There are millions of old nickels held by countless collectors and dealers, including a large amount of George V's. I saw them in charge during the 1950's (which is a partial reason I collect coins). The low grades will fetch maybe 50 cents. Don't go by price guides for low grades; my old Charlton says $5 for a 1922 in VG, but you'd be lucky to get 50 cents (19 years experience on
ebay).
Step 1 - Look at many George
V nickels on
ebay that are certified by ICCS (I find US
TPG's can't grade these at all) to learn to grade them. Forget all other denominations because these are different because of nickel being used for the first time on older machines; weak strikes, wear quickly from shallow obverse details. Heavily circulated and used in coin machines which scratched the heck out of them.
Step 2 - How many nickels do you have ? If there are hundreds, then separate by monarch and put in containers.
Step 3 - get the 1922 to 36's and separate by date. If there are 1925, 26, or 32, put them in 2 x 2's for later (put the fold at the top, use a staple on bottom and
1 side so you can take it out later to view details better).
Step 4 - check all the coins that are left against the photos below.
.... If they look like photos 1-2-3, then they will be very hard to sell; you can find rolls of them on
ebay for about $10 (25 cents a coin), not worth the trouble coin by coin. They may sell in mixed rolls, but also around $10.
.... If they look like photos 4-5, or closer to 4 than 3, they will be the ones that will have more value. Any like these should be put in 2 x 2's as they are what collectors need to upgrade from their 1-2-3's, that everyone already has.
Step 5 - All the coins matching photos 1-2-3- (Good to FINE) can be lumped together to sell as a group, or smaller groups in date runs if there are enough. Any coins that look to be between pic3 and pic4 {VF-20 to VF-35} and are not all scratched up nor battered,
may be worth 1-5 dollars. I go by the old Charlton grading, by the crownband. For VF, the band must still be visible over the ear, complete line all across, but on these, sometimes they are weak but still can be VF.
Step 6 - go back to any 1925 or 26. The 1925 is valuable in any grade. There are 2 1926's; far and near 6. Photos can be found on this site or numerous other sites. If you have any, you can post the photos for grading on this site.
Step 7 - there is a rare variety for 1932 that is hard to figure out so if you have some, post more photos here, or look up at coinsandcanada.
Step 8- let us know what you have and then you can move to the George VI.
to CCF. Have you looked here? 
Posted 09/27/2019 1:29 pm
