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Pillar of the Community
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Just finished the whole box. Don't think I went through a box that fast before. Interesting results...will post when I compile the data.
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Pillar of the Community
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Just finished the whole box So going through a box in 2 hours? Just looking for pre 60's by eye? OR also looking for DD's and errors under a scope? |
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will post when I compile the data.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1213 Posts |
Let us know. I'm anxious to hear.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4870 Posts |
The results are in!
1939
1940 x 3
1946
1948
1949 D
1950
1952
1953
1953 D
1954 D
1955 D
1957 D
1958 D x 2
1959
1959 D
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Westward Journey Bison
2005 P x 11
2005 D x 8
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1982 P x 11
1982 D x 16
1983 P x 8
1983 D x 10
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Canadian Nickels
1971
1977
1984
1988 x 2
1994
1995
1998
2000 x 2
2004
2009
2013
2015
2016 x 2
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Thoughts
Not too bad overall. The 1939 is a bit worn, all honest wear. Got a couple nice 82's and 83's. I was actually expecting more Canadian nickels than I got. A couple of rolls had 2 or 3 Canadians in them. I thought the amount of the 2005 Bison nickels were a bit low. 2 rolls from the box were wrapped by Loomis. The rest were hand made rolls with various wrappers. Hands were pretty dirty afterwords. Didn't search for errors or varieties, not really my thing. All in all a productive night.
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@tf, that is a pretty nice haul. Nice work!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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United States
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Nice finds!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4870 Posts |
I'm not sure when I'll do this again. I dumped the rest of the nickels in the Coin Star today and chose the fee free option and got an Amazon gift card. |
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United States
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Sometimes the results do not feel like they are worth the effort. At least you avoided the fee. |
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United States
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I politely suggest you did way better than average ... in your tally of results is listed a 1950 (Philly) Jefferson .... and that is one of nine coins in the entire series with annual mintage below 10 million. In fact ... the 1950 Jefferson checks in as #9 lowest annual mintage with 9.8 million ... and is considered a semi-key date. I have found 8 total 1950 Jefferson ... if that sound like a lot put it into perspective of my 371,600 nickels searched. I average one 1950 Jefferson per (on average) 23.23 boxes ... and you found one first box out of the gate. I say congratulations are in order.  Quote:
Hands were pretty dirty afterwords. Indeed ... and I stop at $20 in roll found nickel searches to thoroughly wash both of my hands with anti-bacterial soap and lots of water. I'm not a germa-phobic ... but you never know. David |
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I've gone through 29,000 + nickels and have NEVER found one of the five key date coins, the 1950P is the #1 key. Other four: 1938D, 1938S, 1939D, 1939S. Finding one of these is like finding a 1914S Wheat cent, a 1987P or D Kennedy in the wild CRHing. Beginners luck! Jealous! |
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United States
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I was under the impression that it was the 50-D that was the key date...Always good to learn.
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Valued Member
United States
113 Posts |
That's quite the haul especially for Canadian coins. I wouldn't mind getting that amount in every box I got!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was kinda expecting to see more Canadian coins than I did. I say that because when I used to go through boxes of cents I would get close to 90 Canadian cents per box.
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