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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Since I have started with my roll hunting and loose change I have been holding on to all the westward Joreny series that I come across.
I have noticed that they are becoming less and less in the rolls I get around here. I have only managed to find 3 full rolls I haven't sorted by mint mark yet. But the ocean in the view I don't have a full roll of yet.
Less minted or just the way my luck is running?
Anyone else saving these also ? Sometimes I just feel like I'm wasting my time
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I've also started to do this. I agree that they seem to be getting scarce, possibly because people are setting them aside. I have full rolls of the 2004 types, but not of the 2005s. I actually haven't been able to find a single 2005p ocean view yet, but I'm on the west coast so that might not be so weird. Have you seen any mintage statistics?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you do hoard them, I assume it would be for investment purposes. So like, are we talking about them being worth a quarter in ten years or something like that? Whats the reason behind hoarding westword journey?
Personally, the westword journey nickles have their ups and downs. The bison and ocean view are cool, the boat is alright, that shaking hands and the new jeffeson image are pretty lame. But I thought it would be cool to set me up a display set of them. And I have searched through somewhere around 1000 nickles withouht finding one ocean view or boat P mint. And I'm only in Louisiana. Not close to philie but not like.....west coast either. You'd think I'd find one!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The last box of nickels I went through had a wonderful mix of P and D mints (I usually get mostly Ds) and I was able to compile a nice roll of each though I think I might have been a couple short on my P Bison roll. I don't feel the need to save every one I come across but don't mind saving a couple rolls for later.
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New Member
United States
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I also keep these when I come across them in my searching.
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New Member
United States
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I look for them in all my change but this year I have only found about 5-6, with 2-handshakes and mostly OIV. I also found a couple Wheaties two weeks ago and fewer and fewer State Quarters. Because I'm on the east coast a Denver Mint is scarce. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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low mintage- 344,880,000 2004D Keelboat
high mintage- 487,680,000 2005D American Bison
Going by those mint stats, none of the mintages are low and there should be plenty to go around. The most likely reason is exactly what you are doing- people are hoarding the Westward Journey nickels so their numbers as a group are lower than they should be.
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United States
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This is what I think it was the last coin of the series and the some with DDO reverse and folks are just holding on to them for a while to see what happens with the value of the coin. I think you could have got the hole set from the US Mint catalog till mid 2007 or the end of 2006. plus its and great looking nickel I like it better than the or buffalo is not like the real buffalo it looks like a anorexic one to me. *Please don't take that the wrong way it just 1 man option. |
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United States
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I can't find the Bison D mint :/
Fatcat
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United States
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Like most, I have also been saving every Westward Journey nickel I've come across. I'm about 2 nickels away from completing a roll of the Peace medal, I have filled about 2/3rds of a roll of the Keel boat, less than half a roll of the Bison nickels and about 1/3 rd on the Ocean in View. I live on the east coast, so I only see the Philadelphia issues. I have come across a few Denver mint nickels for the Ocean in View, Bison, and Peace medal. I see less of these now than when they came out.
I wonder what would happen if 10 years from now, all of us dumped our Westward Journey nickels into circulation?
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I can't find the Bison D mint :/ I cannot find the 2004D Keelboat or the 2005D Bison...  Quote:
I wonder what would happen if 10 years from now, all of us dumped our Westward Journey nickels into circulation? I think these coins are being hoarded just like the 1975-1976 Bicentennial issues. Unlike the ten years and fifty varieties of Statehood Quarters, these nickels are a limited two-year four design run; many people incorrectly feel they are rare. I suspect that in about ten or fifteen years (assuming the metallic composition is not changed or the nickel is outright eliminated) we will see an abundance of them dumped back into circulation as we did with the bicentennial coins. Edited by jbuck
05/21/2008 11:49 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Fatcat161 & jbuck,
Are you two looking for singles or trying to get a whole roll together? I probably have some singles and could probably make rolls the next time I get a box of nickels.
-arthrene
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 I remember years ago, not being able to find a single Bicentennial quarter in circulation. Now, I find them more often than any Westward Journey nickel. Edited by Spider5689
05/21/2008 12:14 pm
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Are you two looking for singles or trying to get a whole roll together? Just a single to fill a hole.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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jbuck,
Send me a PM and I'll send them to you.
Edited by arthrene
05/21/2008 5:23 pm
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Send me a PM and I'll send them to you. Thanks for the offer!   I would like to hold off until July. I have family coming from California and they promised to bring me their change jars to hunt through. If nothing turns up, then I will PM you! |
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