@Amberlarry22 @Treashunt @SVO_Seth i thought i had a good morning, couple W, little silver, then this magnificent beast showed up. I think I'm done for the week. Thanks for an amazing Monday, coin gods *edit She's number 250 on hand. I'm at a quarter of one thousand. Lol
Nope. Prior to 1975, an "S" mintmark does not automatically indicate a proof, since they were still producing some business strikes at San Francisco up to then. Which is what that 1970-S nickel is.
OPEN THEM SO WE CAN SEE WHAT’S INSIDE, already! I remember finding some rolls at the bank (this was back in the ‘90s), which had the old postal codes (pre-ZIP codes, so pre-1963) under the bank names on the wrappers. That was exciting. Sure enough, the contents were almost all pre-1960 coins, with a goodly sampling of War nickels and a few Buffaloes (some dateless, some as old as the 1920s). I’ve never found a V-nickel in circulation, though. I think those earlier Buffs are the oldest nickels I’ve found “in the wild”. (Not counting detector finds, of course. I did dig some V-nix and one 1873 Shield nickel, back in the day.)
First, @kaufenanger, thank you for stopping by! And C, i have 250 in hand, and I've given away about 10. That's 260 total. Let's see, that's 10,000,000-260= a whole lot left out there! (Although keep it between you and me, i am trying to find them all. Our little secret )
Hey ,Subway token guy ( aka @CoinJockey73 ), there you are ! Giving away more Coins . Those from the subway coins .?
Oldest coin I've found, to this day, and the only V nickel I've found in circulation. My grandfather had one in his collection, i thought it was foreign, but it's a 1911, ten years older than the one i found! Also, i must thank you for the V nickel you sent me. I'm sure you don't remember, but it was a "consolation" for it taking a few days to ship a prize. It was a 1901 V nickel, same year as what i found, but much nicer, lol. Yours is still in a safe place, while the one i found is in a ziplok, lol. Thanks for the reminder!