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went through like 8 rolls and found a 52S .... hole filler !
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I went to Heartland Banks I brought $20 Nickels MWR a founds 10 Pre-60s and 2 Proofs. Pre-60s1940 1947 1949 1954D(2) 1955D 1957 1958D 1959 1959D Proofs1968S 1984S   HAPPY HUNTING!  |
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Congrats, Loco! The 42-S is a tough coin. And nice proofs, Pancake!
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We ALL have that nemesis coin
Yes! I was hoping to find mine this year; perhaps 2018 will be the year of the 1938-S for me. (I did find a 1950-D on New Year's eve last year, so maybe something will happen in the next day or so!) Great totals, dadsoncoinhobby and John77! I haven't had too much luck lately, but I had upgrades on 1941-P and 1951-S.   Edited by aristarchus123
12/30/2017 11:16 am
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went through like 8 rolls and found a 52S .... hole filler ! Excellent!  Quote:
I went to Heartland Banks I brought $20 Nickels MWR a founds 10 Pre-60s and 2 Proofs. Nice finds!  Quote:
I haven't had too much luck lately, but I had upgrades on 1941-P and 1951-S. Well done.  |
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After seeing the spreadsheets that John77 and dadsoncoinhobby put together, I thought I would submit a similar one showing what I've found in my area (southeast Michigan). Still missing 3 keys (39D, 39S, & 50D), 3 War Nickels (43D, 44S, & 45D), and a 46S. Most of my hunting has been with MWRs and some CWRs. The dimes and cents were found in CWRs. Living close to the Canadian border may also account for the high number of Canadian nickels found. My one and only V-nickel was found in the second box I searched. Happy Hunting!  |
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Thanks, aristarchus! I have a feeling you'll find that 1938-S very soon! And nice job on the totals, tnt! One question, how many of the 2009s you've found have been Ps and Ds? Most people have a harder time finding the Philly coins. As for me, I bought two boxes on 12/29/17... it was tougher than usual to get them as Brinks didn't ship their usual boxes that come through LAX to my main bank this past week... they were different shaped boxes - LOOMIS, all with fresh new 2017-D coins.  I actually had to visit FOUR different branches to get my two boxes. It was worth it though, as each box contained a single 1943-P coin with a mint error!  The first coin is a nice straight clip, the second has a 15 degree or so reverse die rotation. The last box also included two dateless Buffalos (unavailable for photo due to "pickling").  CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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01/01/2018 10:11 am
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Hi John77 -- I wasn't keeping track of the 2009s by mintmark but I think I will start doing that. I went through the ones I had and counted 7 P's and 16 D's.
I had similar experience as you with picking up boxes recently. I usually get a box a week and recently for three weeks in a row the boxes contained nothing but bright shiny 2017-D nickels. My bank usually gets their boxes from Loomis. My guess is when the distributors like Loomis start running low on inventory, there order in bulk from the Federal Reserve and often get newly minted inventory. I guess you just have to catch it at the right time.
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Thanks for those numbers on the 2009 coins, tnt. Your area, like most US cities, didn't seem to get many of them. The 2009-Ps are typically much harder to find than the Ds. By the way, if you put a "1/" over your numbers in the "EVERY" column, you should get the correct figures.
As I recall, last year around Christmas and New Years, I had similar problems with the new coins and very odd distribution patterns. My go to banks normally have rectangular boxes stamped with a date and a name which I assume go through Los Angeles International Airport. These LOOMIS boxes are much more "square" shaped. Normally the BofAs around me get String&Son coins via Garda, but when I went in last week, they had the Brinks coins which I normally find at Wells Fargo and Chase banks.
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01/01/2018 1:19 pm
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@TNT, I picked up a box from PNC (uses Brinks) and they were all 2017 as well! Didn't bother even busting a roll open
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Well, my 2017 nickel totals are done (though the Buffalos may change slightly due to seven nickels I currently have pickling). In 2017, I managed to go through just over 1/2 a million (500,250) nickels via banks. As you can see, I found a complete set of Jeffersons in 2017, and found a nickel from every year they minted them from 1910-date except for 1915, 1921, and 1931. I've also included my 2016 nickel totals for easy comparison. A couple of notes: I found a hoard of 38 nickels in a roll which included 30 Buffalos, 4 Vs, 3 proofs, and a 1959-D Jefferson. I also found a hoard of 40 War Nickels, none of which were from 1943. As a result, my find ratios for the year look better than they should for Buffalos, War Nickels, V nickels, Proofs, and pre-60s. Here's a comparison of the data when you take those two hoards out: Ratios per find: 2016 vs 2017 (adjusted) "V" Nickels:162,280 vs 125,043 (+22.9%) Buffalo Nic: 6,491 vs 6,947 (-7.0%) War Nickels: 2,536 vs 2,875 (-13.3%) Proof Jeffs: 17,082 vs 19,237 (-12.6%) Pre-60 Nick: 98.65 vs 101.52 (-2.9%) Key Date Jeffersons were a lot harder to find for me overall in 2017. On average, it took me 11.6 boxes to find them in 2016, while it took me 17.9 boxes to find one in 2017. In other words, they were 54.1% harder to find in 2017 vs. 2016. Semi-Key Jeffersons were virtually unchanged for me, finding one every 9,264 coins in 2016, and one every 9,273 coins in 2017. 2009 coins were interesting - I actually found 2009-Ps at a 15% better rate in 2017 (1 every 6.58 boxes) than in 2016 (1 every 7.73 boxes). The 2009-Ds were 2% harder to find in 2017 as I found 1 every 679.69 coins vs 1 every 666.45 coins in 2016. Overall, 2009 nickels were 1.16% harder to find for me in 2017 vs. 2016. Thus, as expected due to attrition and fellow collectors, other than V nickels, semi-key Jeffersons, and 2009-Ps, everything was harder to find out of the wild for me in 2017 than in 2016. Happy hunting in 2018, all!   CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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01/01/2018 4:44 pm
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You guys and your spreadsheet! Sheesh  |
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It's an illness. I don't think there's a cure, shotgung. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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After seeing the spreadsheets that John77 and dadsoncoinhobby put together, I thought I would submit a similar one showing what I've found in my area (southeast Michigan). Well done. |
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@John77, this might be a crazy question and maybe I should research instead of asking but it's easier to ask 1. Your spreadsheet has two 1942 lines, why? 2. You also have 1938 as a Buffalo and also a Jefferson, why? 3. V nickels, you have many dates not listed, why? 4. Proof nickels, how can you tell if they are a proof coin? Thanks in advance. Steve Edited by shotgung
01/02/2018 2:15 pm
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