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Nice Nickel Find In A "Junk Bucket."

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 Posted 12/16/2017  11:03 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Coconice to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I don't really think of any coins as junk, but I had a big container of mixed US and Canadian coins that didn't have much value. Jefferson nickels, Elizabeth II, George VI, and a few George V. Bunch of Wheat pennies.

I gave it a closer look at pulled out a 1925 Canadian nickel. That's a George V with mintage of 200,050. By casual grading specs, it is just south of EF-40.

It was a great find, and it made me happy. I don't know anybody who cares about a find like this, and I had to share with someone!

I hadn't paid enough attention to my Canadian coins. I was shocked to find that some of my most valuable ones are Canadian 5 cent pieces, particularly the older silver ones. Time to take a closer look at more of my stuff!
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 Posted 12/16/2017  11:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add otto to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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1925 Canadian nickel


That's a fantastic find!!
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 Posted 12/16/2017  11:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coconice to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's better! I pulled out the rest of the Geroge V
nickels just now. It seems to be a complete run.

None of them are beautiful, but they're all between VG/F 10 and EF-45.

There are both kinds of 1926 (Far and Near 6), and the Far variety is fairly valuable, and mine is around VF-20. Having both varieties makes it super easy to pick out near and far.

I am struggling with the 1932, though. I have two of them, and the Near/Far 2 is not as obvious as the 6, at least to me. I just don't know if I have both, two nears or two fars.

The smart bet is usually on two of the more common if I one cannot tell.
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 Posted 12/16/2017  12:17 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dennman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here is a pic of near and far 1932.
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 Posted 12/16/2017  12:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Andy888 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd love to see a picture of your 1925 nickel! great find!
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I'll post a couple pics a bit later.

I'm about 90% confident that I do have one of each 1932. The horizontal line is helpful, but I found another image that pointed out the distance between the 3 and the 2.

In the low/bas version they are closer together, and I can distinguish this on my coins.
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Well, these aren't very flattering. When I've done this before, I've shot them with my iPad which has a better camera and emailed them to myself.

Then, I've resized and cropped the image to the way I want it and used the snipping tool. The snip makes a png which doesn't work here anymore. I swear it used to.

It is not as easy to differentiate between the 26s with these pictures as I would like. And, I don't recall which 32 this is, but I feel this one is the common one - the near.

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