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New Member
United States
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So I picked up $30 worth of nickels today so I had something to do during the baseball games. When I pulled them out of the bag I can immediately see that three rolls have Buffalo nickels on the end.  I immediately tear into them to find that in the three rolls there were 97 buffaloes, 1-V nickel, and 4 War Nickels. And all but four of the buffaloes have readable dates.  I'm guessing that someone dumped a collection? Only doing small amounts of coins at a time I would have been thrilled to see just 1 Buffalo nickel. I have only been doing this for a couple months now..beginners luck I guess. |
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Valued Member
Australia
278 Posts |
well done and good find!
I wiosh we had silver coins still going around here....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1431 Posts |
Can we get a list of the dates you got?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1031 Posts |
That had to have been been fun to open those. Congratulations and  to the forum! |
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Moderator
 United States
15416 Posts |
Wow ... outstanding luck and it does happen every now and then. Reports such as yours are what keep us roll searchers motivated for the next roll ... you never know what the treasure hunt will provide. Show some photos of the best finds ... we love photos.  David |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
781 Posts |
are you sure you didn't drive to the bank in a delorean? I think that's the secret some of the guys around here have been doing to pull massive amounts of silver out of their rolls.
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New Member
 United States
4 Posts |
I will work on the photos. I only have my phone and I don't think that it will take a good enough pic. Here is a rundown of the dates that I got:
1917
1920
1926
1926-D
1927-x2
1928
1929-x3
1930-x10
1934-x5
1935-x14
1935-D
1935-S-x2
1936-x26
1936-D-x3
1936-S
1937-x19
1937-D
1938-D
And 4 with dates worn off. Is the nic-a-date stuff worth getting to find out the dates on these coins?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Look on the back of your 1938 D for a D over S mintmark and of course a 1937 D could have only three legs.There are also other things to look for of course but getting a lucky batch like that could surrender anything. You lucky dog you! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
Also look for the 1936-D 3 and a half legs
NICE FIND!
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Pillar of the Community
1028 Posts |
I love nickel rolls in general. 90% of my roll searching is nickel rolls. I am so jealous of your finds, but congrats. I've still never found anything amazing in my nickel rolls. The most valuable coin I ever found was probably worth about $12, the strangest was a fake 1950-D. I would love some buffalo rolls.
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Valued Member
United States
140 Posts |
Congratulations that's quite a find! I tried nickel rolls a couple of times, nothing worth noting to say the least.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1358 Posts |
Awesome!
and I'd suggest just putting the nickels in some vinegar... It should work just as well, look (in my opinion, less ugly), but take two weeks...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
only the dateless ones I hope...
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Valued Member
United States
81 Posts |
Amazing finds! Someone probably just needed cigarettes that bad or got into grandpa's collection! (I hope not) but I'd suggest going back to tat place and getting Silver dollars and halves because if it was a collection dump you might have hit the jackpot eh? Nice job for sure! I need almost every date you posted up there, so as you can probably imagine I'm green with envy! haha ~Jay
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Valued Member
United States
134 Posts |
Crazy, I haven't bought any nickle rolls since I got $20 worth of 2011s  |
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Posted 10/13/2011 9:08 pm
