This Weeks Nickel Hunt

[GarouLady]

This Week's Nickel Hunt

Well I got my 2 boxes from work on wednesday than had to do some running around town to take my sick kitty to the vet. Wasn't feeling too keen myself and at first I didn't stop at my pickup banks. But after a while I thought what the hey! and went inside. I was only going to get 1 box but they said they had overordered and they knew I normally get 2 boxes, so I took 2. So I had 4 boxes to go through altogether. Box 4 was a skunk, but boxes 1-3 had some jewels. Out of 3 boxes I got 5 war nickels, 1 dateless buff, 2 gold toned nickels and possibly 1 cud error nickel that I nicknamed 'hannibal'. Can't tell if it was badly plated or dipped but there looks to be a cud over the mouth of Jefferson and for the life of me, it reminds me of hannibal lector (never saw the movie btw). I am going to try and take a picture from work where my phone works better but no garentees.

I am getting a collapsible handcart to haul my coins into the bank. It will cost me only 20 bucks. So hopefully if I take it easy lifting, I can still do CRHing after the initial 2 weeks of not driving.That means I have to haul in 900 dollars in nickels, eesh! I want to get more war nickels!! LOL.

Hugs and Prayers,
GarouLady

 

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[enamel7]

Nice job on the war Nics! By the way, it would be a die chip on the nickel, since it isn't on the rim.
HH
enamel7

 

[GarouLady]

was thinking about getting an error book for jefferson nickels but 40 bucks for a book is just a bit too much for me and my eyes aren't the best for seeing fine details. Still might. Mulling over the idea in my head.

Sincerely, GarouLady

 

[billionaire]

If you go to amazon they might be cheap. I got a 2010 redbook last year for a dollar something plus 3.99 shipping.

 

[GarouLady]

I got pics!! A bit blurry but they show what I got and hopefully someone can help me with my error coin.
Here are the 5 war nickels and the one dateless buff that I found. I was going to buy some pic-a-nic but the LCS guys said that if the buffalo on the back is also worn down that to spend 5 bucks for a bottle isn't worth it, so I didn't buy it. But I love that I found 5 war nickels in just 3 boxes, Yes!!


And here is a pic of my supposed error coin. Yes I know it isn't very good but hopefully someone will at least give me an idea of what it could be.



Sincerely, GarouLady

 

[OtlFrutiger]

Is that the profile of another face looking the opposite way of Jefferson and up, stamped right on top?

 

[hotrod]

nice finds!

 

[GarouLady]

Truthfully I can't tell if its just been dipped because the coin's surface isn't smooth or if the error is just a piece of solder. So I will try to take it to a LCS and see what they say. They say that their nickel expert is there on mondays but that I can leave the coin in question with them. They actually said why would they switch or steal a nickel from me? I had to do a double take and almost laughed. Let's see ummm, if its a really neat error coin it could be worth something? I didn't say that to them but I told them that I would be back later.

Now comes the fun part. Dragging 900 bucks worth of nickels into my dump bank. I don't think I am going to pick up any more nickels until July when I go back to work after my surgery. But I will be stopping at the LCS and picking up some silver now and again, just to keep my fingers from itching. LOL.

Sincerely, GarouLady

 

[sagittarius98]

It looks like PMD on the nickel.

 

[Bad Wolf]

Don't forget to check your warnics for Henning counterfits, which are regularly going on ebay for around $60. Look for a 43 or 44 with no mint-mark above the dome, but don't be fooled by mint-marks that are very warn. Another way to be certain is to look for a small "loop" in the bottom of the R in "Pluribus". You may want to look up Henning nickels online to get the whole story--interesting stuff!