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Okay I'd like to say that first off I'm still quite excited and this post may be written in an erratic and rambling nature. Alright, so it's been a couple months since I last did a box of nickels and since my sister needed to go to her bank anyway, I decided to come along and pick one up. (I got a $100 box of CWR nickels that the bank rolls with their own machine) I got home and started going through them to find that I'd obviously found somebody's dumped collection! I was finding dozens of BU 60's and 70's dates. AND PROOFS. LOTS OF THEM. I found 17 proofs in this box. Almost all miraculously pristine. The list of proofs is as follows: 1951 (This one is special, I'll get to that later  ) 1957 x2 1959 1960 1961 1962 x4 1963 x2 1964 x2 1965 SMS 1982-S 1995-S I also found 3 silvers: 1943S, 1944P, and 1945P KEY DATES: I found a good amount of keys/semi-keys too! 1938S 1939D (XF condition, but some hard glue splotches on the reverse  ) 1939S x2 1942D 1948S 1951S NOW. All this in itself was all fine and dandy and I would have been content if I had found nothing more. BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE! As usual, I broke out my cherrypicker's guide and scrutinized all the possible die variety dates under my trusty dusty microscope. Well, apparently the 1951 proof has a nice double die obverse so I checked it out. I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw that I have found a 1951 Proof DDO Nickel!     I checked and double checked that this was the real thing, and I'm 100% sure. I'd estimate it grades at PR-63 or better! Gonna have to send this one in! Now I know you all are mentally DEMANDING pictures, but I am sorry to say that I have none at the moment as I do not have to capability to photograph coins in the detail required to show the Doubled Die. I can try to get some pics of the coin in it's cardboard flip though so that you can at least see that it is really a 1951 Proof. my day has been made! |
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I suppose I should add on that I made this topic as soon as I found the DDO. I still need to check the other proofs for varieties. so maybe more to come! |
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What part of the 51 proof is doubled? Legends, profile, date, etc...
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What part of the 51 proof is doubled? Legends, profile, date, etc... TRUST is where the doubling is most visible, but there is also significant doubling on Jefferson's face. |
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Wow. That's what makes you want to keep searching more!
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Congratulations- Someone else ran into some proofs in a box of nickels awhile back (can't recall who at the moment!) Guess it's time to pick up another box of nickels!  |
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Congrats! I have 2 of the 1951 DDO |
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 ...i picked up a box of nickels last week for fun they were all new so that begs the question...when the teller brings out my box and I notice that everything is shiny and new, should I then tell her that I don't want it? Or just suck it up? |
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so that begs the question...when the teller brings out my box and I notice that everything is shiny and new, should I then tell her that I don't want it? Or just suck it up?
Sure, just be polite and tell them upfront why you're searching nickels and why a solid box of new ones wouldn't suit your purposes. My tellers are always more than glad to oblige. |
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Wonderful excellent news!  BTW ...  David |
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That's a dream box! Very unusual these days.
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Very nice find! That's the sort of searching we all dream of getting!
Les
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Thanks for the replies guys! I'll try to get whatever pictures I can manage up sometime tommorow.
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Another member finding a bunch of proofs again in a box of Nickels! Really makes me wish I had a box to look through again.
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Posted 07/26/2011 4:16 pm
