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At first glance I thought it was a 59, I had to take a double take!
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Pillar of the Community
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Don't see any of the famous DDR on this one, but nice to find the 30's nickels in change...  |
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Nice circulation find. Agree it is not the notable DDR but still fun to find an 84 year old coin in the wild. |
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I'm curious as to where you found a 'nickel arcade' in this day and time..
But nice find of a 80 year old nickel..
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like the nickel, by now that arcade must be hanging on in quiet desperation
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I'm curious as to where you found a 'nickel arcade' in this day and time.. Likewise.  Nice find! |
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Nice find!  |
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Are 1939 nickels considered to be worth any premium over face value? I always thought they were on account of their impressive age, but an employee at my local coin store told me only the silver ones are.
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The Denver and San Francisco minted ones do have a slight premium IIRC, as they are key dates (fewer than 10 million minted of each).
Edited by CalzoneManiac
03/06/2023 4:09 pm
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Fifty years ago a 1939 Jefferson nickel was very comonplace, today not so much. My first Whitman Album was the Jefferson nickel, and in the early 1970s I was able to fill almost all the holes from circulation, including a 1950-D and most of the wartime silver nickels. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Always fun to find one this old still in circulation.
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Salt Lake City has a couple "nickel arcades" left. The games are ancient and most have been converted to a pay card, but there is still a few of the games that require nickels to play!
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Quote:Fifty years ago a 1939 Jefferson nickel was very comonplace, today not so much. My first Whitman Album was the Jefferson nickel, and in the early 1970s I was able to fill almost all the holes from circulation, including a 1950-D and most of the wartime silver nickels. I agree. However it might be noted that at any given time there are probably almost 10% as many 1939 nickels in circulation as there were in 1973. What makes them so much more difficult to find is that there are so many more nickels in circulation now. These old nickels are forever being pulled out of circulation and then put back in. Most spend more time sitting on someone's desk than actually circulating. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here)See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) |
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