I made a tutorial on the basics of currency searching and CRHing for my YouTube channel a little bit ago. For that video I purchased a box of each denomination of coin, including nickels. It has been a very long time since I searched a box of nickels. In the past believe that I enjoyed CRHing nickels, perhaps it was because I was lucky enough to get good boxes. Flash back to the present box, I think I hit nickel fatigue about 2/3's of the way through the box. I think I am being a little unfair to nickels, but from a lack of rewarding returns (silver, key dates) it was hard to want to continue searching. This is just my personal experience, and I totally respect those that find nickel CRHing enjoyable.
Anyways here is that video. Enjoy.
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**Spoiler** No major finds. I think I had more fun making the video then actually searching and returning these nickels. :thumbup:
Persistence is key....when you give up and quit, that's when the outcome and potential is assured. Box after box after box after box....then the law of averages will apply....you'll have GREAT boxes...boxes that are just "ok", and crappy ones with absolutely nothing...lol
I had a couple boxes I wanted to give up on, the last couple months. I stuck w/them & was rewarded w/2 very MAD pieces. I'll attempt pics when yard work's done.
To each their own of course ... my input is that CRH for nickels brings the greatest possible number of collectible finds available of any currently circulating USA denomination.
In my experience ... you need a collecting goal. My goal many years ago was a complete circulation strike set from local bank rolls ... and that was achieved.
I submit that nickels are the only currently circulating USA series where that goal is possible to today's CRH fan.
Quote: I submit that nickels are the only currently circulating USA series where that goal is possible to today's CRH fan.
Only if you count the wheat cents together with the memorial cents as part of a single " Lincoln Cent" series. I don't think there are any rare memorial cents (or shield cents, for that matter).
With the halves, your "circulation strike set" would either contain perhaps a dozen dates (and that includes the rather uncommon 1964), or be very hard to complete with all the 2000s and 2010s issues (had anyone actually found a 2010s half in a roll?) I agree about the small dollars, incidentally (Ikes too, if rolls of these were still available, which, to the best of my knowledge, they are not).
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Posted 05/14/2016 09:36 am
