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Valued Member
Canada
329 Posts |
as for the nickle being precious, there will be a gigantic hoard in the states... but you have to wait till after some event where people need to pull out their precious metals to trade to survive. I cant recall the forum where I read this, but there are people who are hoarding it and burying it in pipes, (to appear to be an irrigation project in case anyone questions it). these people are basically saying its the only coin left that holds value compared to face amount, and that theyll have something after whatever event has everybody fall on hard times.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
532 Posts |
Where I live it's difficult to find unplated. It almost impossible to find unfiltered rolls. I don't agree that we will stop using coinage in the near future. As long as mankind has conflict in the world there will always be a need for something tangible that is compact and retains value. Regarding silver, I don't consider myself a sheep for collecting it. I think a lot of it has to do with perspective. People who don't trust humanity will always invest in in some form of precious goods. I've found myself keeping old nickles to sort at a later date and time. Call it nostalgia or the desire to have something to sort later for errors. I also do it to make sets for my grand kids, They're the next generation who have nothing but bi-metallic to sort from.
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Valued Member
Canada
372 Posts |
DBM said, Quote:
It'll be much more difficult to get rid of the nickel. The quarter will then become almost useless and must be replaced with a 20 cent coin. I thought about that as well but figured they would discontinue the nickel and quarter, leave the dime and reintroduce the ½ dollar back into circulation. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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They could get rid of the 5c right now as far as I'm concerned. Debit/credit would be charged to the cent (as they are now) and cash transactions would be rounded to the nearest 10c. NZ (and I believe Hong Kong) have already done this.
Personally, I wish they would get rid of everything smaller than 25c, and bring back the $2 bill.
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Valued Member
Canada
458 Posts |
yes that sad what they are doing, I was lucky to find a 1992 new Brunswick quarter that has the lowest mintage for that year, and 1975 quarter both in excellent shape like e.f. Keep them both
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you get rid of the 5c in Canada, you can nuke the 25c as well. Just have 10c, 50c, $1 and $2. Your 50c is small enough to stay the same...just hafta ramp up production of it.
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Valued Member
Canada
115 Posts |
I searched through $200 in quarters over the past few weeks and all I found were 4 1973 RCMP commemorative Nickel quarters and around 5 regular nickel quarters. They sure are getting hard to find. I have been hunting quarters for 2 months now and still I have not found a silver quarter. I did find a few foreign coins, though.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Did you check for 'large' busts on your 73's?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have not found a silver quarter If you do you will be extremely lucky. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
I used to get lots of nickel quarters in my change here in Michigan. Now I don't see them as much. But I see a lot of newer Canadian coins in my change. I just found 2 2014 dimes in the Coin Star reject tray. I have to say they look very PL and kinda frosty. Very nice for circulation coins.
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Valued Member
Canada
343 Posts |
Had a binge of coin roll hunting a couple of years back and didn't have much luck - especially for the effort involved. I did get a 1968 nickel in my change today!
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Valued Member
Canada
243 Posts |
Searched about $300 in quarters on the weekend and found a 1967! Almost didn't believe what I saw. Also found a couple of '78 large and small denticles in about AU condition and my first ever 2015 coloured poppy.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1700 Posts |
On the West Coast at least, I think it's more efficient to spend the time looking through customer-wrapped rolls for American coins than the older coins.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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... but you have to wait till after some event where people need to pull out their precious metals to trade to survive ... People always see what they want to see in the post-apocalyptic world. But what will actually hold its value - or become more valuable - after a societal collapse? For one thing, 'collapse' sounds to me like no one is going to have much to trade for whatever valuable thing you've got stashed. And how would one get a few thousand pounds of buried nickel (for example) to market when transport has become dear? There is little reason to think that the apocalypse will turn-out the way we expect. Cheers, /s/ ikeyPikey |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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3 rolls of quarters...... A 1978 and a 1999. Looks like they're really looking for every last coin out there with a profit to be made.
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