Results, box of nickels 3/21/07

[HobBob]

Hey all,
Picked up a box of nickels this week from the local friendly CU.
The results:
1940, 1941, 1945S (jackpot!! Silver!!), 1946, 1947S, 1949, 1952, 1954D, 1955D x2, 1957D x2, 1958D, 1960D x2.

Canadian - 27 (1962 1976 1977 1979 x2 1980 1981 x2 1985 x2 1986 1989, plus 12 from the 1990's and 3 from the 2000's).

The pure nickel-content Canadian nickels (1953-1981) are worth 21.4 cents each (per Coinflation.com's Canadian coinage site) http://www.coinflation.com/canada/
and the war nickel is worth 74.4 cents. See http://www.coinflation.com .
Total take from the pure nickel and silver coins alone is $2.456.
Not bad!
HH,
Bob

 

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[the.silver.standard]

Now, I have a question. Do you keep ALL of the nickels since they all have more metal value than face?

 

[HobBob]

Up to this point my searches have been mostly confined to pennies and this is my first full box of nickels searched (although I have gone through a number of individual rolls). And as I am also a coin collector, I am also constantly looking for the coins I need to fill the holes in my album.
But to answer your question - yes, I plan to hang onto them for the time being, even though current mint regulations prohibit doing anything with them. The current metal value of each nickel makes it hard to do anything else.

What I would really like to find is lots more of the pure nickel-metal Canadian nickels. At over 21 cents each, they seem to be much more plentiful here close to the Canadian border than the war nickels. And the 1982-1999 nickels have pretty much the same value as their current-day US counterparts.

Starting in 2000, Canada starting making their nickels out of nickel-plated steel. While they are very, very shiny, they are pretty much worthless (I think). And very magnetic. (Somewhat to my surprise, I discovered that the pure-nickel coins are also magnetic, but to a lesser extent.)
HH,
Bob