Question about 2009 nickels

[red89]

Anyone have any luck selling any to a coin shop? I know the mintage was under 100,000 for P, D, and S all together. Redbook's price isn't any higher than the rest of them though. Is there a demand for them at coin shops? If anyone has any idea if they are worth saving please let me know. I don't want to keep that many of them if I can trade up for some silver.

 

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[sagittarius98]

Anyone have any luck selling any to a coin shop? I know the mintage was under 100,000 for P, D, and S all together. Redbook's price isn't any higher than the rest of them though. Is there a demand for them at coin shops? If anyone has any idea if they are worth saving please let me know. I don't want to keep that many of them if I can trade up for some silver.

The mintage is less than a 100 million. I haven't sold my 2 2009 nickels, but I think they have no premium at a coin shop.

 

[red89]

Yeah, sorry I left of a few zeros....hahaha, anyway, I see them on feebay with a pretty nice premium over face, but most of them don't have any bids.

 

[frankendime]

Lowest mintage numbers on them in about 50 years. They were selling for about $20 a roll on Ebay last I looked. I keep em and don't find very many either.

 

[MIhunter]

To be worth anything special there has to be demand greater than supply. Despite a relative low mintage (~35 million) they are not in low supply. If you look at the last time the mint put out less than 50 million of a type of nickel (1959 philly), they are not worth anything special as compared to the other nickels of that era.

Another way of looking at it:
In 1959 if you took $3 and bought
20 x 1959 philly nickels (MS63) and paid face,
2 x 1959 Ben Franklin halves (circulated) and paid face,
1 oz silver bar (spot silver was about $1/oz)

Fifty years later the silver is worth a lot more than the nickels.

 

[jarlbartar]

Not too much of a demand for them, but I find them about as frequently as I do war nickels. Depending on the market on ebay, you can get a couple of bucks for a P & D nickel listed together. I still hold on to them though, its only a nickel and has nowhere to go but up as time goes by.

 

[jrf30]

I find them to be rare, so I too keep them.

Although I find the 2009 dime to be HARDER to find. Significantly harder! I hvae numerous rolls of nickels, maybe 5 or 6, and yet less than one roll of dimes. So don't just stop with the nickels.

ALthough I do not collect the 2009 pennies. Too many made.

 

[jarlbartar]

I find them to be rare, so I too keep them.

Although I find the 2009 dime to be HARDER to find. Significantly harder! I hvae numerous rolls of nickels, maybe 5 or 6, and yet less than one roll of dimes. So don't just stop with the nickels.

ALthough I do not collect the 2009 pennies. Too many made.

That's strange! In my area, the 2009 dimes are fairly common (5-10 per box), so much so that I stopped keeping them as I have 2 rolls each of P & D. I am only averaging 1 to 2 2009 nickels per box. Cool to see what coins are harder to find based on your location.

 

[sagittarius98]

That's strange! In my area, the 2009 dimes are fairly common (5-10 per box), so much so that I stopped keeping them as I have 2 rolls each of P & D. I am only averaging 1 to 2 2009 nickels per box. Cool to see what coins are harder to find based on your location.

Same results for me. I am searching 4 boxes of dimes now, and I am almost to the point where I am throwing them back. I only have 2 nickels, a P (from roll) and a D (from vending machine).

 

[apush]

I have found so many 2009-D nicks that I end up chunking them back into the dump pile. Geez, should I really be keeping them as well?
HSH,
apush

 

[ArkieBassMan]

I have found so many 2009-D nicks that I end up chunking them back into the dump pile. Geez, should I really be keeping them as well?
HSH,
apush

I don't think so. Like the NIFC halves, I just don't see any future demand for them. Their mintage numbers are low compared to other years, but in terms of true rarity, the numbers aren't that low.

 

[frankendime]

Many dimes here, not many nickels.