The Goal: 25,000 Rolls Of Nickels (All Searchers Welcome!)

Hey chuckster are you pulling certain dates at all?

murrellington: Thanks. I know I am incredibly lucky to have found my 1950 D for my collection from circulation. I live in Grand Rapids Michigan.

I currently pick up a box of halves and a box of nickels each week from my bank. The halves have almost seemed like a chore to look through lately, but the nickels have more than made up for it.

My Nic-a-date came in the mail and it is awesome! I have 24 Buffalo nickels from circulation so far and 8 were dateless. Here is what my dateless nickels came out to be:

1916
1916
1917
1919
1919
1919 s
1919 s
1919 s


surprised to have found 3 of the 1919 s.

I know, some people think they are completely ruined when acid dated. But really, they were kind of worthless being dateless. I'd much rather get rid of my curiosity. I love that stuff!

Lot's of neat finds in my Jefferson Roll Hunting project(I don't keep counts/stats)...RPM's, Full Steps, etc...having a blast upgrading my album with better coins, and, stashing 2011-D GEM BU FS(almost 1 roll, so far, I'm tough on grading, they have to be PERFECT flawless 6-steps)(I live in CA., we DON'T get Philly coins here)..just curious, as CLASHED coins are one of my favorite errors to collect...I have yet to find a single monster-clashed 5c...anybody have any luck in this area? Seems a lot of potential coins were polished out, in other words, they WERE clashed at some point, but, the dies were repaired...gotta check ebay, and see if any listed. Speaking of the step thing, doesn't it just KILL you when you find a PERFECT 2011 nickel, obverse, and, flip it over, and there's nothing on reverse, except ONE HUGE gash through the steps....ughhh, makes me ill, putting it back in the bone pile!!
TY
CG

Welcome gold panner, and good luck hunting!
Here's a basic beginner's list--more extensive lists available on the PCGS site, and, Coneca, if you hunt for varieties and errors(many RPM's and DDO / DDR's are considered "minor", with more than a handful of "Major"
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Jefferson nickel - Rare Nickels and Errors to Watch For

The Jefferson nickel series doesn't have any major rarities. This is one reason it's such a good series for a beginner to collect (or anyone on a modest budget).

Key Dates: 1938-D, 1938-S, 1939-D, 1939-S and the 1950-D
Overmintmarks: 1949-D/S, 1954-S/D, 1955-D/S
Overdate: 1943/2-P
Double Dies: 1939 (doubled MONTICELLO, FIVE CENTS), 1943-P (doubled eye), 1945 (rev) and 2004
Full Step Nickels: Jefferson nickels that have "full steps" on the reverse sell for a premium.
1942-S with the reverse of the 1941: the rarest Jefferson nickel. Only one is known to exist. Wouldn't it be cool to find one of those in your pocket change!

Click here to read more about this exciting discovery.

ilikeikes,

How would you know the 1942S had a different reverse? Was there a change in the reverse between the 1941 and 1942?

JonNickelCollector..it's news to me, while googling key dates and rarities.......ONLY ONE found...makes me wonder if truly attributed...that's just unheard of, 1 specimen..unless a mint worker made it, and it got handed down, or lost!
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http://www.coin-collecting-guide-fo...-nickel.html
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(partial text from above link...off to check my 1942's)
Rare Nickel Found!!


In 1961, Mr. Ken Frith got his hands on a very unique rare nickel. I am talking about a one-of-a-kind rarest of rare kind of nickel.

This 1942 Jefferson nickel was found in circulation by someone who then brought it to Mr. Frith's attention, knowing that he specialized in error coins.

What is so special about this nickel?

Well, up until World War II, Jefferson nickels were made out of 75% copper and 25% nickel. During the war, however, nickel was scarce due to the fact that it was being used heavily in the war effort.

So beginning in October of 1942, the composition was changed to 56% copper, 35% silver and 9% manganese.

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1943 P Wartime Nickel
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To distinguish these silver nickels from the earlier copper/nickel variety, the mint mark was moved from the right of Monticello to above the dome of Monticello. It was also made quite a bit larger during this time.

U.S. Mint records show that all 1942-S Jefferson nickels were "War Time" nickels with the "S" mint mark above the dome of Monticello and were of the copper/silver/manganese composition.

Mr. Frith's rare nickel however, is dated 1942 but it has a small "S" mint mark to the right of Monticello, and is made of the pre-war copper/nickel composition