Old Nickels in Change

Hello-

Not particularly rare and definitely beat up, but I received these Jefferson nickels in change, just a few days apart.
It is my first war nickel find and my oldest Jefferson nickel find.
I've been lucky on change lately.

-L

 

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Well the 45 S is 35% silver so that's good. Plus it's always cool to find nickels older than 1960 in change.

 

That huge S (or P , D) is startling when you find it in your change!

 

Actually on the contrary, it's a welcome sight Much like coming across an Island after being stranded at sea for a few weeks.

 

I have roll searched for silver war nickles and actually used the proceeds to purchase a nice coin.... They are still out there and with a little luck they can be had...

 

That's the ticket, I've used about 2 years worth of coin roll hunting finds to seed my collection. Just recently bought a couple real nice large cents that I wouldn't have been able to without the CRH seed money.

 

Sometimes its just enough to take the edge off a purchase....:thumb:

 

it really is neat how many older nickels you can find. i have only recieved one war nickel in change but outside of the war nickels i almost have the entire set

 

Don't find them often, but have found one or two war nickels in change, and once found a 1937 buffalo nickel.

Fun fact: war nickels actually have the highest silver content per face value of any silver coin the US has ever minted.

 

Thanks for all the comments and facts!
-L

 

I find it interesting that a lot of people don't realize this.

If you're buying silver coins by weight (eg. ten pounds of pre-65 US silver coins) and you get a lot of war nickels, of course that sucks, but I've seen people leave negative feedback on FeeBay for receiving war nickels in "$X Face Value" lots.

 

1.1252 oz. of silver per dollar face value of war nickels. That's better than the American Silver Eagles even. I'm surprised more people don't seem to know this and buy up more war nickels.

But yeah, if you're buying per weight, war nickels suck because only 35% of the weight is silver, as opposed to 90% of 1964 or earlier halves, quarters, and dimes. But if you're buying per face value, war nickels are actually a better deal in terms of silver content per face value, than any other US coin. Everyone should know this and it amazes me than even a lot of coin collectors don't.

 

Indeed there is more silver in two war nickels than there is in a Mercury dime - but go to sell them and you will get more money for the Merc than you will the nickels. Unfortunately they along with the 40% Kennedies get discounted deeply when it comes to selling. As a CRH I find a fair amount of silver, I sell the 40% stuff when I have accumulated enough to bother with - but have never found it viable enough to sell the nickels to the dealer because of the prices they offer. I believe the only way to sell them is directly to another collector. I have accumulated a few hundred of them and they just linger in rolls. I keep all the 90% stuff I can find though.

Yesterday one box of nickels produced a 1923 Buffalo and a 1944-S war nickel.

 

My mom works at a local grocery store and has found 6 war nickels in rolls of nickels! She gave me a few rolls for my b-day to search through and I found one as well! (I'm 19 by the way)