yesterday i went through mcdonalds to get lucnh for me and my dad. i got my change back and i was amazed to see a 1959 nickle in good condition. i think it was ef but im not for sure so anyways is it hard to find a 1959 nickle in that condition?and sorry i dont have a picture show it i wished i did
Not a particularly a tough coin to find in circulation. At least whenever I roll search nickels I finds lots.
It's always fun to find older coins in circulation. Why not grab a few rolls at the bank? At $2.00 a roll, nickels are a cheap way to look for older coins and varieties. Check the CONECA web site for a list of varieties. A-:hail:
Within the last 10 years, I've found in circulation just about every year of Jefferson Nickel that exists. There are some that eluded me (1950-D, War Nickels), but there was one year that I got quite a few 1939's in change. Perhaps someone in my area dumped them into circulation. It seemed awfully strange. Lately, however, the older nickels seemed to have disappeared. Now, the oldest I seem to receive in change comes from the early '60's. I think people are really beginning to hoard these things.
About a month ago I was at Dunken Donuts<> A coffee shop for those that don't know. I ordered my coffee looked down at the tip cup and so a 1946 dime. I lookedup at the girl behead the counter and said don't mind me. Reached in and took it, lol I replaced it with a buck. After I got home, I looked at it and it turned out to be MS63. lol Its not much but its the last time I found Silver in with everyday change. Actually no that I think about it. Back around 10 years ago I worked at a gas station. I would say that about once a week I would end up being handed something worth more then its being used for, 3 times I got a silver certificate in beat to heat. A got a 50 dollar bill in AU shaped once dated 1950. Id say in those 2 years of working there I had gotten about 60 silver coins and countless weaties. I was thinking a few weeks back maybe I should just go get a part timer at a local gas station for the hell of it. lol its better then being home and looking at my wife. lol JK. but surpassingly there is still a bit of old silver in circulation. Not to mention those state quater errors. I have 2 in God we rusts from a change machine I got while washing my laundry. Its funny i have bad my head tipped down looking at my hand full of change for 20 years.lol Every girl friend i have had in my life have looked at me like I am weirdo. Oh well.
Try going to the bank and grabbing a couple rolls of nickels, its is really amazing what you can find. I prefer jef. hunting over pennies. Grab a whitman foder while you are at it, you can almost complete a set of circulated jefs. with about $100 in rolls...
I have always found that the oldest coins I find in circulation are nickels. I think it is because the design didn't change for so many years there wasn't a quickly visible way to tell old nickels from new ones, really old nickles stayed in circulation for a long time. You could quickly see wheat cents, silver dime and silver quarters, so those coins got hoarded quickly. Nickels, however, didn't have an easy way to tell old coins from new ones. I havn't searched nickels in since the new one's have come out, so I don't know how they are now. One time I got 5 rolls of nickels. Half of them were war nickels. The rest were from the 40's. After I pulled out the ones I wanted to keep I rerolled them and set them aside. I took the rest of the rolls back to the bank. When I went to check them a few weeks later, I realized that I took the wrong rolls back! I've got one worse than raiding the change cup at Dunkin Donuts: Every other Sunday, I count money from the collection plates after church. A few weeks ago I looked down and saw the reverse of a nickel with a big 'P' above Monticello. I grabbed it and reached into my pocket to find one for trade. I had nothing. I was faced with a delima - do I steal from the church or do I let a war nickel slip through my hands? Let's be honest - the church isn't going to miss $.05 for two weeks, so I paid it back the next time I counted. I really like nickels.
