1964 5C, FS MS66FS Certification #05962618, PCGS #84075

Type: Jefferson Nickel, Type 1, Original Design Vintage (1938-1964) Designer: Felix Schlag Content: 75% Copper, 25% Nickel Weight: 5.00 grams Diameter: 21.20 millimeters Edge: Plain Mint: Philadelphia Production Strikes: 1,024,672,000 General Type Description: In 1938 the nickel was redesigned. Entering a competition with 390 artists, Felix Schlag captured an award of $1,000 for his motif picturing Thomas Jefferson on the obverse and a corner view of Jefferson’s home, Monticello, on the reverse. In the final production design, the profile of Monticello was changed to a front view. The finished product depicted a head and shoulders portrait of Jefferson facing left, with IN GOD WE TRUST to the left and LIBERTY and the date to the right. The reverse depicted Monticello at the center, E PLURIBUS UNUM above and the inscriptions of MONTICELLO, FIVE CENTS and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA below. Jefferson nickels are readily available in all grades. However business strikes which display a full set of steps on Monticello are elusive for certain issues, and command significant premiums. (Source: Bowers, Q. David. “United States Coins by Design Types - An Action Guide for the Collector and Investor”. Edited and updated by Mike Sherman, PCGS CoinFacts) Specific Issue Description: The 1964 Jefferson Nickel is very common since the Mint produced over a billion of them. However, quality is an issue with this date as most coins were struck in MS64 condition or lower. In MS65 they are scarce but still easy to locate with minimal effort. In MS66 they are scarce with probably less than a thousand in this condition or higher. In MS67 it is really scarce with less than a handful known. Exemplar Notes: Light, even, champagne-gold iridescence adorns both sides of this satiny, sharply impressed top-of-the-pop gem—one of only six “full steps” coins in MS66 grade with none numerically higher (one at MS66+ FS). Ex-Compradore Collection pedigree. Acquired 6/2012 via Bowers and Merena.

Jaime Hernandez

The 1964 Jefferson Nickel is very common since the Mint produced over a billion of them. However, quality is an issue with this date as most coins were struck in MS64 condition or lower. In MS65 they are scarce but still easy to locate with minimal effort. In MS66 they are scarce with probably less than a thousand in this condition or higher. In MS67 it is really scarce with less than a handful known.