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Valued Member
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Poll Question
Just wondering. I've noticed some people list what pre 1960s they find in rolls and boxes, either in details or just a general tally. Do you keep them? Toss them back?
Personally I don't at the moment unless they are in good condition.
And I am not talking about coins like the 50Ds. I'll take one of those no matter what condition it is in!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Take silver/low mintage, and high mintage coins above EF
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United States
381 Posts |
I keep all of them, no matter what the grade. I figure I can always go through them later. No matter, they are still worth the nickel I spent on them. Some of them are also low mintage like the 1950-D. Mintage numbers for the 1950-D was 2.63 million, while the 1949-S and the 1950-P had mintage numbers just under 9.8 million and the 1951-S and the 1955-P had numbers just under 8 million. Compared to today's mintage numbers, I think they are worth keeping. Just my opinion.
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 United States
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I keep all of my nickels, regardless of date. My excuse is that I want a nice hoard my son can search through some day, but the truth is, I am getting ready for when the quit minting them.  |
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United States
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I said certain grade, because some are completely destroyed. Otherwise, keep, sell, trade
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United States
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I was keeping everything pre-1960 but then backtracked and am now only keeping those with a mintage under 50 million. It's really for my son to go through more than anything, buy if they are ever worth more than face value that's an added bonus.
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United States
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My son and I only keep:
1. silvers
2. mintages below 15 million
3. the 1938p
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United States
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A composition change in future circulating Five-Cent coins will cause the current 75%Cu/25%Ni Nickels to disappear rather quickly. Remember, some people hoard all Nickels simply because their metal value hovers around their face value. Finding pre-60 Nickels right now might be "the good old days" quicker than you think. I also save 1965-70 Nickels in Fine and above.  Edited by DNA
11/25/2012 10:45 pm
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United States
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I am doing mostly the same thing as jbuck. I always kept all the pre 1960 nickels and silver war sorted separately. I also started keeping all years rolled and stacked in old ammunition cases a few years back for the eventual metal content or mint discontinuation change to take effect. Recently I started releasing the newer "ugly obverse" ones back into the population for no reason other than I dont like them.  I know, I'm OCD but I'm fine with that.  |
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Posted 11/23/2012 2:05 pm
