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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
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 Posted - 11/02/2007 : 17:27:27
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3 boxes of nickels searched. Got skunked on silver. If silver keeps on rising,a silver nickel will be worth $1.00 soon.
12 1940's
62 1950's
1 pure canadian nickel |
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Posted - 12/11/2007 : 00:45:17
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Finding those war nickels is common. The main reason is few collectors like the Jefferson Nickel so there are still many laying around. You can get them from banks in boxes or even bags and there is usually some war nickels there. Many, many individuals that collect coins just don't like the Jefferson Nickel so there are lots of all dates still avilable. Oddly enough some of them in the 1950 area are way more valuable than the war time ones.
Carl
You find a heck of a bigger percentage of them detecting too, regular nickels read close to pull tabs (as does gold unfortunately) but the silver component ones ring up right nice, I've gotten about 20-30 of them over the past year or so... |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 01/05/2008 : 09:36:09
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| Sorted 2 boxes of nickels and found 1 silver nickel, 8 from the 1940's and 63 from the 1950's. |
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Posted - 01/06/2008 : 13:26:43
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| War nickels were minted from 1942 through 1945, but regular nickels have about $.067 worth of metal in them. Read all about it here: You must be logged in to see this link. |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 02/01/2008 : 23:02:36
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| I picked up $70 in nickels and found one silver (1944-P) and 2 canadian nickels of .99 pure nickel. |
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just carl
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
601 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2008 : 09:15:46
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| For the roll searchers you must remember when you aquire a box of rolls or just a pile of rolls, you are just getting what people have returned to banks. Usually many banks either have rollers or send to a place to be rolled. You are looking through coins that usually have been looked through many, many times. Of course there are the few there from a home robbery, someone just duping a jar of old coins. But usually your wasting many hours for a chance that someone missed something. If you go to banks and ask for a bag of cents, nickels, etc., you may acqure something that has sat in a vault for a long, long time. Many banks keep a few bags of assorted coins for emergency low coinage times. If your lucky enough to get a few of them you may actually come up with a bag of coins that has sat for a long, long time. |
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2008 : 10:56:19
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a month or so ago i bought a 1945-s pennie off of ebay
is this a good deal??? i needed it for a nickle collection
only missing a 1950 and 1967. once i find one of each not depending on mint marks, i will have 1939- now.
sorry 1945-s nickle. |
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 02/17/2008 : 16:48:42
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Originally posted by aboxaweek
a month or so ago i bought a 1945-s pennie off of ebay
is this a good deal??? i needed it for a nickle collection
only missing a 1950 and 1967. once i find one of each not depending on mint marks, i will have 1939- now.
It depends on condition, how much you paid, and what they charged for shipping. It is hard to find the silver ones in rolls.. but it does happen. You should be able to find the other 2 you need in rolls if you go through enough rolls. I will even give you an incentive.. if you can find both the 1950 and the 1967 nickel by the end of the year in circulation I will send you the first year of issue 1938 nickel to complete your collection as a reward. |
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2008 : 18:30:41
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i think i paid 80 cents for the nickle, 41 cents for shipping
also, i checked again and noticed the 1938
i think i'm going to stick to pennies and maybe a roll of halves now and then
thanks for the info though |
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just carl
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
601 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2008 : 07:23:45
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Posted - 02/17/2008 : 18:30:41
i think i paid 80 cents for the nickle, 41 cents for shipping
also, i checked again and noticed the 1938
i think i'm going to stick to pennies and maybe a roll of halves now and then
thanks for the info though
That would be a smart move to stick to PENNIES.
I highlighted that word to emphasis it since there are a lot of nuts that insist they are CENTS, not PENNIES. Regardless, although a completed set of Jefferson Nickels appears nice looking in an album, they seldom are really worth anything substntial. By that I mean you may see in something like the Red Book that some are worth a cetain amount, it is really difficult to sell any Jefferson Nickels. Possibly on ebay, but not a biggy in coin stores or coin shows. I've seen completed sets in all MS grades for a few hundred dollars and just couldn't find a buyer.
Halves are decent for resale and so are some Dimes. Your best bet is PENNIES of course. They continue to climb in value for almost every date. Some of the rarer ones are becoming outlandish in prices. And it is always easy to resell the famous Lincoln Cent. |
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2008 : 20:58:34
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| reguarding PENNIES/CENTS you may not want to see my other posts lol |
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eharrison
Penny Pincher Member
USA
234 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 14:37:51
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Originally posted by just carl
If you go to banks and ask for a bag of cents, nickels, etc., you may acqure something that has sat in a vault for a long, long time. Many banks keep a few bags of assorted coins for emergency low coinage times.
If my bank does have bags of coins would I just be able to find out from the teller? Or would I have to call ahead?
New to the forum, any help is appreciated! :) |
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aboxaweek
Penny Collector Member
USA
326 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 15:56:59
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calling ahead would be appreacheated but just asking is okay too.
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HoardCopperByTheTon
Administrator
USA
6807 Posts |
Posted - 03/07/2008 : 19:33:02
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| Sometimes the regular tellers don't know what is in the vault. It is usually best to ask the merchant teller when they are not busy. |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 03/07/2008 : 20:47:27
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I try to get in good with the vault tellers. They tend to have access to the vault. I place orders, but it never hurts to just stop and ask at random banks.
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Posted - 03/20/2008 : 23:14:45
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Carl,
thanks for keeping it real. |
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Hirbonzig
Penny Collector Member
USA
451 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2008 : 22:04:45
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| One box of nickels searched and found 1 silver nickel- a 1942-S. |
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