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I was just pulling on my grandpas old nickel slot machine from the 30's seeing if I could find any War Nickels in it and found plenty of 64's that were added later on. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Don't poo poo them just yet. A full steps specimen goes for good money.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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They were also minting 1964 nickels well into 1965/66?
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Valued Member
 United States
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Finding a FS 64 would make it worth going through them. :) I may have to build a grading set with the 64's. I could probably go from AG through XF pretty easily.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have two rolls that my grandson has saved from roll finds, but none of them are D's. They did 1.7 million of them. ram96, if the Mint made 1.7 million 64D, we'd be having a completely different discussion here. :) I think you meant 1.7 billion, which brings the mintage for the year up to 2.8 billion. That's a lot of coins. And yes, it's frustrating at times to pull so many out of a roll or circulation. But as others have said, it does provide a good opportunity to find good specimens. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Almost all though the 70's and 80's I would bet people that if they had any Nickels on them, the date would be 1964vfor some or all of them. I would win that bet about 75% of the time. Might be why so many were made. So people would have something to use Nickels for, betting.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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perspective: 1 billion seconds is ~33 1/3 years.
No one person, in there lifetime, could legitimately handle each 1964 nickel made b/c they have to eat/sleep etc!
I remember getting "new" rolls of '64 nickels from the bank into the early 70s.
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They were also minting 1964 nickels well into 1965/66? I believe so, because of the date freeze. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd be happy with a billion nickels... :-)
... And to think about it, while not a billion coins, $1000 in Nickels is about 100 kg / 220 lbs / 16 stone....
Edited by SteveCaruso
02/11/2012 2:24 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I agree they are way too numerous to find, but I like finding nice strikes and setting them aside.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And also as I think about it, we probably will see most of them disappear once the nickel is debased. Then *that* year's mintage will probably be enlarged to compensate and *it* will become the "next 1964". :-)
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United States
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I grabbed 20 bucks worth of nickels on Friday from the bank. I was getting frustrated with the 64's. Seemed like every roll had at least 3 of them in it. I did find some okay stuff to though, a few from the 40's and 50's. No key dates or anything, but I keep all nickels due to the possibility of a debasement.
I separate all of them, and those starting in 04' through present day go into a special place for further evaluation, separation, and future rolling/labeling for my kids pleasure and future investment. My thought is that a nickel should always at least be worth 5 cents, whereas a dollar bill might be used for warmth, or maybe toilet paper.
Josh
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If I have a billion nickels.. well, I wouldnt be here...lol
here fishy fishy fishy.
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