Numismaniac
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I'm taking this week off work to do some Spring cleaning and hang out with my wife while the kids are off at school. Of course, I have to sneak in some extra CRH as well 
I'm actually concentrating on getting rid of the over 100 lbs of coins I have accumulated. I can never seem to keep pace with the dumping... So, took back quite a few yesterday, but couldn't resist the urge to swing by one of my supply banks and get an extra box of nickels. My daughter and I went through it yesterday evening, and I was almost regretting getting it as it was not producing very many early nickels. We were surprised when a 1943P War Nickel popped out of a roll about 2/3 of the way through, shame on me for doubting! Nickels have produced consistently for us, we are getting a nice little pile of war nickels, buffalos, early Jeffs, varieties, errors, and such. Haven't gotten a V Nickel yet, but hope to in 2011.
We have been through a ton of nickels, and still only lack the 1955 to finish our set! I did get bored this Sunday and checked all my pre-1960 nickels for varieties (that took a while, I have over 1,000) It was kind of fun, and I did find a very nice 1955 D/S in very nice shape. Might try to get a high-res scan so you can all check it out. It's pretty easy to see with a 10X loupe.
Well, we hope to get some halves today. They didn't come in last week, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Object lesson for us this week: CRH is not for the faint of heart. It requires patience. I really think this will keep the masses from ever joining us. It takes a very special (read crazy) person to do this!
HH to all!!!
I'm actually concentrating on getting rid of the over 100 lbs of coins I have accumulated. I can never seem to keep pace with the dumping... So, took back quite a few yesterday, but couldn't resist the urge to swing by one of my supply banks and get an extra box of nickels. My daughter and I went through it yesterday evening, and I was almost regretting getting it as it was not producing very many early nickels. We were surprised when a 1943P War Nickel popped out of a roll about 2/3 of the way through, shame on me for doubting! Nickels have produced consistently for us, we are getting a nice little pile of war nickels, buffalos, early Jeffs, varieties, errors, and such. Haven't gotten a V Nickel yet, but hope to in 2011.
We have been through a ton of nickels, and still only lack the 1955 to finish our set! I did get bored this Sunday and checked all my pre-1960 nickels for varieties (that took a while, I have over 1,000) It was kind of fun, and I did find a very nice 1955 D/S in very nice shape. Might try to get a high-res scan so you can all check it out. It's pretty easy to see with a 10X loupe.
Well, we hope to get some halves today. They didn't come in last week, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Object lesson for us this week: CRH is not for the faint of heart. It requires patience. I really think this will keep the masses from ever joining us. It takes a very special (read crazy) person to do this!
HH to all!!!
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odd, my last box had 1955p and 1955d in it, but not many pre 1957 nickels, a total of 32 pre 1957's including 2 buffalo nickels and a 1942-p war nickel... 
