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

I think it is a very intense lamination peel!

Took a break from halves: 30 rolls - 22 pre 1960 (1 war; no foreign):

1x39,1x40, 1x41, 1x45P (silver), 1x46, 1x48, 1x48D, 1x49, 1x53, 1x54D, 3x57, 1x57D, 1x58, 5x58D, 1x59, 1x59D

I also got a number of upgrades for the 60s including 3 really nice 64Ds. Most of them look horrible but these three even have a few steps! It's funny, I bought a complete set from 1965 back that was clearly put together in the 60s from circulation, but I'm pulling nicer looking coins out of circulation 40 years later. Of course I still have 27 holes in the one I'm putting together :)

Another Update!

As I have mentioned before, my biggest regret regarding this survey was not keeping track of Canadian finds. Canada has now yielded the oldest "foreign" coin I have found, a 1940. Pretty beat up, but still a 1940!

Also, two 1951s! Hard to find one of those, let alone two.

100 rolls
39 pre-1959

BREAKDOWN:

1939,(2)1940,1940s,1941,1941s,1942,1943P(silver),(3)1946,(2)1947d,1947s,(3)1948,1948s,(2)1951s,1952,1953d,(2)1954,1954d,1954s,1956,(2)1956d,(2)1957,(4)1957d,(4)1958d

1 Bahamas Five Cents (2000)
1 Bermuda Five Cents (2003)
1 Cayman Islands Ten Cents (1980)

GRAND TOTALS TO DATE:

15600 rolls
6801 pre 1959 (5 most common: 1958d(648),1957d(539),1941(479),1940(460),1946(421)
241 Silver Nickels (3 most common: 1943P(68),1945P(46),1944P(39))
23 Liberty nickels (1901,(2)1902,(2)1903,1904,(3)1906,(3)1907,1908,(4)1909,1910,(3)1911,1912,1912d)
67 Buffalo nickels ((24)dateless,1918,1919,(3)1920,1920d,1924,(2)1925,(4)1927,(3)1928,1928s,(4)1929,1929d,1929s,(6)1935,(10)1936,1936d,(2)1937,1938d)
21 Proof (1961,(2)1963,1964,1968s,1970s,(2)1971s,(2)1974s,1979s,(2)1986s,1987s,1988s,1993s,1994s,(2)2003s,(2)2007s)
6 1990d NO FS Designer Initials
2 Henning Counterfeit (1939,1953)
1 Australia 5 cents (1982)
12 Bermuda 5 cents ((2)1970,1986,1987,1996,(4)2000,2001,2003,2004)
16 Bahamas 5 cents (1981,1987,(3)1998,(6)2000,(4)2004,2005)
5 Belgium 1 Franc (1958,1963,1969,1973,1975)
1 Brazil 5 Centavos (1994)
3 Cayman Islands 10 Cents (1980,1982,2002)
1 Dominican Republic 5 Centavos (1987)
1 East Caribbean States 2 Cents (2002)
1 Ecuador 5 Centavos (2000)
1 France 1/2 Franc (1973)
2 Germany 50 Pfennig (1972,1985)
1 Great Britain New Penny (1997)
1 Italy 20 Centimes (1941)
1 Japan 50 Yen (1996)
1 Latvia 1 Lats (1992)
1 Mexico 50 Centavos (1993)
1 Norway 1 Kroner (1997)
1 Panama 5 Balboa (2001)
1 People's Republic of China 5 Jiao (2006)
1 Saudi Arabia 10 Halala (date unknown)
1 Singapore 20 Cents (1985)
1 Somalia 5 Shillings (2000)
10 Switzerland 20 Rappen (1943,1960,1968,1969,(4)1970,1993,1998)
1 Taiwan 1 Yuan (1983)
1 Tanzania 50 Senti (1990)
1 Thailand 1 Baht (2004)
1 Cincinnati Ohio Transit Token
1 Namco Amusement Token

1 2009P Jefferson nickel
0 2009D Jefferson nickels

CND

Congrats on the whole project so far! Kept at it a longgggg time now and is truly amazing.


I just looked through your totals to date and I got a quick question for you. Its probably been covered way back somewhere, but how did you spot the Henning Counterfeits? I've always loved their story and have wondered if I ever held one without knowing what it was! Besides the messed up MM on the (non)silver, whats the clue?

--gary

GFR3,

As you said, the 1944 is easy. The easiest way to tell a Henning is explained in this link: http://www.numismaticenquirer.com/T...0Nickel.html
Along with the method explained in the link, I have heard that "bumps" are visible around the word UNUM on Hennings that don't show the "looped R" characteristic.

great find jedichef.......a 13-s buffalo.....wow. the rest of you guys aren't donig too bad either.

speaking of Hanning nickels, does anyone knwo where I could find a copy of that pamphlet/book that was written on them (I think the author's name is Dwight Stuckey)? I've looked all over with no luck

Being from PA, S mint coins were pretty hard to come by, so I saved every one I found. During the 70's and 80's I put away quite a few. Now I save the nicer ones I find.

Thehammer77,

Yes, hold on to the Canadian nickels from 1982 and back; they are 100% nickel and worth a metallic premium.

mdh157

The booklet is impossible to find! You can't buy it, but here is how I got mine: go to your local library and ask about the Interlibrary Loan System (almost all US public libraries are part of it). The booklet is called THE COUNTERFEIT 1944 Jefferson nickel and the author is Dwight H. Stuckey. Seems there are only three libraries in the country that have it (the University of Wisconsin, another college or university in South Carolina, and one other place). It took three weeks, but I eventually got way more than I could have asked for; a PDF file through my email that I was able to print off and make my own booklet from! My library charged me $15, and it was well worth it; the booklet is fantastic! Good Luck!