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OK Give me a list of nickels to look for. lol
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Any Buffalo nickels 1913-1938 Jefferson's: 1938, 1938-D, 1939-D, 1939-S, 1949, 1950-D, 1951-D Jefferson silver nickels: 1942-1945 (any mint mark) |
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I go with Chuck on this. While you will find many nickels with Die Deterioration Doubling, especially from the early 80s, I would keep what looks unusual and not limit yourself only to what is known. The dates listed above are the "keepers" as far as the tougher coins to find but you may find a die variety or two as you search. Thanks, Bill PS 1958 nickels from Philadelphia, (No Mintmark) are tough to find as well. Keep any that you find. Edited by foundinrolls
09/05/2009 3:01 pm
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OK Well I got a good amount already to look at under my scope. Just the first 10 rolls, 5 silver nickels
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Just the first 10 rolls, 5 silver nickels
Wow, that's pretty good. Should be some more good stuff with them. Quote:
PS 1958 nickels from Philadelphia, (No Mintmark) are tough to find as well. No wonder!  I think I found all the 38's and 39's before I found a 58-P. |
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As far as dates to pull, some pull 1960 and older, some 1950 and older, some in between. Some don't keep any nickels unless they're keys/semi-keys. Personally, I usually pull 1960 and older, then roll them up by decade. Any that are in extra good condition I may keep separate. I'll check those to see if they are better than the example in my Whitman folders. Any old AU nickels usually go in a 2X2, everything else is rolled up.
If you don't have a folder/album to put them in, you may want to get one. The folders are pretty cheap (about $3 each.) There's a 1938-1961, a 1962-1995, and I use a blank "Nickels" folder for 1996-present. These are best if you just want a date/mm set in circulated condition. If you think you'll want to eventually make a AU/UNC set, I recommend a Dansco album. (about $25)
Other than that, I don't know much about errors/varieties. There's a "speared bison"--2005 Bison reverse with a well placed die crack across the bison. And I believe there is a 2004 nickel with the peace pipe reverse that has a "button-hole" "error" on Jefferson's collar. Don't want to get burned for calling this an error, but I don't remember what it was called. :)
Let's see... ya that's all I got for now. Good luck!
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RedBook shows a 1943 P Doubled Eye, 1943 P 3/2, 1945 P DDR (Double Die Reverse), 1949 D D/S, 1954 S S/D, 1955 D D/S.
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WOW Thanks everyone. I am more into pennys thank nickels. I do have collection of others but pennys is my fav. I have 16 Dansco books.
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OK Well I got a good amount already to look at under my scope. Just the first 10 rolls, 5 silver nickels Wow - that is an amazing find rate. You're lucky if you find one every 10-20 rolls. Edited to add - I must correct the poster who said that any 1942-1946 nickel was silver. I'm wondering if you found some of the 60+ million 1942 nickels minted before the silver ones. On silver, the mintmark will look like this :  ALL silver nickels will have a mintmark in this position. The non-silver 42s have either no mintmark, or a small one on the reverse next to the building. Joe Edited by hrhomer
09/06/2009 9:19 pm
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That the only ones so far. Found some 40's and some S mints, 1 buffalo 1936 and one 50 ore
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yup that will be the ones I found. Is the S mints hard to find on any nickel? I found 4 or 5 70's and 2 or 3 68 or 69's an't remember. I'll take pics later of all I found.
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There is the 2004 P 'Handshake' 5c DDO (most visible in the WE TRUST and date). The 2005 Bison and OIV nickels had many minor DDOs - mostly involving WE TRUST, the Date, and RTY of liberty. And the Ocean in View nickels had oodles of minor DDRs. Check out CONECA's Variety Vista page. There are several nickel varieties illustrated there. http://www.varietyvista.com/Split%20Image.htm |
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1960-d, 1976-d, 1984-d, 1989-d, 2006-d, 2008-d all these are mint I looked and looked no marks anywhere. 36-1964-D 13-1964-P 1940-P-1,S-2, 1943--P1, D-2, S-1, 1944-P-1, 1945-P-1, 1946-P-1, 1947-D-1, 1948-P-1, 1949-P-2. 1952-P-1, 1955-D-1, 1956-P-1,D-1, 1958-P-1,D-1, 1959-D-1 1960-D-5, 1961-D-5, 1962-D-6,P-3, 1963-P-2,D-5, 1965-P-1, 1966-P-3, 1967-P-2, 1968-S-2,D-3, 1969-S-1, D-3, P-1, 1970-S-10, 1971-D-1, 1976-D- 1979 50 ORE         The 2cd one from the left is a 41 looks mint |
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Dont keep 64's unless their proofs, they are pretty much worthless. I tend to keep 59p and all 58 and earlier. Plus buffalos, and the occasional proof or V nickel. As for errors, nickels tend to have the most out of any series do to the extreme hardness of the planchets used. Partial collars and major die breaks ( Cuds) tend to be more common in nickels than in other denominations. I've managed to find a broadstrike, 3 partial collars, 2 major die breaks, a severe misaligned die, and dozens of lesser misaligned dies. - XoG |
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