Award Winning Jeffs

[bsshog40]

I've always liked these coins? since the first time I seen them. I'm pretty sure that these were the original design that Felix Schlag submitted for the design of the new Jefferson Nickel in 1938. He won a bountiful reward of $1000 which was pretty good money back then. Of course, the mint made a few little changes to the reverse which gives us the present design of today. I was offered these from a member ats after I had made a comment about them in a thread over there. I just had to have them. These were slabbed by SEGS and I'm pretty sure that there were only 1,938 sets minted by the Gallery Mint. So beings the 1938 nickel would only make sense of that number.

 

 

[cpm9ball]

That's pretty nifty, Bobby!

 

Chris

[Walkerfan]

Those are cool!! (thumbs u

[mikew148]

Interesting.

 

What does it say on the shoulder area? Looks like silver content and date?

 

Cool coins - (thumbs u

[rockhobby]

Very nice Bobby...I bought a set about a year ago on Ebay. They do show Felix Schlag's original reverse

 

Original Order Form Plus Other Info. Remember: ordering has been over for this since 2002.

 

 

Just wanted to make sure everyone understood that these can not be ordered anymore.

 

 

Doug

[A.Phillips]

That's really cool Nickel! They should make more of those.

[bsshog40]

Interesting.

 

What does it say on the shoulder area? Looks like silver content and date?

 

 

Cool coins - (thumbs u

Actually it's FSNC-2002 for the year of issue.

[AstroTrain]

Those are cool!! (thumbs u

 

+1

[mikew148]

Interesting.

 

What does it say on the shoulder area? Looks like silver content and date?

 

 

Cool coins - (thumbs u

Actually it's FSNC-2002 for the year of issue.

 

Very cool!

 

Now I have to start a new search,

 

Full Step Nickel Club - 2002

 

I didn't even know that these existed, Thanks for sharing!

[rrantique]

Very cool Bobby!

(thumbs u

[e1cnr]

Very nice - I think I like the matte better.

 

I am still looking for a decent priced 1938 proof on certificate signed by Schlag

[bsshog40]

Very nice - I think I like the matte better.

 

I am still looking for a decent priced 1938 proof on certificate signed by Schlag

That is really cool too! That may be harder to find with only 150. Well, back to searching again! Actually I see one on ebay asking $1,399. Oh well, I'm happy with what I have.

[19Lyds]

Very nice Bobby...I bought a set about a year ago on Ebay. They do show Felix Schlag's original reverse

 

Original Order Form Plus Other Info. Remember: ordering has been over for this since 2002.

 

 

Just wanted to make sure everyone understood that these can not be ordered anymore.

 

 

Doug

Well, I ordered mine from FSNC in April 2004 off of information found on Variety Nickels.com. I originally saw these in posts ATS in February of 2004 and did a little work to order a set.

 

Nickel Thread

 

IMO, these are MUST Have Coins.

[19Lyds]

Very nice - I think I like the matte better.

 

I am still looking for a decent priced 1938 proof on certificate signed by Schlag

That is really cool too! That may be harder to find with only 150. Well, back to searching again! Actually I see one on ebay asking $1,399. Oh well, I'm happy with what I have.

From a Numismatic Historical perspective, these would be great to have in a collection.

[lehigh96]

Very nice Bobby...I bought a set about a year ago on Ebay. They do show Felix Schlag's original reverse

 

Original Order Form Plus Other Info. Remember: ordering has been over for this since 2002.

 

 

Just wanted to make sure everyone understood that these can not be ordered anymore.

 

 

Doug

Well, I ordered mine from FSNC in April 2004 off of information found on Variety Nickels.com. I originally saw these in posts ATS in February of 2004 and did a little work to order a set.

 

Nickel Thread

 

IMO, these are MUST Have Coins.

 

I agree, they are very cool, and any serious Jefferson collector should own a set, at least for a little while.

[brg5658]

I also own a set of these graded by SEGS. Mine are pair #927 (very close to Bobby's numbered set).

 

For those who want to see a bit more detail, here are some larger images of the design (from my matte coin). The proof design is the same...

 

[lehigh96]

Nice photos Brandon, my set is #820.

 

[bsshog40]

Nice pics Brandon and Paul! I think these are a fun set to have if you're in to Jeffersons.

[brg5658]

Nice pics Brandon and Paul! I think these are a fun set to have if you're in to Jeffersons.

 

The craftsmanship of the engraving is superb. These were engraved by Ron Landis, and I'm a huge fan of his talent. (thumbs u

 

Here's a link to a thread I posted when I got my set about a year ago.

[jpcienkus]

Very nice. I never knew these existed.

[bsshog40]

Nice pics Brandon and Paul! I think these are a fun set to have if you're in to Jeffersons.

 

The craftsmanship of the engraving is superb. These were engraved by Ron Landis, and I'm a huge fan of his talent. (thumbs u

 

Here's a link to a thread I posted when I got my set about a year ago.

Great post link Brandon. I didn't think about it til I read the post but just think if this design had gone thru. No one would even be thinking of a Full Step designation today.

[johnny9434]

nice nickels bsshog.