Nickel Hording

Chevy,

Well, you might sell three of the partial sets and then take that money and buy the keys for the two sets that are left. Otherwise, I don't think that partial sets without the keys will move up in value very much.

You might have some luck selling the solid date rolls. Maybe group 4 or five rolls together so you can use the $9.95 flat shipping rate.

I always loved the Jefferson nickel.
I first got interested in them, when I realized it was the only real circulating coin that was still easily found with a date prior to 1959 which would be the first year of the Lincoln memorial.
Yet I had found many AU and even what would pass for UNC Jeffersons dating 1938 and 1939. I thought that was amazing!
Then I started to hoard any Jeffersons pre 1960 that I found in change.
Eventually I started to realize what dates and mintmarks were easy to spot in circulation and what was a real find.
I got into buying many rolls from the bank and going through them.
I do believe the Jefferson was one coin that kept me interested in coin collecting when times were hard.
I could always afford to keep a nickel and put it aside because " I liked it!"
Later on I became more aware of strike quality and the full step collecting movement and joined clubs like PAK. ( Which is another story ! )
Today I have one heck of a nice Full Step Set, I also have many tubes of some quite unusual Jeffersons that have some sharp strikes, full steps, and in high grade.
Someday, when all the huff and puff of selling proof sets and mint sets and high end coins finally comes to an end,
I will resort back to my little collection of fine Jeffersons and be rewarded again,
maybe not so much money wise, but most likely I will enjoy looking at each one again through a glass and saying ...

" Wow! That sure is a nice 1964 D!
You don't see many of them with even a couple steps and heres one with 5!"

Even though, yes, there were billions of both 64 and 64 D's minted, there were so many made with those dies that the strike is not very sharp at all on the vast majority that anyone will find.

Well, I am new here, just thought I'd make a post and say hello! Have fun collecting!

I see that the first couple of posts in this thread mentioned a bit about the intrinsic value of nickels. Spider5689 made reference to the Canadian nickels for those of you who might be interested in hoarding them for the nickel value in them. I'd have to agree if that is your intent.

After seeing mention about Wikipedia for coin info on another thread I found some very good info on Canadian coinage there myself. I especially found the section on "History of Composition" to be very enlightening. Just go to Wikipedia and do a search on Canadian Nickel (or dime, etc.) for example. Also if it's nickel you're after don't overlook the Canadian dimes and quarters too. They both contained 99.9% nickel from 1968-1999! That is with the exception for part of the 1968 year, when they were still made of 50% silver.

If it's copper you're interested in the Canadian pennies contained 98% copper from 1942-1996. Personally, I'm quite fascinated by all this.

wheezydog,

I'm a new guy here myself. You're going to really enjoy this forum. It's very active and there seems to be alot of good folks here that are very knowledgeable about numismatics and the like.

You said you don't know what a bank box is. If you haven't already, you really must go over and check out the thread titled "How many are into coin roll hunting?" It's about 64 pages long and 5 of those pages are new since I started here just a few weeks ago.

To answer the question about bank boxes for you though - Bank boxes are full boxes of coins that the banks receive. I've never bought or ordered a full box myself yet. But aparently a full box consists of 50 rolls of coins. For example a full box of cents would cost you $25, Nickles $100, Dimes $250, and so on.

Alot of coin hunting folks have been going to the banks and either requesting or special ordering full boxes of coins to search through for any special coins. Many have had suprisingly phenomenal success at this method of coin hunting. This may be redundant info for you as you may have done plenty of CRHing but just didn't know what was meant by the term 'bank box'.

I'm new to coin roll hunting myself but what I've done so far has been great fun and I've made a few good finds already.

That's my Two Cents.

Welcome to the forum wheezydog.

I am selling all my nickels on the "For Sale" forum...which includes 41 War
nickels.

Those are some pretty impressive finds Wheezy! I've been finding War Nickels at a ratio of about 1 every 50 rolls, but none like the varities you pulled. The Henning Nickel is awesome too. It's probably the only counterfeit coin that is a true collectable and a must-have for everyone

A week ago or so I found a AU+ 1938 just like the one you described early. I suspect it had been saved since 38 and when grandpa died it was dumped into a coinstar (the one mark it has on it is clearly a ding when another nickel crashed into it)

--Gary

Wheezy, Thanks for the posts. Made me go back and re-check my 2 sets. But no luck!

I'm out of stuff to search through and tomorrow is a holiday - no banks :(