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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
 Posted - 11/29/2008 : 22:19:12
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$100 Brinks box....63 pre 1964; 17 "s" mints- '68(x2), '69(x4), '70(x11); 1 war nick ('43p); and the GRAND DADDY OF 'EM ALL: 1883 no cents liberty head nickel (this one is probably vf; "liberty" is still fully visible  ). |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5240 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2008 : 03:44:01
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Wow.. Great find!!! I have never found a single liberty nickel, even with cents in any of my nickel sorts.  |
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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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2008 : 11:01:04
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| Hey hcbtt, there's a separate thread I started with scans of the 1883 liberty head if you wanna see pics. The thread title is "awesome find last night"; it's right here in the nickel sorting forum. |
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Mikep2020
Penny Pincher Member
USA
205 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2008 : 14:10:50
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| Newbie to nickel sorting, sorted my first 25 rolls and came across 10 war nickels and 8 others between 1939 and 1958. Is this normal or just beginners luck? |
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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 12/13/2008 : 00:42:23
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| $100 NF String box: 1 war nick ('43p); 4 Canadian ('81 (.999 Ni), '86, '92(125th anniv), '94; 19 "s" mints ('41, '68(x3), '69(x6), '70(x9); 71 pre-'64 (oldest was a '39). These numbers have been fairly consistent, regardless of the company name on the box. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
5240 Posts |
Posted - 12/13/2008 : 03:28:11
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| Mike.. I would say it is beginner's luck. Go back to where you got those rolls and get a bunch more rolls. |
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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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2008 : 21:23:12
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| $56 cwr from WaMu today....1 Canadian ('89); 10 s mints ('68, '69(x2), '70 (x7)); 28 pre '64....oldest a '41. |
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cwgii
Penny Collector Member
USA
498 Posts |
Posted - 12/17/2008 : 23:21:53
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picked up over $300 nicks today.
first roll a 1998 cdn, 4th roll a 43s...... and off we go |
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cwgii
Penny Collector Member
USA
498 Posts |
Posted - 12/18/2008 : 20:31:43
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got a 43p , and three more non ni cdn. .
bought 100--80-- 20 nicks today. sort them after teh 400 in halves. before the dimes. i hate dimes. for looking at those tiny dates. oh well. beats the alternative. |
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cwgii
Penny Collector Member
USA
498 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2008 : 21:53:13
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just arranged the nics for sorting...... gee these two rolls feel short. open, count, each had 34 coins. WTF.
there goes any profit on this batch. |
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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2008 : 21:57:06
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| $100 Brinks box.....1 war nick ('43d); 1 dateless buffalo; 13 s mints ('51, '68(x2), '69(x2), '70(x8); 60 pre '64....oldest was a '39. |
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Sunshine29
Penny Sorter Member
USA
51 Posts |
Posted - 12/19/2008 : 22:25:39
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| Bought 5 lbs of Canadian Nickels. Found a few older Jeffersons through sorting. That's about it. |
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1479 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2008 : 18:26:49
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I sorted 12 boxes and $100 in CWR.
The boxes gave me;
7 war nicks.
19 .999 Canadian.
1 Zn penny.
1 dime.
1 very worn dateless buffalo, the most worn one I have found so far.
The CWR gave me;
1 war nick.
3 .999 Canadian.
2 dimes.
1 very tore up Zn penny.
2 5¢ Euro.
An '83 Proof.
2 Cayman Island 10 something.
A 50th anniversary Canadian Victory nickel.
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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2008 : 20:46:43
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$14 cwr nickels I picked up at WaMu this past Monday...4 s mints ('68(x3), '70); 11 pre '64, oldest was a '47. No war nicks or buffaloes  |
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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2008 : 20:01:14
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| $80 NF String rolls from WaMu today...17 s mints ('40, '41, '47(x2), '68(x2), '69(x2), '70(x9)); 38 pre '64....oldest were 2 1939. Again, no war nicks or buffaloes. |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
2809 Posts |
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cwgii
Penny Collector Member
USA
498 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2008 : 09:46:11
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100 cwr, nothing.
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1479 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2008 : 18:13:15
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I sorted 6 boxes and $300 in CWR.
The boxes gave me;
4 war nicks.
6 .999 Cdn.
2 buffalos, 1 dateless that I think is a '13 variety I, and a '25.
The CWR gave me;
2 war nicks.
5 .999 Cdn.
1 dateless buffalo.
2 dimes.
1 Peso.
1 Swiss 20 Rappen.
And another Cayman Island 10 something.
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Bluegill
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1479 Posts |
Posted - 12/31/2008 : 17:41:38
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Sorted the last 5 boxes of the year, and they were good ones. I don't know what's up, but I am finding buffalos almost as often as war nicks lately...
3 war nicks.
3 .999 Cdn.
2 more buffalos, a '13 variety II, and a '17.
1 Liberty.
A '00 proof.
2 pennies.
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2009 : 21:12:40
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Decided to try some Nickels.... 3 boxes
I don't plan on hoarding these, but I went into it with a plan... To Save all nickels pre 1960.
Mainly for future Num value (long time down the road)and silver...
Anyways I ended up with 7 war nickels and 32 pre 60's with a 39 being my oldest...
Would these sorts %'s be standard? |
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cwgii
Penny Collector Member
USA
498 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2009 : 23:26:17
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bought several hundred cwr. i lost track. then while in traffic. i opened all the rolls into 3 lb coffee cans.
been through two of the three without a war. this did not post the first time, due to my intermitent internet.......
no war, but got a 69 cdn. then a 93 in the next handfull.
also.... i thought i read something about a person saving 1971... but cannot find it again. or the reason why.....help??? |
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cwgii
Penny Collector Member
USA
498 Posts |
Posted - 01/03/2009 : 23:34:16
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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 01/07/2009 : 18:34:34
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| $40 NF String rolls....2 s mints, both 1969; 12 pre '64, oldest was a 1940. No war nicks or buffaloes. |
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searching4silver
Penny Sorter Member
70 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2009 : 09:28:29
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I searched a $100 box of nckeles a year ago and found nothing of intrest. However, this weekend I got $10 in nickels sorted them and bought another $10. I found about 15 pre-1964, one 1945 war nickel, and a 1939! Not bad?
My first goal is to fill up my nickel books.(that should take a few dollars worth of Nickels to do) Then I am looking for war nickels and buffalos exclusively.
Ove the years I have found 5 buffalo nickels in change I have gotten, but none since I have started to seach rolls.
I think I will give up roll searching when I find either and Indian head penny or a pre-buffallo nickel. |
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gothboi30
Penny Pincher Member
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2009 : 22:45:00
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| $74 nickels from WaMu on 1/13/09. 2 Canadian ('98, '99); 1 war ('45s); 16 s mints, oldest a '46; 39 pre '64, oldest 2 1940. |
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Nickel sorting percentages and buying reports #1
