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Valued Member
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Is there any point in keeping a 1946 Jefferson nickel in G4 condition or is is just worth five cents? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I keep just about every nickel pre-1960. Don't run across them that often so they don't take up much room.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If it has a D look for D over inverted D and if it has an S look for a hockey stick die break on Jefferson's ponytail. That is a good doubled die obverse and it is hard to find either. Regular 1946 are pretty common but I too have a hard time letting them free.
Edited by TNG
12/09/2011 1:30 pm
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Valued Member
United States
297 Posts |
To keep my collection smaller, I have decided to only keep 1939-1961 nickels with mintages of less than 100 million. 1939 Nickels are my only exception to this rule, and of course any very nice specimans.
But, to each his own. We all enjoy different aspects of this hobby.
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Pillar of the Community
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Well, there may be a point in keeping a G-4 1946 nickel, especially if you don't have another one. Based off my experience roll hunting, there are about 2 or 3 of these per box of 2000 nickels, so they are fairly uncommon these days.
To the other question, yes, in that shape, its only worth 5 cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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After searching 42 boxes, I have found enough of them. So I through them back unless they are particularly nice. I would advise new nickel searchers to not save every pre60 they find because you will eventually have more than you can keep. They arent worth anything more really than 5cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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After searching 42 boxes, I have found enough of them. So I through them back unless they are particularly nice. I would advise new nickel searchers to not save every pre60 they find because you will eventually have more than you can keep. They arent worth anything more really than 5cents.  Really, they're just older coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I too keep pre 60's nickels. If its only in good though, throwing it back wouldnt be a big deal either.
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United States
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I just started putting pre-60's aside for my 2 step daughters to help build sets. I found my first 1950 P in 100.00 worth the rolls. I got excited and thought and hoped before I turned it over for a WILD 50-D! Nope, the search goes on.
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Valued Member
United States
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I too put aside pre 60s, just because they're old and it only put my back 5 cents
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Valued Member
United States
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i agree,i like to hold on to any pre 1960 coin I come across in circulation
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Being a legimate variety, I save them This is FS 031.5
I believe the hockey stick is on the "S" mint.
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12/10/2011 12:51 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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I am surprised how easy it is to find pre 1960's nickels.
Out of approx 100 nickels I searched I found 5 including a 1941 in ef with mint luster.
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United States
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I tend to keep any nickel pre 1960 myself, but if it's G4 then it's worth face value only... unless of course it's one of the varieties described above. As one of the above posters already stated, I say to each their own when it comes to coins like this.
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