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Ardent Listener
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 Posted - 03/27/2008 : 19:15:17
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I thought some of you might want to report your Canadian nickel sorting percentages and/or U.S. cupro-nickel buying reports.
When I bought a box of pennies today I though I would ask for $30 dollars in U.S. nickels. The tellers had to scrape them up among themselves but they delivered.
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2008 : 22:31:56
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Twelve rolls Canadian nickels. (yeah, I know but they are getting hard to find)
86 Ni (17.9%)
Steel now > 35% |
Not all who wander are lost. |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 10:06:17
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Sorted one box of U.S. nickels and found 2 silver war nickels.  I didn't even expect to find one! |
"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
3446 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2008 : 18:14:52
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Originally posted by fiatboy
Sorted one box of U.S. nickels and found 2 silver war nickels. I didn't even expect to find one!
The thought of obtaining silver war nickels may soon become motivation enough for me to want to start sorting my nickel hoard. Looking through my pocket change nickels I see a lot less Canadian nickels of any kind. |
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 03/30/2008 : 16:45:26
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21 rolls of Canadian nickels (would have been 23 but two rolls turned out to be pennies)
163 Ni (19.4%)
(later edit) and one Canadian war nickel (chrome-plated steel) |
Not all who wander are lost. |
Edited by - mickeyman on 03/30/2008 16:47:46 |
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2008 : 20:22:31
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12 rolls of Canadian nickels
10 rolls all 2007s
14 Ni (16.1% from the two remaining rolls or - gaah! - about 3% of the total) |
Not all who wander are lost. |
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 04/02/2008 : 20:41:25
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20 rolls Canadian nickels
184 Ni (23%)
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 09:47:12
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I'm all alone here! Somebody buy some nickels for God's sake!
14 rolls Canadian
93 Ni (16.6%) |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5232 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 10:40:03
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| If I "could" buy some Canadian nickels I certainly would. They are really hard to come by down here in California. I did buy 87 of them at coin club the other night.. a paltry 2 rolls.. LOL |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Let me see if I understand this? If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor; the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the US border illegally, you get a driver’s license, a social security card, welfare, food stamps, free health care!
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 18:11:05
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And I guess it's not that interesting with the American nickels
e.g. Bought 40 rolls of nickels.
All cupronickel. |
Not all who wander are lost. |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
3446 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 19:48:21
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Originally posted by mickeyman
I'm all alone here! Somebody buy some nickels for God's sake!
14 rolls Canadian
93 Ni (16.6%)
I'm secretly buying. I thought I would just buy a few rolls but now I almost got a box full again. When I fill it I will put that box away and I know that I'll have to continue with still another until I got at least another $1,000 stashed away. Who's idea was it to start this nickel forum anyway?  |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1019 Posts |
Posted - 04/04/2008 : 21:05:06
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| I wish I had access to Canadian nickels to sort. I do sort a box of US nickels about once every two weeks or so. I have been finding, on average, about 1 silver war nickel per three to four boxes. I keep the Westward Journey nickels as well as anything pre 1960. I've never really kept track, but it is my guess I find about 10 dollars in Westward Journey nickels per box, and about a dollar's worth of pre 1960 per box. Now, Mickeyman, you're not alone. |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2008 : 17:41:02
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20 rolls of Canadian nickels
62 Ni (7.8%)
Not as bad as first appears--ten of the rolls were new 2008s. |
Not all who wander are lost. |
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GoldMetal
New Member
Canada
17 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2008 : 19:06:16
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| The last box of nickels that I sorted contained 369 NI coins, about 18% Two were from the 1920's, which was surprising. |
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Ardent Listener
Administrator
USA
3446 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2008 : 19:08:02
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| Anyone pulling Buffalo nickels out of circulation? |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1019 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2008 : 19:19:38
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Anyone pulling Buffalo nickels out of circulation?
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Yes. My best guess is that I have sorted 15 to 20 boxes of nickels in 2008. I have found one Buffalo nickel. It still had a readable date. So, it had some numismatic value rather than just being pocket change. I found 2 Buffalos in 2007, neither with readable dates to the naked eye. |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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lilyrdape
Penny Pincher Member
USA
149 Posts |
Posted - 04/06/2008 : 21:22:20
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i dont get my nickles from the bank i just get them from everyone i know cashing them in.
buying report for today 10dollars :p
trying to atleast put away a gallon or so |
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fiatboy
Administrator
912 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 02:27:07
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Anyone pulling Buffalo nickels out of circulation?
