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Restoring dates on nickels is alot of fun and cheap. I've been at it since I was about 20 (so about 20 years now). Someone in the thread wanted to know if treated coins where considered worthless. The answear, at least from my standpoint is no. As long as it is a better date they still have some value, much less than an untreated coin but still not bad considering you can usually pick up no date rolls for around 5 to 8 dollars. I recently sold a restored date 1913-S Type 2 on ebay for fifty some dollars, and have sold four or five others for twenty five dollars. It's a far cry from the 300 they bring untreated. My best find has been a 1918/7-D nickel, I've only found the one but was thrilled. The down side is I have a couple thousand common dates as well, but I think any nickel with an treated date is better than a no date coin. Also be on the look at for other variety coins when going through dateless nickels-I ran across a 1915 double die obverse nickel while acid dating once as well which is a sought after coin even treated. Happy Hunting. Oh as a referecne I've found the key dates 1913-d type 2's and 1914-d's acid dated usually bring 5 to 8 dollars on ebay. 1921-'s 8-10 dollars (they usally have stronger acid dates), and 1913-s type 2's 25 to 50 dollars. On other mint marked coins tougher to sell, remember the reason these early mint marked coins have some value in good condition is that most have lost their date so the remaining coins with untreated date are fairly rare. For instance there are many many many more dateless 1916-d's out there than 1916-d's with date. So a good 1916-d might be worth 8 dollars despite the higher mintage because perhaps only 25% of that mintage has survided with a date. Well happy hunting hope someone finds a 1916 double die.
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