Question For Coin Hoarders

reply to Karriot
from http://coinapps.com/nickel/canadian/calculator/

from 1921 to 1981 canadian nickels (outside of 1942+1943 Tombac coins) were 99% nickel & have a melt value of $0.1251 Cdn as of today.

You can look up cents on the site as well but varying weights and composition make a more complicated calculation

I hear you Skelly, we're in the same boat (a leaky canoe, up the creek with no paddle, drifting towards the rapids, where the grizzly bears are feasting on salmon).

Maximum value for cents;
Find any 1949 A to denticle ($5-$10 circ.), and 1955 NSF ($100+ for any undamaged circulated condition) that may still be hiding.

Max for 5 cents; 1947 Dot, missing chrome years, 1953 mules, 1964 EWL.

If they are all ordinary circulated cents or 5 cents, and probably heavier with 1962-65, sell by Kijiji, in the largest size reasonable, all at once if possible, 3x or 4x each (4x-5x if many are pre '53). Figure out how many are in a pound or kilo. Take out the obvious damaged ones, or the buyer might be angry.
Meet the buyer at a safe place, inside a nearby Tim's or McDonald's, not your home (someone may case it to see if you may have something worth more). If it's too heavy to take inside, take part in (he might think you're a crook), then finish the deal outside, when you are comfortable with the person.

You can try weight sales on ebay so you don't have to roll them. The rate for the weight of 10 rolls or so, with tracking inside most of Canada, should be about $15 Cdn., which is reasonable to some other crazed hoarder. From where you live, check Canada Post rates for different postal codes, mainly Victoria and Newfoundland, to find a range that softens the shipping cost per roll.

Might as well just keep them stacked in the corner somewhere. Not worth it yet to cash in

Technically you can't, but I've dealt with a lot of scrappers over the last few decades to know that you "can".

I totally get your dilemma. My Mom collected US Cents for over 60 years. I took the best of the best and separated them into each Mint and then 2x2's and they are in binders. I also made a 100+ years of Lincoln and filled tubes with each date. The rest I have mostly separated into years and they are in little boxes. I've given some of them to my coin friends. Someday, I'll take them to my dealer. I am also filling a 5 gallon glass jug with the copper cents over and above what I've stored. The jug will probably go to my beneficiary...as well as my entire collection of over 50 years! She also collects!

Just saw this thread after posting my thread about finding Canadian pennies to hunt. To the OP, can I ask where you are located? I may be interested in buying those cents.

Cheers!