Nickel Haul

[Rosco53]

Well...picked a great week to do Nickels. First 2 bags yielded a Belgian Franc from 1952:


Also found 3 War Nickels (44p, 2x43P), and my 5th/oldest Buffalo!


Annnnnnnd then things got good ;-)

Ran through my bank before work to exchange, and someone had just come through and dropped off rolls from the US mint of the Westward Journey ones. Like an idiot, I only bought the 2005's though, cause I had no idea what I stumbled on. Well, first bag yielded this:





Also a couple proofs:



Annnnnd a 1942 P War nickel


And, just to top it off, my 6th Buffalo!


Now...do I run back Monday and just take all the nickels they have, sort through what I've already done hoping for the last colorized one and other golds, or just be happy with what I found? Best part, still have 4 bags of cents! Gonna be a great weekend! Happy Hunting Everyone!

 

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[Diver_Down]

Not to be repetitious, but it can't be said enough - Buy Them All. The colorized ones are cool to see, but the prize is the '64 P. That is a nice one. Those '50's and '60's nickels are conditional rarities. Find one with Full Steps, and you can get moon money for them. I like to consider 3 steps as the cut-off.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Very nice coins!

 

[Rosco53]

Not to be repetitious, but it can't be said enough - Buy Them All. The colorized ones are cool to see, but the prize is the '64 P. That is a nice one. Those '50's and '60's nickels are conditional rarities. Find one with Full Steps, and you can get moon money for them. I like to consider 3 steps as the cut-off.

I was surprised to find one so nice. To me the prize is the Buffalo, main reason I started doing nickels. Do love the War ones too. Not overly scarce, but love the history to them. Also, my bank account dictates what I can and can't buy

 

[Rookster]

Congrats on the nice buy.

 

[GB1]

Not to be repetitious, but it can't be said enough - Buy Them All. The colorized ones are cool to see, but the prize is the '64 P. That is a nice one. Those '50's and '60's nickels are conditional rarities. Find one with Full Steps, and you can get moon money for them. I like to consider 3 steps as the cut-off.

what about a 1940 no mint with full steps

 

[Diver_Down]

what about a 1940 no mint with full steps

Of course. Any pre-war Jefferson with FS (need to see 5 full steps with no interruption) will command the premium. In your specific query, it is a $60 coin(min). If the fields are clear and no unsightly bag marks on the rest of the coin, then it should garner a top grade which ventures into moon money. I was a bit late with my cutoff. If one can pull pre-62 FS Jefferson nickels, then do it. Be stingy in what you see. Don't "think" you see full steps. It needs to be clear as day. When you do get your hands on them, you will realize how beautiful a coin it is.

 

[GB1]

there are some smudges on the back i just looked closer and there is only 4 steps

 

[Rosco53]

there are some smudges on the back i just looked closer and there is only 4 steps

...sorry for your loss

 

[Diver_Down]

there are some smudges on the back i just looked closer and there is only 4 steps

Still might be worth grading if you can take advantage of a sale or show discount. Some like ANACS will offer sales from time to time where the submission/grading fee is less when submitting at a show with bulk submission. Otherwise, if your coin grades ms65 with only 4 steps, it is a $12 coin (likely not worth the grading fees). The ms67FS is $60. If yours can get into a a ms66 grade than it will be worth the submission.

 

[GB1]

Still might be worth grading if you can take advantage of a sale or show discount. Some like ANACS will offer sales from time to time where the submission/grading fee is less when submitting at a show with bulk submission. Otherwise, if your coin grades ms65 with only 4 steps, it is a $12 coin (likely not worth the grading fees). The ms67FS is $60. If yours can get into a a ms66 grade than it will be worth the submission.

i got to take a look at all my nickles now

 

[enamel7]

The colorized one is considered damage.

 

[Twitch]

The colorized one is considered damage.

Once again, your contributions are substantial. Thank you for taking the time to enlighten the poster and the rest of the forum.

Rosco - nice finds, congrats my man.

 

[enamel7]

I take it that's sarcasm. Anyway, those were some very nice finds! There Twitch, I said what everyone else said. Now I would like to see some closeups of the steps. I won't say why because it might be misconstrued as being negative. The OP was concerned about finding the other painted one. This is done by a third party group and actually ruins the numismatic value of the coin and are sold for extravagant prices. Btw, you don't decide what's a good or bad post, so keep it to yourself.
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ENAMEL7

 

[Rosco53]

I take it that's sarcasm. Anyway, those were some very nice finds! There Twitch, I said what everyone else said. Now I would like to see some closeups of the steps. I won't say why because it might be misconstrued as being negative. The OP was concerned about finding the other painted one. This is done by a third party group and actually ruins the numismatic value of the coin and are sold for extravagant prices. Btw, you don't decide what's a good or bad post, so keep it to yourself.
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ENAMEL7

I realize they're technically "damage" but still find it kinda cool to find them in circulation. Find it funny too, since they're kinda like stickers, and they put them on off-center, so they don't even match the nickel design, so it almost looks like doubling I'll try to get pics up of the proof steps, but may suck since they're in flips already, sorry...

Best I could manage. First is the 76s, second is the 64

 

[Dozer D]

I think that the STICKERED coins are cool, although not officially offered by the mint, still something unusual to collect. Look at stamp collectors, hundreds of new issues every year, but do we see them all in circulation, NO., but nice to have. It's all up to the individual.
By the way, what is the perfect number of STEPS on the Jefferson nics, I see 5 or should it be 6 if you consider the very bottom line as a step. Someone please enlighten me.

 

[Diver_Down]

Dozer - From 1938 to 1989, to qualify as Full Steps, there must be 5 uninterrupted steps. From 1990 to present, there must be 6 uninterrupted steps. When you factor in the hardness of the planchet, the design and die deterioration, it is equivalent to searching for the Holy Grail. In Rosco's close-up example of steps, you see the first one where there is a nick that interrupts the lower steps and on the 2nd and 3rd steps there is flattened relief to the left of center (not fully struck likely due to die deterioration). That particular specimen would only count as a 1-Step. When it comes to counting steps, there is a varying grade with a corresponding premium. Full Steps refers to all steps visible and uninterrupted. Then a 4-Step, 3-Step, and so on. That is why I mentioned above, that I consider 3-Step as the cutoff as to whether it is worth keeping. Certainly when it comes to face value, it isn't a great hindrance to keep whatever one desires. But in the end, if you don't have some qualifier to distinguish what is kept and what is returned to the wild, then you'll end up sitting on a pile of nickels that do not have a lot of value on the secondary market.

 

[A2coins]

Well done get em all