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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 3741884, member: 106826&quot;]Nickel CRH is probably the most productive coin to search.&nbsp; But you need to establish what it is you want to do.&nbsp; As noted by your fellow enthusiasts above, there are certain key/semikey dates/mms that you&#039;ll want to keep.&nbsp; But that&#039;s just the tip of the iceberg.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suggest that before you search and before you dump your nickels, you create a list of coins that you want to retain.&nbsp; 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 &#039;usual suspects&#039;.&nbsp; This is why I think it is important to establish your list first.&nbsp; It&#039;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).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the Jefferson Series is the only coin that can be collected to complete a circulation set.&nbsp; It&#039;ll take a good deal of searching, but the odds are in your favor to build a complete set.&nbsp; In fact, you can be at 95% complete in under a year, and depending on your volume, in just a few months.&nbsp; And many will be XF, AU and BU specimens.</p><p><br /></p><p>I especially love hitting a run of high quality 60s nickels since there are a number of doubled die specimens to find.&nbsp; Most are several times more valuable than the semikey Jeffersons.&nbsp; But folks toss them back since they aren&#039;t very old.&nbsp; A mistake in my opinion, but to each their own.&nbsp; Folks collect for different reasons and needs.&nbsp; So if they toss them back and are happy...me too.&nbsp; Here&#039;s what I was able to do in a few years of Nickel CRH:</p><p><br /></p><p>Hundreds of 1939 nickels; one ended up being a Henning Nickel</p><p>Several 1939 w/reverse of 1938</p><p>A few 1938/1939 D and S mint specimens</p><p>5 1950D; two were BU liberated specimens</p><p>Dozens of War Nickels</p><p>Dozens of Buffalo Nickels</p><p>Dozens of Dateless Buffalo Nickels (I have a pickled nickel set short only a few key date/mms)</p><p>3 dozen V-nickels</p><p>Dozens of foreign coins; one was a 1914 Ducat (real gold found searching rolls)</p><p>Dozens of DDOs/DDRs</p><p>Dozens of Clashed specimens</p><p>I have a nearly complete Roll Set of Jefferson Nickels with a few exceptions (semikey/key date/mms).</p><p>I had a nearly complete set of Canadian Nickels (I&#039;m in NE, so we see a bunch of Canadian coinage)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure I&#039;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&#039;d have to check).&nbsp; So make your list and give it a go.&nbsp; Make sure you have fun along the way.&nbsp; Good luck!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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