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Pillar of the Community
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I will leave that up to you. I think even the XF grades would be worthy of keeping.
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Since there were no mint Sets to free the MS level coins from, the 82 and 83 have a conditional rarity. That is, MS coins from these dates would need to have been saved by a collector from circulation in that state. I agree with nds76, even XF-AU grades might be worthy of keeping, since some collectors may have to opt for lesser than MS grades to fill the 82 and 83 holes. Edited by jbuck
02/21/2008 11:27 am
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Pillar of the Community
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"So......'82 & '83's should NOT be saved unless one finds an amazing conditioned coin ? Average conditioned ones should just be pitched back then ? Because, I have a feeling that I could end up putting together 10-20 rolls of those years in average to poor condition......... but if no one would ever want these, then it'd be a waste of time to do that, in your opinion ?"
It's not so much no one will ever want them as that they'll "always" be available. The coins that are nice now will wear down to more typical condition so they'll be around for decades or until the government melts them for their metal.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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For one thing your lucky. People that roll search are going through coins that have been usually returned to a bank, run through a counter machine, sent in bags to an organization that rolls coins, they do run them through a counting machine to verify what they received. Then they are run through a rolling machine. No, people don't sit there and carefully roll them. By the time this is all done those coins have been scratched, dented, etc. Your lucky in getting them prior to all that. If possible, never get rolls, always ask for a bag. As to what to look for. Naturally any Nickels prior to the Jefferson nickels. Then you really should have a copy of the Red Book to see what is a low mintage coin. I suggest you acquire a few Albums, not folders, for sets of those Nickels. Sort them out by dates and Mint marks. Note always look at both sides for errors. If you had the Red Book there is a listing with photos of errors on pages 390 to 394. Good luck. |
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Okay.....here is the "findings" report. 3- '39 (no mintmark) 5- '40 2-"D" 1- "S" and 2 no mintmark 5- '41 (no mintmark) 1- '46 "D" 3- '47 1-"S" and 2 no mintmark 1- '48 no mintmark 2- '49 1-"S" and 1 no mintmark 1 '51 D 4- '52 2- "S" and 2 no mintmark 3- '55 D 2- '56 D 2- '57 D 6- '58 D 6- '59 D 5- '60 D 1- '69 S 1- '70 S 1- 2005 Canadian There it is....out of $200.00 ! No buffalos, V nickels, AND NOT ONE War Nickel ! Dang ! I'm steamed ! That was a lot of work and now I'm not looking forward to doing nickels anytime soon again. Does anyone think this was a good productive search ? Yesterday late afternoon I called my main branch bank and ordered a box of Halves ! They said it would be there on Monday ! Didn't expect that so soon ! But I'm looking forward to scoring some silver with those ! I feel like I got completely SKUNKED on the nickels ! Hmmrrph ! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Anyone looking for old coins in circulation is going to be disappointed. If you just want scarce coins you can find lots of them.
Your best bet for old coins is to find a bank with a supply of St Gaudens they'll give you for face value. ...or maybe a bag of large cents.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Pillar of the Community
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Save the older dates and keep going to your bank for more boxes. Then on ebay you can sell some older dated rolls. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you want to make a few bucks off of those 4,000 nickels you should put them aside for a while, their current melt value is a little over $00.07 cents each. Total melt value of all them is $280.00! And no matter what, prices on everything go up eventually, due mainly to inflation and with inflation at %5 percent, the price will double in 12 years!
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Valued Member
United States
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I just recently got back into this hobby and recently discovered the joys of coin roll hunting, I have only done $50 of nickels but in those $50 I found two dateless buffalos and about ten pre 1950 dates (sorry I'm at work and don't have the exact #) and 1 Canadian nickel, By what I'm reading on here I got pretty lucky with two buffalos in $50.
Are dateless buffalos worth anything at all?
what the hype on Canadian nickels?
Sorry I'm new so these questions are probably elementary.
thanks for the help
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Valued Member
United States
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Dateless Buffalos are worth about 25 cents around here. As for the 1982 and 1983 nickels keep them only if they are in AU-55 or better shape since the Mint didn't make any mint sets for those years.
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Valued Member
United States
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Rob,
2 Buffs in $50 is great! I find less than 1 every $100. Hang on to the Buffs, even if they are dateless. After you get enough of them, you might want to consider restoring the dates via chemicals--doesn't help the value but can fill some holes in the mean time. I have maybe 10 or so (mostly from roll hunting) that I plan on restoring very soon. Its pretty exciting wondering what dates I have waiting to be found.
As for Canadian Nickels, there is really nothin special to them. They're worth basically the same as American Nickels. though pre-82 Canadian are worth more due to Nickel content. I'm having a great time building a collection of them exclusively from Rolls of Jeffersons...though I did end up trading a couple early Jeffs for early Canadians the other week.
--Gary
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I still haven't got my Fed Res. box of halves yet that I've ordered. For awhile, I've given up on the "nickels" ! I've got 50 some silvers from half searching and am excited to continue that.....never orederd a box before so this will be my first. I've cleaned about 9 cities out of their silver (halves) and now am left to "order" them............can't wait for that full roll of "Walkers" or some "Benjamins" !!!
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Valued Member
United States
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I've been through about $800 in nickels and no buffalos...yet. I've not given up hope! I've found a Liberty Head nickel (1902) and some Chinese currency (Wu Jiao) and 4-5 silver nickels. I get so excited when I tear open a roll and wonder if my first circulating buffalo is in there!
Eaglefoot, your results are pretty similar to my averages for 2 boxes of nickels.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Eaglefoot...I have lists of varieties/errors posted on my wall for various coins, including one with about 100 variety/errors on Jeff nickels up until 1971. Double-edged sword, that. Anyway, for rudimentary purposes on the important dates to look for, I use, https://www.pcgs.com's price lists because it was recently updated and includes a substantial number of the important varieties. Ignore the price quotes, though...theyre very high. Here's the nickel price guide. http://www.pcgs.com/prices/PriceGui...il.aspx?c=83 |
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