Nickel roll hunting for the first time

Treashunt · Oct 28, 2019

1) That Buffalo is a 1913 P, Type 1.

2) you may be banned for 'scrubbing' that war nickel

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Kevin Mader · Oct 28, 2019

Agreed. Type 1 Buffalo.

wxcoin · Oct 28, 2019

In addition to key dates, I'd pull out any AU/BU specimens with full steps. There are numerous common date Jefferson's that are rare with full steps.

DEA · Oct 28, 2019

man2004 said: ↑

I just picked up $62 in CR nickels at the bank. Are there any dates/MM worth keeping besides the 40% 42-45s? Thank you for any help!
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He (DatDareNickelGuy) replied to you but check out his post - assuming you have not yet seen it. It is fantastic for roll hunters and nickel enthusiasts - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/50...alk+(CoinTalk+Update)&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail

Chuck_A · Oct 29, 2019

DatDareNickelGuy said: ↑

Hello!! Nickles are definitely my favorite to hunt. 42-45s are 35% silver and are still easy to come across. I started a thread on here with a list of Nickles I always pull out if you want to check it out! Good luck on the hunt! Let us know what you get!
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Nickels?

Chuck_A · Oct 29, 2019

Kevin Mader said: ↑

Nickel CRH is probably the most productive coin to search. But you need to establish what it is you want to do. As noted by your fellow enthusiasts above, there are certain key/semikey dates/mms that you'll want to keep. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

I suggest that before you search and before you dump your nickels, you create a list of coins that you want to retain. You will hear/read that folks retain pre-60 nickels, Buffalo, V-nickels, War Nickels, key/semikey nickels, but there are a ton of varieties worth searching for and most of those are more valuable than the 'usual suspects'. This is why I think it is important to establish your list first. It's a certainty that you will throw good coins back into the wild because you learn key information after the fact (e.g., the 1975 D high mint mark is worth more than coins noted above).

Also, the Jefferson Series is the only coin that can be collected to complete a circulation set. It'll take a good deal of searching, but the odds are in your favor to build a complete set. In fact, you can be at 95% complete in under a year, and depending on your volume, in just a few months. And many will be XF, AU and BU specimens.

I especially love hitting a run of high quality 60s nickels since there are a number of doubled die specimens to find. Most are several times more valuable than the semikey Jeffersons. But folks toss them back since they aren't very old. A mistake in my opinion, but to each their own. Folks collect for different reasons and needs. So if they toss them back and are happy...me too. Here's what I was able to do in a few years of Nickel CRH:

Hundreds of 1939 nickels; one ended up being a Henning Nickel
Several 1939 w/reverse of 1938
A few 1938/1939 D and S mint specimens
5 1950D; two were BU liberated specimens
Dozens of War Nickels
Dozens of Buffalo Nickels
Dozens of Dateless Buffalo Nickels (I have a pickled nickel set short only a few key date/mms)
3 dozen V-nickels
Dozens of foreign coins; one was a 1914 Ducat (real gold found searching rolls)
Dozens of DDOs/DDRs
Dozens of Clashed specimens
I have a nearly complete Roll Set of Jefferson Nickels with a few exceptions (semikey/key date/mms).
I had a nearly complete set of Canadian Nickels (I'm in NE, so we see a bunch of Canadian coinage)

I'm sure I'm forgetting some other interesting bits, but the joy was in the hunt and with a little luck and perseverance, I completed 3 circulation sets, made solid dent on my Buffalo set, and maybe 17 different V-nickel dates (I'd have to check). So make your list and give it a go. Make sure you have fun along the way. Good luck!!
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Thank You, that's the first I've heard of the Henning variety. I have around 150 rolls of nickels from over the years saved by my wife, I traveled a lot and used to throw all my change in my suitcase and I have only looked at around 20 rolls, now I'll have to look again.

Kevin Mader · Oct 29, 2019

It’s sometimes an exciting hunt revisiting an old lot.

Michael K · Oct 29, 2019

The full steps have to be MS not AU. And it has to be before
they redesigned the dies.

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