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

Nice data and some fun finds. Cool finding an impaired proof.

1 box today.

1 silver, 1 1955P (much harder to find than one would think), 2 Canadian, 2 foreign jobs, 2 1939, and a 1962 proof.

Nickel - I put the list together to assist me when I CRH. Since nickels are less defined online, I started this list a couple years back from a few online resources. Brian's listings/pictures have come a long way since, but the list does serve me well for a quick reference.

My suggestion: go to Brian's Variety Coins and familiarize yourself with the various DDOs, DDRs, RPMs he has listed there. Also review the CONECA listings at Variety Vista. These are more difficult to use when hunting, but they sometimes have some marker information listed there to help you. Also, if you know what the differences between classes of doubling are, you will be able to use the identification details to help narrow the choices (e.g. the differences between II, IV, V, etc.).

And have fun!! It'll be slower going at the start, but it's a thrill when you find a DDO or DDR. Good luck on the hunt!!

First post from a long time lurker here. I've been coin roll hunting off and on for the past couple years doing mostly nickels in an attempt to fill up my Jefferson book. I've done about $2000 worth and have found 4 no-date buffaloes and a bunch of War Nickels but never anything close to as exciting as what I found the other day!

I was at work going through the cash register and saw what looked like a blank metal circle in the nickel slot, so I picked it up chuckling to myself, and then discovered that it was in fact a V nickel! I was shocked and super excited. Funny how it works out I go through $2000 worth of nickels and then my coolest find is from the cash register!

to the Community!

What a surprise and a very nice find!

Folks, I am an avid hunter of nickels, and just joined this forum, so introductions are in order. I am Bryan, and I live in Colorado, so, coloradobryan.. I've got a tip on how to tell if a circulated 1939 nickel is the reverse of 38 or 40. Look at the serif or lack of serif on the S of Pluribus on the reverse. The reverse of 1938 has a rounded top on the S, and the reverse of 1940 has a serif on the top of the S. Look at Coinfacts for nice clear pics, and you will see what I am talking about.

Welcome to the new nickel hunters to the forum!

Finished up a box last night that included 3 Wars and 46 pre-1960 nickels.