My 2 boxes of nickels and the results within..

[OnARoll]

So this was my first time trying nickels (most of the time I do halves, dimes and pennies) and I must say I had a lot of fun, as much fun as I have doing pennies. It seems to me that there is at least one winner in every box, not sure yet though since I've only done it twice but its what I'm thinking from my results..See pictures and results below!

BOX 1 (Day 1)



1939p
1940p
1940s
1942d(not silver)
1943S(SILVER!)
1946p
1948s
1948d
1951p
1952p
1953p
1954d
1956
1958d
1959dx3
1960d
1961p
1961dx2
1962px2
1962dx2
1963p
1963dx5
1966px5
1967(uncirculated)
1968d
1969sx2
1969dx3
1970sx3

too many 1964's to count!

BOX 2 (Day 2)



1939s
1939p
1940p
1941s
1941p
1941d
1942p
1946p
1946dx2
1947p
1948d
1953d
1954p
1955dx3
1956dx2
1957p
1957d
1958dx2
1958p
1959d
1960dx4
1961dx4
1961px2
1962dx5
1962px2
1963dx7
1963px2
1965px4
1967p
1968p
1968d
1969sx2
1970sx4

and as always boatload of 1964's dang!!

All and all i'm going to try nickels again, they are easy to look through and easy to dump..Let me ask you guys, now I know that obviously silver war nickels are keepers and the 1938's and 1939's are pretty good, but what other nickels are you guys keeping besides proofs and the obvious? Thanks!

 

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[ArkieBassMan]

1950-D is tough to find.

 

[Thorne]

38 38d 39d 39s 55p

 

[sagittarius98]

I would not keep any of the 1960-1970 nickels, other than the S mints. However, I do keep the pre-1960 nickels.

 

[fixxxer9]

Why keep the S mint marks? I've heard that before but never knew why.

 

[Bad Wolf]

The first buffalo I found, which took a while, was an almost un-circulated 1937 dot (worth about $16, as I recall). It was really cool to find one in such great shape, and I have a lot of fun keeping an eye out for them while I hunt for warnics. As far as "one winner in every box" goes, not true of warnics or buffalo's in my experience, at least. But that just makes it more fun when you do find one, or even two warnics in one roll, as happened to me just a few weeks ago.

 

[OnARoll]

Good stuff BadWolf i will take that into consideration on my next pillage!

 

[sagittarius98]

Why keep the S mint marks? I've heard that before but never knew why.

They don't have any extra value, but they are pretty rare here, mainly because I am so far from SF.

 

[fixxxer9]

Oh I see.

 

[RedAmos]

I would not keep any of the 1960-1970 nickels, other than the S mints. However, I do keep the pre-1960 nickels.

Why keep the pre 1960 nickels?

 

[fixxxer9]

I keep them just because they are old. I don't know if they are worth more but I just like to have them.

 

[Kilerclown25]

Why keep the pre 1960 nickels?

I also wonder why, I looked through 1 box and like 30 bucks of rolls but I only looked for Buffalo and war nickels

 

[sagittarius98]

I also wonder why, I looked through 1 box and like 30 bucks of rolls but I only looked for Buffalo and war nickels

They are older, and seem to fetch a premium on eBay or in some LCS.