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Nickelmeister
Penny Sorter Member
Canada
60 Posts |
 Posted - 08/12/2008 : 01:23:47
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Tonight I just finished sorting my first 200,000 ($10,000 face) or Canadian nickels! I have compiled pretty detailed stats for anyone who might be interested:
Years Composition Detail Quantity Percentage
2000 - present steel Elizabeth II 85,765 42.8825%
1982-1999, plus various cupronickel Elizabeth II 68,544 34.2720%
1963-1981 .999 nickel Elizabeth II 40,292 20.1460%
1967 .999 nickel Centennial rabbit 282 0.1410%
1955-1962 .999 nickel 12-sided 420 0.2100%
1951-1954 chrome-plated steel George VI to QE2 35 0.0175%
1951 .999 nickel commemorative 11 0.0055%
1946-1950 .999 nickel George VI 99 0.0495%
1944-1945 chrome-plated steel "Victory" design 12 0.0060%
1937-1942 .999 nickel George VI 64 0.0320%
1922-1936 .999 nickel George V 3 0.0015%
1938 - present cupronickel Jefferson 4,471 2.2355%
1943 35% silver "war" nickel 1 0.0005%
1937 cupronickel buffalo nickel 1 0.0005%
Grand Total 200,000
Total .999 Ni 41,171 20.5855%
Total CuNi (including US) 73,016 36.5080%
Total steel 85,765 42.8825%
Total other 48 0.0240%
Sorry - I think the formatting might be screwy.
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scott71578
Penny Pincher Member
USA
139 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2008 : 01:37:28
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| thats awesome... i wish i was as organized |
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
1653 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2008 : 10:37:29
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| If I spent less time posting and more time sorting I could have a bigger bunny farm, and all those other old coins. You have some really nice scores on the older coins. The 11 1951 .999 nickel commemorative are good for a $1 each all day long. Ni is high at over 20% compared to my sorting. Biggest surprise is you did not list any non-Canada/non-US coins. I get quite a few international coins. |
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Nickelmeister
Penny Sorter Member
Canada
60 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2008 : 12:15:31
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legacy - I actually got a lot of foreign/oddball stuff. Tons of dimes (including a 1967 silver), pennies, a quarter (!), euro cents, and lots of island coins.
I didn't keep a tally, just threw them into my foreign coin collection "box". To make the totals and percentages work, I just lumped them in with the steel figures. |
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byro007
Penny Pincher Member
USA
216 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2008 : 19:31:10
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| How were you able to get that many nickles? |
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daviscfad
Penny Pincher Member
179 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2008 : 21:11:41
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| That is a nice accomplishment |
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
1653 Posts |
 Posted - 09/02/2008 : 22:59:39
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Originally posted by byro007
How were you able to get that many nickles?
I don't know about others, but I just go to lots of banks and ask to buy as many Nickels as they can spare. Most of the times they have a few blocks or several boxes. I can't seem to get the preorder program to work for me. End up with tons of presorted (RCM Alloy Recovery Program) or brand new coin if I order boxes. |
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Nickelmeister
Penny Sorter Member
Canada
60 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2008 : 23:12:17
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| I simply canvass a wide variety of banks and credit unions in my city. A few of them (net receivers of coin) call me when they have an excess and I take some off their hands. It seems that nobody else in the city is extracting nickel, which helps a lot. Never been "skunked" and getting a consistent 20% yield. Perhaps I am just lucky! |
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legacypac
Administrator
Canada
1653 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2008 : 00:02:01
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Originally posted by Nickelmeister
I simply canvass a wide variety of banks and credit unions in my city. A few of them (net receivers of coin) call me when they have an excess and I take some off their hands. It seems that nobody else in the city is extracting nickel, which helps a lot. Never been "skunked" and getting a consistent 20% yield. Perhaps I am just lucky!
I've already booked tickets to visit your town in November! Maybe I'll bring a bag of pure steel rolls to dump LOL!!!
Lucky you don't have CDI there processing coin and extracting it. Also the local production facility must be shipping new coins far and wide and not dumping shiny steel locally to heavily.
Do you ever see your own rejects come back? Do you mark them clearly? |
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knibloe
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
537 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2008 : 20:50:19
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| Nice collection and nice tally. I also wish that I would be organized enough to provide such stats. |
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Major accomplishment!
