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Gothic Florin: I get so many of those (1964 Nickels) in rolls. Literally every roll of Nickels I've opened this year has contained at least one 1964-D Nickel, some rolls had two or three, and one roll had four of them!  At least the Bicentennial is a one-year-only reverse, and not a bad looking one at that (and it holds up well in circulation, unlike many of the State Quarter designs). |
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are we also gonna blame "the great coin jar dump" on the 64 nickel? Nope, they just made a lot of them that year and they will always seem plentiful! The top-five mintages for nickels: 1964-D 1,787,297,160
1999-P 1,212,000,000
1999-D 1,066,720,000
1964 1,028,622,762
1989-P 898,812,000 I have always speculated that they over-produced nickels in 1964 to compensate for all of the silver dimes, quarters, and half dollars being removed from circulation ahead of the composition change and that the grand numbers of 1999 were to compensate for Statehood Quarters being pulled from circulation. Coincidence?   |
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United States
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Quote:I have always speculated that they over-produced nickels in 1964 to compensate for all of the silver dimes, quarters, and half dollars being removed from circulation ahead of the composition change and that the grand numbers of 1999 were to compensate for Statehood Quarters being pulled from circulation. Coincidence? I believe you are on to something with your logic.  Hadn't really thought of it like that.  Mark |
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wow very interesting I hadnt thunk of dat
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Treasury Dept. Link about 1960's coin 'date freeze'.Quote:Treasury Dept: So in 1965, all denominations of United States coins continued to be struck with the 1964 date. ...in December 1965, the 1964 date on five-cent coins and one-cent coins was changed to 1965. From December 1965 through July 31, 1966, all one-cent coins and five-cent coins were struck with the 1965 date. All denominations of United States coins minted from August 1 through December 31, 1966 carried the 1966 date. Normal dating procedures resumed on January 1, 1967, and continued through 1974. In other words, all Nickels made from January 1964 to November 1965 were dated "1964"! If you find a '1965' Nickel in your roll hunting, the odds favor that it was made in 1966! (1965 SMS excepted) Do also note that the last 90% Silver 10˘ to 50˘ coins (dated 1964) were made in 1966! (production ending presumably when the supplies of 90% silver planchets for the respective denominations were exhausted.)
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05/12/2009 9:38 pm
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Thanks, DNA, I had forgotten about the date freeze! I believe these tactics (date freezes and removing mint marks) were aimed to keep coins circulating, since there were shortages at the time. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Now, with so many S.H.Q.'s being dumped "back into circulation".....
THE COFFERS ARE FULL !
Maybe that's why they're cutting mintage numbers of the dimes and nickels and possibly all other denominations for this year and considering possibly next year too.
I've heard that possibly up to 70% of the number originally to be minted might be cut.
So, the "projected mintage numbers" supposedly mandated......will be changed for this year ! .......might just make things a little more interesting for a year or two.
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I don't mind the occasional Bicentennial. I'm rather tired of seeing mostly State Quarters in my pocket change. As to the 1964d nickels, I too got disgusted with the quantity of those I found...but now I'm searching for the e pluriDus unum error so I probably won't see as many. |
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I wanted a nice bicentinniel quarter for my quarters type set and I think I paid $1.75 for it at a flea market down in Ga  , since then I've gotten 7 or 8 more just in change..nice ones too. I like them , so much so I bought two of the S mint 90% silver issue. |
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I've received three of them in the past two weeks. I still like them and have always saved them, when they show up in change, even though they will never be worth more than face value in my life time.
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06/04/2009 7:50 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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i have been tossing most of them back but I was also thinking what XoG was about smelting them You can smelt down all the Bicentennials you want but don't melt down the 1964 nickels, that's illegal. Quote:I have always speculated that they over-produced nickels in 1964 to compensate for all of the silver dimes, quarters, and half dollars being removed from circulation ahead of the composition change and that the grand numbers of 1999 were to compensate for Statehood Quarters being pulled from circulation. Coincidence? You are right on the 1964's, I wasn't aware of the very high mintage of the 1999's but you could very well be right about that as well. |
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I wish I could get the 1964 dimes easy because they spent almost 2 yrs making them too.
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I read somewhere about a bicentennial quarter DDO that's supposed to be rare. I think '76D. Doubling in the Liberty. |
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Thats interesting ratman4762 , I wasnt aware of that.Ive at least 7 or 8 of these in a drawer , ill need to have a look. For me its a favorite modern coin.Ill keep on keeping  |
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