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United States
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My results are (out of 336 rolls or 4 boxes and 136 separate rolls) are 10 canadian to 10 buffalo. I have a total of 115 keepers which counts to abut 12 keepers for every canadian.
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eagle79 The same is true in Canada. I get A LOT of U.S. cents & nickles(Especially cents)when I get boxes to search from the bank. One good example would be the last cent and nickel box finds. U.S.-nickels=2 full rolls+ U.S.cents=5 full rolls(count them)5 full rolls+a couple of cents. I live just east of Toronto(30-40 miles) The good part.My Lincoln Cent collection is off to a great start(including Wheaties-one 1909vdb) Oh,and don't forget my nickel collection. Edited by collectall
09/30/2011 1:56 pm
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United States
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Same here, captain. I'm in Florida too and I get a bunch of Caribbean coins and Canadian cents while roll-searching. I even found a 2007 UK one pence once in a cent roll. Also, anytime I find foreigns in a Coinstar, it's usually Caribbean, South American, or European (for some reason it's usually pre-Euro currency).
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United States
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I actually have a ton of British portcullis pennies mostly from nickel rolls. I have been getting some Swiss 1/2 Francs and other European coins lately too; I guess it's a tourism thing. Random South and Central American coins are common here too.
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United States
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I think it would be impossible to have that "correlation" be an actual "average". It would have to be just simple happenstance.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:My theory is that people who are quickly rolling their stored coins are including Canadian nickels with the US nickels because they are not looking at them; therefore, they are missing War Nickels and Buffalo nickels, etc or they simply don't care. I think you're on to something with this theory! I too have noticed the same correlation while searching rolls of pennies! Les  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:My Lincoln Cent collection is off to a great start(including Wheaties-one 1909vdb) According to some people here, you'll NEVER find coins like that 1909vdb in circulation now days.  Nice going! Quote:
I live just east of Toronto(30-40 miles) Although I am now living in Ohio, I grew up in Ajax... we were nearly neighbours! Les |
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United States
466 Posts |
I live 10 minutes from the border, notice a ton of canadian coins in all of my searches and the keeper finds never depend on the canadian finds. I really don't notice too many things that make for better finds. For instance I have founds silver, Buffalo nickels, and canadian in clear rolls, customer rolls, ect. I have also been skunked out of these coins from the same types of boxes. There isn't any rhyme or reason for me and my searches. There are averages like 3 silver dimes per box, 1 silver quarter per every 2 boxes and so on, but that is about it for me. Usually when I get the clear wrapped nickels I can depend on a Buffalo nickel too I guess but who knows. It's all about luck |
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United States
466 Posts |
also about the not looking for the coins or even at the coins when rolling, thus more keepers will be slipped in. Before I collected coins I would intentionally slip in the canadians because people and vending machines don't like to take them around my area. Since this is the case I would put them on the side and put them all into one roll so if they put a magnet to them I would only be returned one roll rather then a bunch of rolls. People realize they are canadian but are trying to get rid of them. Putting the in a roll is the easiest way to disguise them. Thats my theory on them
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United States
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I'm gonna put in a vote for simple happenstance. The number of people who look at or search nickels is nearly insignificant compared to mintage so you'd never notice a trend of people who roll without looking vs people who do. Even War Nickels, which have been circulating for almost 70 years, are virtually unknown to most non-collectors. People just don't look at coins, they are recognized by size and color. |
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I haven't really noticed this. I'm a statistics guy and I've been trying to find some sort of trend in anything and have yet to be able to do so. I think there is a slight correlation between customer wrapped rolls and bank wrapped rolls with the former being slightly more lucrative, but even there its a minor difference. I think older people are more likely to wrap their coins themselves and are also more likely to have older coins still sitting around. It's a crapshoot though, I've definitely been through a statistically significant amount of rolls/boxes and I still have a higher occurance of V nickels than buffalos. I know I'm the only one on these boards with those numbers. Why? Who knows. |
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United States
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If you think about it, it makes sense. A large number of foreign coins in rolls tells you that the customer either didn't look at the rolls, or simply doesn't care.
As a cashier, I will sometimes get the customer who dumps 20+ pennies on me, and the odds of finding a wheat in that batch runs about 50-60%.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2757 Posts |
I have had the same observation, and considered making the same post. I'm 3 hours from Ontario; sometimes I get boxes where there is one Canadian nickel in each roll, and sometimes I get 0 in an entire box. When I don't get any Canadian at all, the odds of getting a War Nickel are almost zero. I should add that we aren't just talking about Canadian coins - I could would make the original claim saying 'foreign coins' instead of just 'Canadian coins'. |
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 United States
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robbudo: a friend of mine just found some Caribbean coins and a pence in a box of nickels. I have yet to find anything other than Canadian. I am looking forward to my first foreign (other than Canada) find!
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Valued Member
United States
228 Posts |
eagle79: Keep the faith. A couple of months ago - I found a Russian 20 Kopec coin, (minted in 1909), in a nickel roll!  It was from a customer wrapped roll. I find they are the best, because the coin counters that Brinks , and String $ Son use - do not screen the foreign coins out in the rolling process! |
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