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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi All, I am contemplating on buying tomorrow my first box of nickels, but I really dont know what to look for as far as dates except for the War Nickel. Can someone shed some light on what dates I should look for or am I wasting my time with nickels? Thank you John |
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Moderator
 United States
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Are you going to build a set or just search varieties and errors?
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Valued Member
United States
166 Posts |
I keep all pre 1942 nickels and also keep nice looking 04 and 05 nickels
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1130 Posts |
I keep all pre 70, all s mints, good looking 2004-05, 2009, and obviously proofs.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
648 Posts |
I try to keep any pre-1970 low mintages.
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
82 Posts |
Jeffersons are one of the easier sets to complete by date out of circulation. I would just pick a date range starting at the beginning and go for it!
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Valued Member
United States
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I try to keep any pre-1970 low mintages. me too! there are some very common 60's coins, like 64' dont keep that. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
589 Posts |
Well I picked up the box today. Will be starting the hunt tomorrow. I cannot wait.
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New Member
United States
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I have been putting change aside for years. And I think its time to sit down and sort through them ........
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5202 Posts |
War nickels, 1950D nickel, 1938 D or S and 1939 D or S, or anything that stands out and says keep me due to the condition or toning or whatever you like.
Maybe even a 1955 P as it took me over 20 boxes to find one for my set.
All I need now is a 1938 S and 1939 S.
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Valued Member
United States
280 Posts |
I keep all pre-1965, all S mints, and all 2009s. I'm not very knowledgeable on errors and varieties. Actually, if anyone knows a good site that lists nickel varieties, I'd appreciate it; I was thinking of getting a box myself soon.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I used to keep everything 1969-S and earlier, but now if it is a 1962 to 1964-D I throw it back. I literally have whole rolls of nothing but those dates. I absolutely keep anything from the 1950s and earlier though, no matter how many of one year I may have. And of course, War Nickels and any really nice looking nickels of any year. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I've had some good luck with nickels lately. I keep anything 50's and earlier, War Nickels, proofs, and I check all 2005's for the speared bison error. I'm new to CRH and there may be more to look for. Good luck! |
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Valued Member
United States
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I keep everything from 1961 and before that has a total mintage of less than 100 million. It takes a little while longer to cross reference the old dates at first, but after a few boxes you start to get to know which older coins had high mintages.
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