Nickel Hunt (Poof, specimen, old, error) PIC

[Canadian hunter]

So I decided to buy some nickels to find bullion and take a break from penny boxes.
I bought 130$ worth and here is what I came up with:
1996 Specimen (my second in CRH career)
1972 proof
1952, 1941 KGVI
1958, 1958US, 1960, 1962, 2000P, 1991
2010 struck though grease? Can someone identify it if I'm wrong? Is it valuable?
bullion nickels (will update)

Enjoy the pic and happy hunt everybody.

 

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[BuffaloBoy]

wonderful search, told you that nickels can be good too!!! Did you get many Americans?

 

[Canadian hunter]

Out of 65 rolls, there were about 30 US nickels, three of them being pre 1960

 

[sagittarius98]

It looks like it is partly grease-filled die on that area of the coin.

 

[lovewiibrew]

I'm gonna take a trip up there just so I can CRH the pre 82 nickels!

 

[Canadian hunter]

That is a good idea. Now the percentage of bullion nickel decreased to about 7%, so I expect it to drop to 5% by the end of 2012. They are disappearing quicker than one can think. Their population decreases much faster than population of US copper pennies. In Canada, they are not just hoarded, but are taken out by the mint facilities such as Garda.

 

[lovewiibrew]

Yes I notice the premiums of them seem to be going up on ebay. I buy about 10 pounds a month of them as long as they aren't outrageous. Some ebay sellers have them as much as $25 a pound when the spot for nickel is around $8.

 

[Solid Rolls]

Canada money looks so cool. Love it, nice score!!

 

[lovewiibrew]

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[Canadian hunter]

It really does. The thing is with Canadian coins, they look very refreshing. New designs, although some of them aren't quite good, lets put it this way. However there are always new ideas the folks at the Mint come around. Fancy colourized quarters, commemorative nickels, 12 sided, chrome plated, CU-Ni, non nickel, pure nickel nickels. Silver halves, silver dollars, new designed toonies and loonies. At some point I question myself, should I just keep all the coins I find, because it makes me feel that they are all collectible!

 

[CanadaCoinHunting]

Awesome finds CH. Once the pennies disappear this fall, I am going to go pretty hard on the nickels. I suspect you will do the same also?

The Mint does do some good work. Now if only they would make some REAL money and not this steel junk they are passing off as money.

Good luck in your future hunting!

 

[Canadian hunter]

They won't likely. I won't do nickels that hard for bullion, but maybe for 12 sided ones plus everything before War plus US stuff.
Good luck for penny hunting, remember we two are not the only ones on Ontario, who hunt those rolls.

 

[CanadaCoinHunting]

They won't likely. I won't do nickels that hard for bullion, but maybe for 12 sided ones plus everything before War plus US stuff.
Good luck for penny hunting, remember we two are not the only ones on Ontario, who hunt those rolls.

Yes, very good point. It would be interesting to know how many Ontarians are hunting through nickels. At least we will have the nickels around for beyond the fall.

 

[fingerscrossed]

nice finds!..i've searched halves, dimes and pennies..would nickels be just as great?

 

[Canadian hunter]

Well, I don't know, because I'm in Canada and you are in US. You may find Buffalo and War nickels along with some Canadian coins (2-4 per box). They will be likely from 1983-2000 decade, because Ni and Fe nickels are caught by wrapping machine magnets.