D - 248 FS / 6 no FS

Do you believe this happened with the 09 dimes as well?

Nice. Can you tell which reverse is on them or are they too circulated?

I would say the 2009 P in my area. I have found one 2009 D and have never found a 39 from any mint in circulation. New stuff in my neck of the woods is all from Denver.

Congrats on the featured set this month my brother. Every time I look at those sets of yours, I think of the work and hours put into them. Impressive to say the least. Congrats again my friend.

Really nice looking pieces. Congrats

Ha! I bought it for the obverse.

They do look a bit weak. Don’t have this in hand yet, so I can’t say for sure if it is from the lighting in the pics or if they just didn’t strike up well. We shall see.

Thought this one had an interesting look to it and at $38 it didn’t break the bank.

Welcome to the forum.

Your coin has been counterstamped after it left the mint. Like JP said, it was done with a punch or press of some sort. It is not a mint error and is considered damaged. Value of 1 cent.