I haven't found one in about 6 months.
But I did find a V-nickel since then. |
"Bart, it's not about how many stocks you have, it's about how much copper wire you can get out of the building." --- Homer Simpson |
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TenBears
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1019 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 21:44:01
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| Another box sorted tonight. One 1943 for my lone silver find. At least it wasn't a skunking. |
"Rich," the Old Man said dreamily, "is not baying after what you can't have. Rich is having the time to do what you want to do. Rich is a little whiskey to drink and some food to eat and a roof over your head and a fish pole and a boat and a gun and a dollar for a box of shells. Rich is not owing any money to anybody, and not spending what you haven't got." Robert Ruark
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...
there are too wild Indians...-----still taunted
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5232 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2008 : 02:10:16
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Originally posted by Ardent Listener
Anyone pulling Buffalo nickels out of circulation?
Yes, I have found 4 so far this year.. including a really nice 31-S. |
If your percentages are low.. just sort more. If your percentages are high.. just sort more.
Let me see if I understand this? If you cross the North Korean border illegally, you get 12 years hard labor; the Iranian border illegally you are detained indefinitely. If you cross the US border illegally, you get a driver’s license, a social security card, welfare, food stamps, free health care!
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wolvesdad
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
750 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2008 : 08:40:11
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I finished sorting a $200 bank bag of nickels.
It had 2 war nickels.
NO Buffalos.
at least a roll of pre-59's.
AND A flat sided 20 Pence ( I think that is worth about 40 Cents!!)
IT was more fun that I thought it would be. I plan to do it again!
I'm bringing the rest back to the bank though. I'd rather have that $198 to buy copper cents! |
"May your percentages ever increase!"
Will buy any quantity of .999 Canadian Nickels at current spot - shipped (US Address). |
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misteroman
Moderator
USA
1993 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2008 : 10:15:26
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Man, I don't know how you guys can sort the nicks?I can sort thousands of cents at a time,but give me $20 in nicks and I'm done.
I do really like the V nicks though.Would like to get a high grade 1883 NC one day |
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2008 : 21:06:06
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20 rolls Canadian nickels
182 Ni (22.75%)
One local bank has finally! run out of 2008s and are back to giving out CWR. |
Not all who wander are lost. |
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GoldMetal
New Member
Canada
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Posted - 04/09/2008 : 16:23:17
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Originally posted by mickeyman
20 rolls Canadian nickels
182 Ni (22.75%)
One local bank has finally! run out of 2008s and are back to giving out CWR.
That`s good news mickeyman. I finally had some luck too by being able to get two boxes this week. Are you sorting your nickels by hand right now?
Also, do you know of any branches in Canada that will accept bagged change, as I find that the hardest part of the process is re-wrapping the coins. Thanks. |
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mickeyman
Penny Pincher Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 04/09/2008 : 20:40:48
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Originally posted by GoldMetal
That`s good news mickeyman. I finally had some luck too by being able to get two boxes this week. Are you sorting your nickels by hand right now?
Also, do you know of any branches in Canada that will accept bagged change, as I find that the hardest part of the process is re-wrapping the coins. Thanks.
I don't think I was sorting when you wrote but I'm sorting now.
13 rolls Canadian nickels
147 Ni (28.3%)
plus 1 Cr-steel (Korean war nickel)
1 - 10 centime Swiss coin
6 darn dimes (who'd expect them in a roll of nickels--five of them were pure Ni too)
Considering the junk, the percentages were even higher.
I have never tried to return bagged coins to the bank, but will ask. When they are bagged, do you usually have them trust your count, do they count them, or do they just weigh them? Pardon my ignorance. |
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pencilvanian
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2197 Posts |
Posted - 04/10/2008 : 16:50:26
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Usually I get my nickels from a change machine at work (quarters for snacks, nickels for the hoarde.)
For the first time ever I recieved a silver war nickel from the change machine.
A silver war nickel found in the wild, almost as tough as finding an indian head in your change. |
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