went to the bank yesterday, and got 4 rolls of nickels. I look through the first 2 rolls, and find nothing, which started to dissapoint me lol. But then I get to the third roll, and I find an okay 1983 canadian nickel. Not much, but okay. Then comes the third roll. I find a 57 D nickel in VF-XF condition I would say (not good at grading nickels, will post pics later) then I also find a 1941 S nickel! I got excited with it. The cool part about it I would grade it atleast F condition, which I would say is good for a nickel that is over 60 years old and traveled across the country. So I thought I'd share. Thanks for reading! Phoenix
Right on!! Glad to see you are giving nickels a try! They really are an exciting series that is often forgotten by serious collectors! They are full of varieties, RPM's, OMM's that keep stuff interesting!! If you are interested in nickels in the future stop by the Variety Nickel Club located on this forum. I'm trying to post there often about my latest nickels finds! I'd love to see what you come up with as well! DAK
Neat. Definitely. 'Know what I noticed, BTW, now that you guys have got me searching cents with my 10 year old little one, once every couple weeks or so? Might be the same for nickels, and all rolls, I don't know. But, we're just getting started, and I can't tell you how many times we've found the same date, same mintmark, literally back to back, in a roll. And I just find that incredible.
Nice finds! I'm planning on starting to look thru nickel rolls, and start putting some rolls away seeing as how the melt value is twice face, lol.
Has anyone in the U.S. found a roll in which all the coins were non-U.S. coins? I know some of you have found coins from countries such as Canada,the Bahamas,& Bermuda in rolls.It would be cool if you found coins from the 2 British Commonwealth member states of Australia & New Zealand in rolls. Aidan.
Yeah, I normally have a good outcome with nickels. I'm going to be searching them for awhile. I searched through my coins and can't find a single RPM or OMM. Oh well. I will, I am currently trying to make a deal to buy a 50 D with some pretty toning on it. But I think I will stop by there. You have had some awesome finds. Way to go. :thumb: Very nice. I will let y'all know if I do find anything neat. Thanks. What all have you found in the cents? Normally you should get a nice outcome with the nickels, a bunch of oldies still out there. Good luck. It is neat. I find countles upon countless BU 84 cents and etc when I searched cents. It was incredible. Thanks, I try lol. Good luck, it is very neat what you can find. I would, but that can get pretty pricey after awhile, lol. But what I do is I keep all canadians, because they seem to be the most pure when it comes to nickel (or used to be) Good luck on searching. Not here, but I did find some type of english pound once. It was neat. Phoenix
I think it's going to be highly unlikely to find Aus and NZ coins in our rolls over here as the coin sizes are so different. The Australian 10c and 5c coins are similar in size to the Canadian 25c and 10c coins in particular. (I say Canadian, because they are slightly thinner or lighter than their US counterparts.) I have found a couple of British 5 pence (the smaller ones) in dime rolls here. The most foreign coins I found in a roll was when I found 13 US pennies in a roll. (26% of the roll). In a span of 5 rolls, I had come up with almost 45 US pennies. For some reason, though, I hardly ever seem to find US nickels in Canadian rolls. I have better luck with dimes and quarters, although it's still pretty rare.
Topher,what about the Canadian 50c. rolls? Do you see many or any Canadian 50c. coins over your way? I know that you won't find any U.S. $1/2 coins in a roll of Canadian 50c. coins,because the Canadian 50c. coin is so much smaller than the U.S. $1/2. I bet you keep all the foreign coins that you find.I like it how you find British 5p. coins in a Canadian 10c. roll.Have you found any of the obsolete Irish 5p. coins in rolls? Aidan.
I just "re"started searching quarter rolls (hoping to find some silver) and the first roll I looked through I found a Cayman Islands Elizabeth II 25c piece. It's in great condition, and it looks like either a very reflective business strike or a proof. It's very nice looking...definitely unc.
DJ, When I got back into collecting a couple of years ago, I bought rolls to fill holes in my modern 1,5,10 & 25 cent collections. Also to get up to speed on the statehood quarters. I'm sure others will have other experiences, but in all the rolls of dimes and quarters and all the pocket change I've gone through, I've never found a silver dime or quarter. I'm sure there'll be a flurry of posts following this stating they've found all kind of silver, but not me. Bang for the buck still goes to 1 cent rolls with all the variations and wheaties. I also find quite a few older nickels (pre 1960). Oh well - best of luck, in any case
You'd have to post photos of this coin in the World & Ancient Coins section.If it is dated after 1990,then it is made of nickel-plated steel,which is why it looks so shiny. Aidan.
Sorry, Aidan, I haven't been back in this thread in a while, so I didn't see your questions. I can't even get my bank to order me 50c coins here. I've got to try a few different branches, and maybe some other banks, but I've managed to get all of FOUR 50c cons since I moved to Canada 4.5 years ago. One was in change at the Post Office the first week I arrived (the lady in front of me refused to take it in change, so I gave her 2 quarters). The other 3 I got from a bank about 2 months ago, and they were ecstatic to get rid of it. You're right, I keep EVERY foreign coin I find. I've got a few rolls of US change that I'll save up and take back and "repatriate" it when I return. Of course, I'll just exchange it for more rolls that I can search, or use it for the toll to come back to Canada. I haven't found any Irish coins at all here. When I lived in Australia, though, I did manage to get the occasional Fiji or NZ coin (which I kept). I've got a few of the Kiwi 20c coins, but never got one after they changed the reverse, and of course, I don't have any of the new designs yet. I also got one or two coins from Papua New Guinea, and even got a coin from South Africa once. I enjoy seeing these coins and wondering just what they went through to get to where they are now. That's part of the enjoyment I have in collecting coins.
Topher,Fijian coins were the most common British Commonwealth Pacific Islands coins that we got in change over here.Only once did I get a Papua New Guinean 5 Toea in change.I don't recall getting any coins from Tonga or Western Samoa in change.I did get a Cook Islands 1c. in change just under 20 years ago.The younger of my 2 sisters got a 1979 1c. coin from South Africa in change,which I still have. Aussie 5c.,10c.,& 20c. used to turn up all the time in change.I used to spend them as well,along with some Fijian 5c.,10c.,& 20c. coins.One time I passed an Aussie $1 coin (which is bigger than ours) in the school tuckshop for a chocolate bar.I had passed it heads side up. I can remember once getting a British large 10 Pence coin in change as 20c..Sometimes we saw the British large 5p.,1/-,& 2/- coins in change,but not the Irish ones though. I never got any Solomon Islands coins in change,however. We used to have the old New Zealand 6d.,1/-,& 2/- coins turn up in change quite often.They were legal tender as 5c.,10c.,& 20c. coins respectively.In the last few years before the old coins were pulled,the pre-decimal coins became extremely uncommon to find in change. I miss the old days of checking my change. Aidan.
Aidan, that reminds me, I did find a 6d coin once in my change in Australia, as well as a Tonga coin (I forget what it was). I found more foreign coins in my pocket change in Australia than I ever did in the US and Canada. (With the exception of the US coins in Canada and vice versa). I also managed to get one of each denomination of the older paper Australian bills (up to the $100), but I had to spend them before I left the country, which I really regret, but money was tight, and I had kids to feed.
About a Wheat every six rolls, on average. Here's one that kinda "jumped out" at us. Not the steel planchet, of course, but one can't have everything. More copper left on it than it deserves after 63 years in circulation, though...so nobody's complaining. Somewhat of a rotated die error, too.
