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Hi, I am known as WildBill and what I do is roll search American pennies and Canadian pennies and nickels. I have started to keep track of what I search to help me stay focused, I have searched 10's of thousands of rolls in the past 10 years and trying not to get burnt-out. What I'm tracking is Canadian .999 nickel vs cupronickel/nickel plated steel and the break-down by composition and basic designs. I hope someone else can get some value out of my time and feel free to use the information any way you see fit. I will make the full spread sheet available upon request, just ask with the dancing banana. Column "D" is latest data entry date and column "C" will be all data collected to date.  Edited by Wild Bill
02/12/2011 9:43 pm
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United States
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i love finding swiss 20 rappans roll searching, instant profits!!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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After 10 years of searching, I am thinking that I would be burnt out! I am a world collector, with nothing really after the 1974, when the last silver coin was issued for circulation (Austria 10 schilling), except Mexico. Along the way, I have accumulated perhaps 200 or so assorted junk world coins. I have been through these, and have extracted 7 pure nickel coins with a magnet. I have been collecting pure nickel coins so far for about 2 weeks. That's a lot less time than 10 years, so I find your post most interesting. I started a thread myself asking which countries issued pure nickel coins and received some comprehensive and very useful information, for which I am most grateful. For the record, and for the benefit of others in the CCF, the bullion value of your 3658 pure nickels is about $460. The metal value of my 7 pure nickel coins is all of $1.20. Perhaps your collection is a little more advanced than mine! Lets hope that you beat the RCM to extracting the remaining pure nickel coins from circulation faster than they are doing. Question: Is your rate of extraction of pure nickel coins slowing down, due to the RCM's activities? |
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i don't think so yet....that's another reason I have started keeping track....but we'll see and I'll keep posting i have been extracting .999 nickel since last July, and have accumulated 12+ bags or about $2385 face value of .999 i have just purchased 1000 lbs of Canadian copper pennies from a old man @ 1.75 cents a piece....cant wait to dig into them tomorrow...and always post what I find....Happy Hunting  |
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That is very interesting. I go through my wifes tips and pull out about 2 rolls of nickels a week. I have been putting them aside for the last couple of years and I have 29 full rolls and a few half rolls. I actually have a full roll of both 77 high 7, and low 7. I think 1979 is the biggest year that I get. You won't be getting them all, but you are certainly doing much better than I am.
I was looking this box over today and was trying to decide whether it was really worth keeping. I am glad you made this post, and I am keeping my nickels.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I misinterpreted and miscalculated. More interesting than I thought. Also burnout is further off than I had estimated. I guess your fingers are going to get a little dirty, but like you say, happy hunting!
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Excellent statistics .... many thanks Wild Bill! Sooo ... a few questions ... Where do you purchase so many Canadian nickel rolls? I am a USA roll searcher and intrigued by your efforts! Quote:
I started a thread myself asking which countries issued pure nickel coins and received some comprehensive and very useful information, for which I am most grateful. Please provide a link to this thread ... I'm interested to learn more about the topic of .999 nickel coins. Great job on the numbers Wild Bill ... looking forward to your future updates. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Canada
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1000 lbs of Canadian copper pennies WOW ! That is almost 140,000 pennies. Beats my big penny buy by a mile. I thought my 5,000 (pre 1965) penny purchase was big. {My wife told me that if I bought that many pennies I cold keep them on her side of the bed since she would no longer be here.}Edited by rikcando
02/12/2011 9:28 pm
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United States
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i live on the border of Canada and Vermont and have a route from Derby line Vermont up to Sherbrooke Canada over to Montreal and back down to Swanton, Vermont once a week and pick up as many pennies as I can and grab nickels as I go
and about the fingers getting dirty....well...dont wipe your eyes or itch your nose by mistake with your dirty fingers...hehehe...i have learn many times
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United States
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i have edited my thread to state that I would make the full spread sheet available to anyone who asks |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Edited by sel_69l
02/12/2011 9:58 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Great statistics Bill, we have been saving pre 1981 Nickels for a while, and have gathered up 30 odd rolls.  also been saving aside the 1977s have about 4 rolls of those. Trying to beat the RCM from withdrawing them faster than me.  |
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What's the value of a pre-1981 roll of nickel? (In terms of it mineral value?)
There is an antique store nearby that sells old rolls of nickels but they have been well searched so I've avoided them for any numismatic potential. I think they want about $12 a roll.
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Pillar of the Community
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1955-1981 .999 Nickel value $0.126 each
or $5.06 a roll of 40 coins
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Australia
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At $.126 each, that makes nickel $0.863 per troy ounce, or $27,553 per tonne.
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Posted 02/12/2011 8:53 pm
WOW, Wild William, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO impressed at those stats and how you acquired them! If everyone in this world was like you, there would be no wars. We'd all be too busy to fight!
Glenn
