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United States
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When you are coin roll hunting nickels, do you keep all of the pre-1960 nickels. Several of the mintages are over 100 million. Or do your only keep the better dates with mintages say under 40-50 million
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United States
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I keep pre-60 nickels, but only lower mintages and better condition coins.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pre-60 are relatively easy to find. I'd also recommend lower mintage and better grades for keepers.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I kept all pre-1956 Nickels in VG-10 or better . 1956 to 1961 AU-53 to AU-58 . Yes, It was good pickings back in 1963 when I was CRH'ing hot and heavy .   |
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I throw all the pre 60's in plastic nickle roll tubes. They aren't worth much but still fun to find.
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United States
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I'm working on building complete rolls by year/mm. So I will only keep the high grade nickels and replace lower grade coins (1938-current). Items that fall out of a roll (the lower grade coin) will either be released or tossed into a bucket for kids to pick through. I also have a small bin where I toss my excess low mintage nickels (i.e. where I already have a roll but there is value in the nickel and I'm reluctant to toss back).
Don't forget to keep high grade nickels of any date. These generally have more value than the worn pre-60 nickels folks don't give a second thought about keeping. And check for varieties. They have higher value potential.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My son and I keep: 1. All Jeffersons with below 10M mintage 2. All Buffalos 3. All Liberties 4. All War Nickels (silver) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I forgot to add that we each keep one from each year of Canadian nickels.
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I'd echo T-BOP on pre/post 1956 nickels with the caveat that 1958 P is relatively scarce and doesn't show up often. BU nickels from 1971-1978 are also very scarce finds, as are the early (2006-2008) "Forward" design without any distracting bag marks on the face.
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I'd echo T-BOP on pre/post 1956 nickels with the caveat that 1958 P is relatively scarce and doesn't show up often. BU nickels from 1971-1978 are also very scarce finds, as are the early (2006-2008) "Forward" design without any distracting bag marks on the face. I'm with you on the 1958 Philly for sure as they have always been a fairly elusive coin. Of the non-War Jeffersons made in Philadelphia, they are one of only six dates (1938, 1950, 1951, 1955, and 2009-P are the others) which I have yet to complete a roll of. As for the question of the OP, I do save all pre-60 dated nickels. Though, honestly, the 1940, 1941, 1954-D, and the 1956-D through 1959-D coins are very common coins... most of us find at least around one of each of these per box searched. 1955-D coins also SHOULD be on this list as their mintage is only slightly lower than the 1954-D, but a good number were hoarded thanks to the well-publicized 1955-D over S error. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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01/12/2017 02:21 am
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Rest in Peace
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I actually found the 1959-P Jeff to be hard to come by .  |
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United States
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The 1959-P indeed is fairly tough most of the time as they should be as their mintage is only 28 million. I have stumbled upon a couple of "mini hoards" of BU examples in String&Son rolls locally over the past several months.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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