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Valued Member
United States
439 Posts |
I found some 68,69, and 70 s nickels. They are not proof coins just regular circulated. Are these worth holding on to or should I just keep proofs? I don't find that many of them so I thought I would ask. Thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sure, they are not easy to find in change almost 40 years after minting. I save every 60s/70s S mint cent and nickel I find, they may not ever be worth much but I still think there is merit in saving them considering how uncommon they are compared to other coins of that era.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4212 Posts |
I toss 'em. I much rather grab nearly UNC from the 60's. Here's one I got this morning.  |
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Valued Member
United States
52 Posts |
Fioti that looks great. Did you buy it or get it in change? still alot of detail on it.
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Valued Member
United States
50 Posts |
I only searched about five or six boxes of nickels this past summer. In those were only 10-11 s mints, so I just kept them...didn't figure they were taking up too much space!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3592 Posts |
That's the good thing about nickels and pennies...if you like em it doesn't cost much just to save em !
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New Member
United States
24 Posts |
While breaking down collections when I worked retail, rule of thumb was to keep anything 1958 and older. We would throw anything newer into the register, excluding UNC.
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Moderator
 United States
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I keep all of my nickels now. I think I may have mentioned that a time or two before.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
With Jefferson's I think it is the condition that the coin is in that is important aside from the obvious key and better dates and wartime nickels.
The dates you mention monkeyman67 happen to be some of the most difficult dates, especially the Denver coins, to show any step detail. I keep any of those in AU and better with traces of steps on the reverse at the base of Monticello.
Many people search rolls and throw back a lot of keepers I think because they think only old is good.
There are plenty of recent dates, not only in the Jefferson series but all coins that are very difficult to find MS65 and better examples. Even in solid date BU rolls it can be a challenge.
So I say condition along with strike quality are major factors.
On the other hand, there are some dates that are quite easy to find very nice examples.
Studying and comparing a large number coins from a series date by date over time will educate you what is typical and what is unusual.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
764 Posts |
I throw all my S mint circulated coins in a bin and save them for....I don't know what
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
Probably keeping any old Nickels is OK but if you ever tried to gather all the 1964 dated ones I think you'ld end up with a mountain of Nickels.
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Valued Member
United States
99 Posts |
hehe, that would be quite a mountain too.
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
Would someone please do that? Collect all the 1964 ones that is. It's just sad that I find more '64s in a single roll than any other year - they're 46 years old fer cryin' out loud.
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Posted 12/07/2010 1:36 pm
