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I have a few 1968 and 1969 S Nickels. Are these rare or just uncommon cause a majority of nickels that I have are either mostly P or D.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Nothing special about them. San Francisco minted nickels for circulation from 1968-1970 before switching to only proof nickels in 1971. The short run makes S-mint coins rare compared to the whole of circulating nickels, but they are no more valuable than any other nickel from that era.
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Oh ok that's what I thought, still a little cool I think :)
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Pillar of the Community
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Condition makes a big difference. If these nickels are AU or better, hang on to 'em.
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Condition makes a big difference. If these nickels are AU or better, hang on to 'em. What about these? I also read somewhere that these nickels are hard to find with full steps, not sure if this is true or not   |
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Pillar of the Community
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These nickels are near next to impossible to find with full steps.
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Pillar of the Community
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Indeed!
Forget the '68 and '69. They exist but are rare.
The '70-S appears in about every 1500th mint set so is downright "common".
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It's just that so many people pull out of change any coin with an S mint so they are becoming scarce.
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Pillar of the Community
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They think they are worth something when in reality, they aren't. These are not worth anymore than 5 cents, and actually are worth LESS if you were to melt them down, as they are only worth $0.02 or so.
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Pillar of the Community
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According to NumisMedia, they are worth 6 cents.
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Pillar of the Community
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Look for a rotated reverse on the '69S ;-)
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It's just that so many people pull out of change any coin with an S mint so they are becoming scarce. Well the mintmark itself is fancier on the S which make it more appealing to the eye than a stick and a curve. I don't think they are becoming that scarce or we wouldn't still find them in droves in boxes. They were already lower to begin with based on mintages, except where there is no P for those nickels and San Fran did it instead those years. So people do keep the S's because they were already less of them out there in most cases. Like if someone was keeping every 50 D nickel they found. Its all speculation market mechanics. |
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Are these rare or just uncommon cause a majority of nickels that I have are either mostly P or D If you are finding 1968, 69 or 70 nickels that are P (no mintmark) you might want to hold onto those. Philadelphia didn't make any nickels in those years, but "plain" nickels do exist. And I'm not talking about proof coins. |
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Cool I did not know that Conder101 thanks for the info!  |
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As a kid in the 1960s checking all coins that passed through my hands, finding an S mintmark was a real treat. Hard to fill up the Whitman folder slots with no S coins. I lived near Washington, D.C., so admittedly SF was a long way away!
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If you are finding 1968, 69 or 70 nickels that are P (no mintmark) you might want to hold onto those. Philadelphia didn't make any nickels in those years, but "plain" nickels do exist. And I'm not talking about proof coins. Are you referring to filled die coins? Other than proofs I can't think of any issues without a mint mark. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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