I would like to know if this 1963 p nickel has any collector's value for the condition? I coin roll hunt and it caught my eye so I threw it in a slab. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately not- they struck 178,851,645 nickels at Philadelphia in 1963. That's nothing like the huge mintages in 1964, when Philly and Denver each crossed the billion-coin mark, but it's a very common coin. Per Numismedia, the value doesn't go above the baseline of six cents until you reach the Mint State grades, and even up to MS62 it's still worth less than a quarter. I'd call that an AU coin, so you've got a coin essentially worth face value, there. All that being said, that one is pretty nice for a 55-year-old nickel found in a roll hunt. I can see why it caught your eye. Sometimes a find will score a zero on the premium (i.e., be worth only face value), but score higher on the "fun" scale. Everybody's "fun" scale is different. Better luck next time! Keep hunting!
Thank you all! I read about the 1963 p being a pretty weakly struck year, so coming across one like that was odd. I've gone through about $1500 in nickels so far. I'll keep looking!
How many War nickels would you guess you find, on average, in a $100 worth of nickels? I used to find them pretty often back in the '90s and early 2000s, when I was a more active roll searcher. I'd buy $200 worth sometimes. (Cash my paycheck in nickels, even! Got some funny looks.) Can't remember the last time I got a War nickel in change, but I used to find one in every four or five rolls, it seems like. Nickels were my favorite denomination to search. I can only recall one or two times when I could actually get half dollar rolls from the bank, but I hit the motherlode of 40% silver halves in one of those batches.
It's fine if you want to keep it for your album collection. But it's a face value coin. Most of the Jeffersons are. Here is a list of keepers (And anything in SUPER GREAT CONDITION is also a keeper) People like the 2009-P and 2009-D because of the low mintage that year. 1955 1954-S 1953-S 1952-S 1951-S 1950 1950-D 1949-S 1948-S 1946-S 1945-P silver 1945-D silver 1945-S silver 1944-P silver 1944-D silver 1944-S silver 1943-P silver 1943-D silver 1943-S silver 1942-S silver 1942-P silver 1942-D 1939-S 1939-D 1938-S 1938-D 1938
I would add that you should keep any date where valuable varieties exist - at least until you determine that they are not good varieties. There are several pricey 1939 varieties plus there are several over mint mark types to look for. Look at the volume of Cherry Pickers Guide that contains nickels for some hints. Look at the Redbook for the varieties that are most popular and well known. Good luck.
Yes that's true. There is the 1939 with the reverse of 1938. I found a couple of those. You have your 1955 S over D. The 1942 horizontal D? But that list is just your basics for beginners. I see people hoarding a ton of "anything from the 1950's" Jeffersons and 90% of them are just a nickel. I've been spending the ones that I had which don't have enough of a premium to save. The 1958 and 1959 phillies seem to be low mintage, but I don't think there is a collector demand for them.
