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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I've seen some rolls on ebay but I really don't think they are worth what is being asked for them. The ones I have are from roll searched and what I find at work. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
850 Posts |
Funny thing, I have quite a few pre 1964 nickels. How do you guys decide what year to save if its older?
I know alot of people use 1964 and before because that was when they swapped the location of the mint mark. but some people like pre 1960 as they had huge mintage after that.
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New Member
United States
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I coin roll hunt on occasion, just nickels and pennies, and I save all pre-1960 nickels, and all the 95% copper pennies. Not really sure why I save the copper pennies because it really isn't that hard to find them in rolls, but I figure when people on ebay are paying 2-3 times face value on a regular basis, I'll save them, lol. |
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New Member
United States
44 Posts |
Quote:I've seen some rolls on ebay but I really don't think they are worth what is being asked for them. The ones I have are from roll searched and what I find at work. To me, what matters is what people are willing to pay for them, and from what I see, mixed circulated rolls sell for at least 2-3 times face value and more, so I save'em. |
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New Member
United States
5 Posts |
Jefferson nickels are some of the longest lasting coins in circulation, at least it seems to me. I guess it has to do with the thick nickel plating?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Jefferson nickels are some of the longest lasting coins in circulation, at least it seems to me. I guess it has to do with the thick nickel plating?  to CCF There is not a plating on Jefferson nickels. It is an alloy of copper and nickel. (except for the wartime issues 1942-45). Imagine how much use the Shield, Liberty V, and Buffalo nickels circulated that they can be found so worn in less time combined than the time the Jefferson nickel has circulated. It might have something to do with the relief of the designs too. Coins have been better designed and dies engraved to withstand wear more recently in our time. Sometimes they are even improved / modified several times during the life of the design. There are far more nickels minted every year than many years ago per person in our population. The nickels of old "worked" harder I think in everyday use. Plastic debit /credit cards and cyber money exchange makes life easier for coinage today. |
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 United States
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I guess it has to do with the thick nickel plating? They are not plated. They are solid cupro-nickel (75% copper, 25% nickel). Same thing used for the cladding layer on clad dimes, nickels, half dollars, and pre-golden dollars (those are a different kind of clad). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4869 Posts |
I always thought it was weird that nickels don't have reeded edges.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3207 Posts |
Reeds expose when a coin has been shaved down. People would shave edges of silver and especially gold coins, then sell the scraps. When introduced, the 5 cent nickel was the first US "token", that is, its metal value was far below its face value, so shaving its edges was not worth the effort, and reeding was not needed. Since nickels had relatively less intrinsic value, they were spent before silver coins, in accord with Gresham's Law. That activity contributed to the extreme amount of wear so often found now on surviving pre-Jefferson nickels.
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New Member
United States
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Quote:Amazes me how many people save Jefferson nickels in bulk quantities. I just collect the ones I need to fill an Album. As to saving them for profit, I suspect that some would be worth 6 Cents in a few hundred years. Pre-1960 Jeffersons are already going for much more than 6 cents on ebay on a regular basis. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Is there something special with those particular coin,or do you just like how the look?I was going to post a picture of a 1957 nickel that the surace looks different from all my other ones.
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