Nickel finds...

[Snee]

I got $20 in nickels from the bank today. I wasn't sure what the cut-off date should be for the ones I keep. So I just went ahead and kept everything from 1969 and before...The 1948 is also pictured there, but I actually just found that under some steps a few months ago... My finds are:

1969 D--2
1969 S
1968 D
1968 S
1966
1965--3
1964--12
1962--2
1961--2
1960
1959
1955--2
1954
1940

32 pre-70's...not bad. Why on earth were there so many 1964's though? Too bad they weren't made of silver...

 

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[Burdie]

You never know what you will find.

 

[bazinga]

Nice finds. I save everything 1969 and older as well. I just toss the 1964's though because they are so common.

 

[rjnail]

i have some wheats i need to clean and look at, nice going there

 

[Snee]

Why would the 1964s be more common than others?

 

[Hothgar]

nice finds!

 

[Kent in AL]

Why would the 1964s be more common than others?

1964 seems to be the year more nickels were minted than any other year with around 2.8 billion minted. Not sure why they got nickel-happy that year. I got the numbers at http://www.ecoinprices.com/.

 

[tsgman]

Good luck with your collection. Have had any luck in your research around Salem? Tsgman

 

[Snee]

Thanks!
I haven't done too much research I'm afraid. I found the title to the house, but it wasn't exactly what I had expected it to be. It was a big wad of papers binded together. Basically it showed who purchased the land from time to time. Nothing about the buildings or any of that. I guess that would be in the court house. I tried doing research online about battles that took place here or the generals that led troops here, but not much luck...

 

[Immy]

Neat finds!

But don't waste your time on anything newer than 1960. There are literally billions and they're not worth more than face value (unless you're planning a survey of how often they turn up).

And don't forget to check the back of pre-1965 nickels for a D (1938-1964) or S (1938-1954) to the right of the Monticello.

Keep on searchin'!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

i have some wheat's i need to clean and look at, nice going there

DO NOT CLEAN COINS!! You will turn a $0.20 wheat into a $0.01 wheat or the classic 1909 S VDB Wheat a $500.00 coin in a low grade. You can turn that into a $20.00 coin if you clean it. So... DON'T CLEAN COINS!!

The nickles, nickles are 35% silver from 1942-1945. I don't think any of those nickles you have are worth anything but $0.05 unless they are BU. But you may want to hang on to them anyway cause I here they are done making that kind. In that case the value will go up like wheat pennies $0.10 -$0.30 a pop.

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[Snee]

I'm metal detector-less and it's cold out...I gotta have something to treasure hunt. I'm not worried about value of coins I find (not that I wouldn't be rather glad if I turned up something valuable). Just doin it for the fun of it!

 

[parrothead]

I have been a coin collector for a long time. Way before a treasure hunter. When I go through nickles my rule of thumb is I save anything pre 60. If you look in a coin book you will see that there is a seperation between 59 and 60. There was a composite change when they started minting the 1960 nickles. Therefore, I save pre 60 and that is it. Of course that was 30 years ago when I adopted that philosiphy and it may now be beneficial to save the pre 70's as well.

Anyway, I bought 10 rolls of nickles today. I ended up with 5 pre 60 nickles including 2 silvers (43p and 44d). The others were dated 46, 48, 51. Along with the batch was a yet unitentified foreign coin that says BELGIQUE on the reverse along with a crown at the top of it.

Happy hunting, and in my opinion nickle rolls and half dollar rolls are the best to search. Unfortunately every bank I ask does not have half dollar rolls so I will continue with the nickles for now until I find a bank that has halves.

Happy Hunting and Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Immy]

Your mystery coin is from Belgium. On the crown side (obverse) does it read "1 Fr" on either side of a plant stalk and show a man's head on the reverse?

 

[parrothead]

Yes it does read 1 Fr, and has a head on the other side. Thanks for the info.

 

[ZumbroKid]

Ask marc if they could put a few new sections in the coin roll hunting section. Such as best finds and a todays coin roll finds. This is really growing!

 

[Born2Dtect]

1964 is the year the mint changed to a lower silver content in silver coins. 5, 10, 25. 50, 1.00. They probably minted a lot to make sure they had time to get the new ones ready. What would you keep. I would keep all silver coins 64 and older and possibly one of every other to start a set.

 

[ZumbroKid]

I got to go mail some stuff and go to the bank. I will see about some coin rolls and join the fun. Later all

 

[Snee]

1964 is the year the mint changed to a lower silver content in silver coins. 5, 10, 25. 50, 1.00. They probably minted a lot to make sure they had time to get the new ones ready. What would you keep. I would keep all silver coins 64 and older and possibly one of every other to start a set.

Nickels don't contain silver, other than the 1942-1945 war-time nickels. Even then it was just like 35-40%...don't remember which.

 

[ZumbroKid]

Just got back from my errand run. Got some coin rolls too. I started on the nickles first. I only took out 8 nickles, i do not want to rush and miss a mint error or key date. Also i want to strtch them out, it will be a long winter.
Here is what i found so far. 1-2000D, 1-95D and 1-95P! I completed my first year set! , oh the other 6 nickles were 1-94D, 1-90D, 1-88D, 1-76D, and 1-73D.
Question is there any value to some of these, like anyone collect those Bicentenial Nickles? I'll look over more soon as i can with the holidays coming up, it might be a while.