Epic Nickel Find

red89

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Epic Nickel Find (lots of pics)

Went to a bank I haven't picked up from in about too months and I got $60 dollars in CWR of Nickels. By far my best nickel score yet.

141 pre 60 nickels
5 war nickels (not counted in the number above)
1 buff nick (36 no mint)

and now for the really good stuff

4 V nicks from the 1800's
13 V nicks from the 1900's
5 V nicks that are way to dirty/worn to tell the date.

and the even better stuff (not included in the numbers above)
1888 v nickel (really damaged and worn)
1912 (s or d hard to tell) mint V nickel *I know I listed this as a 12 S originally, but I am not sure now, gonna have it checked out
189-? clipped planchet
1883 no cents V nickel (I know the 83 with cents is more, but this is my new oldest coin, I forgot to add this picture in the photo with the rest of the coins)

I searched these in my car, when I saw how good the batch was I took the 4ish dollar hit from coinstar and cashed in the newer nickels for cash and went back a second time to see if I could nab some more. Second batch of $40ish dollars was uneventful but I don't even care. 26 v nickels total, 1 buff, 5 war nickels (one isn't included in the picture because I had already put it in my book), and 141 other pre 60 nickels....hell of a 60 bucks if you ask me.

This got me to 13oz of silver for 2012 so far. The finds had 2 coins I needed for my book (1950 no mind, 1942p), and 4 coins for my uncles book (42 no mint, 49, 51, and 51d).
 

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BuffaloBoy

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epic!! the 1912 is l;ikely a D, if it were S that is one of the key dates of the series with a low mnitage. Nice acore, thanks for sharing with us, great pictures.
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The Jersey DEvil

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I just got my 1st V niks in a box along with a worn date Buffalo & 1944P war nik. The V niks are dated 1903 & 1912D.
 

SilverForBrains

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People used to gold plate the 1883 "no cents" nickel. since it didn't completely specify it's denomination, they could get away with it
 

Codes

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I'd say that's epic! Nickels are my favorite because they're kinda the sleeper denomination. You can find some good stuff in nickels, which you have demonstrated!
 

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