thedeadpoint Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Awesome job, Finn! I might have to join you on this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 D'you mind saying which ones you're still looking for out of change? Here's what's left on my list: 1938-D 1939-D 1942-S 1943-D 1944-P 1944-S 1949-S 1950-D (have these ever been found in circulation in the past few decades?) 1953-S 1955 2009-P 2009-D There is a *small* chance that the unknown war nickel might be the missing '44-P, but I'm going to have to place my bets on it being a '42-P based on how much of the last digit is visible. I had originally given up on finding any of the missing dates, but the semi-key '38-S renewed my hopes that the rest may still be out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 The ultimate find for me would be one of the counterfeit Henning Nickels from 1944, they were circulated in the 1950's and I have heard of people finding them in circulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted March 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 The ultimate find for me would be one of the counterfeit Henning Nickels from 1944, they were circulated in the 1950's and I have heard of people finding them in circulation. I have actually been on the lookout for those. Considering that I've found a magician's coin in the past, I certainly would not put it out of the realm of possibilities. I know it's easy to spot the '44 with the missing mint mark, but what about the other dates he made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 You should find the 49S,53S and 55 in circulation. I have found several of each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 I have actually been on the lookout for those. Considering that I've found a magician's coin in the past, I certainly would not put it out of the realm of possibilities. I know it's easy to spot the '44 with the missing mint mark, but what about the other dates he made? He used the same reverse die hub for the other dates, the 1939 etc. They are not as easy to find because of the mintmark thing, but on the reverse of the Henning nickel the R of the word PLURIBUS has a peculiar loop on the bottom of the left part of the letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Got my third box today! Unfortunately, it fell short of the massive hauls I got from the last two. Here's the count: 1939 x 2 1940 1941 1946 x 3 1948 1953-D x 2 1955-D 1956-D x 2 1957 1957-D 1958-D x 3 1959 1959-D x 2 (and the miscellaneous '60s dates) 1960 1960-D x 7 1961 1961-D x 7 1962-D x 4 1963 x 3 1963-D x 4 1964 x 16 (one AU that I will be keeping for my collection) 1964-D x 21 1965 1966 x 2 1967 x 2 1968-S 1969-S 1970-S x 2 Also, found a very large number of near-BU 2010-P's. I think somebody broke a fresh roll into a coinstar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Nice haul. You're tempting me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 You've all been tempting me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I got $10 of nickels the other day. A couple upgrades, one or two holes filled in my 'circulation finds' collection. Nothing really impressive. The oldest was a 1947-D; nothing in the 1950s; 1960s were few, and not impressive. No 2009; a few 2010s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I searched the $10 worth I bought for my slot machine yesterday and there were three in the early 40's, a couple of 1950's and three S mints from '68-70. The one 1942 is the non war nickel variety, but in really nice EF shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 New box just in. Here's the scoop: 1938 1940 1941 x 2 1942 (pre-war) 1943-P 1943-S 1947 x 2 1947-S 1948 1949 1951-D 1953 1954-D x 2 1954-S 1955-D x 2 1956 x 2 1957 x 2 1957-D x 2 1958-D x 2 1959-D x 2 All in all, I can't say I'm disappointed. The bank didn't have a full box, so they have me a handful of Dunbar-wrapped nickels, and several customer-wrapped rolls. In the customer-wrapped rolls I found more than three solid rolls of 2005-P&D Buffalo nickels... I blame SMS for that one! Interestingly, these rolls were entirely hit-or-miss. After 5 rolls with nothing but an ugly '64 in them, I struck gold with a 47, 48, and 49 in one roll together. I think I'm going to head back to the bank to pick up some more-- wish me luck! *EDIT* Just got to the halfway point with the new box before I ran out of empty wrappers for the coins. So far, I am very pleased: 1928 Buffalo (Near-dateless) 1938-D (5.3M) 1939 1941 1948-D 1949 1951 1952 1953 1953-D x 2 1954-D x 2 1954-S 1956-D 1957 x 2 1958-D x 2 I'm excited to see what's in the rest of the box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Can't wait for the next update! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 I think I need to order some nickel boxes sometime - they are easy searches - I just tend to stick to cents because of the copper mining factor. I probably have about $1000 in pre-1982 in old jugs now. But first I have to check out the $300 in halves my one bank branch called me about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted April 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 Finally finished! Here's what was left in the remaining 15-ish rolls: 1939 1941 1952-D 1964-D in AU Not too much of note, but I've had worse. And going off of what Saor said, I've thought about switching to pennies for a while, but there are a few reasons why I keep coming back to nickels: 1. As long as you search at least $20, the odds of finding something pre-1960 are virtually 100%. Nothing is particularly valuable, but it beats spending 2 hours and having nothing to show for it. 2. They're not silver. Roll searchers have hit boxes of dimes, quarters, and halves hard since the initial surge of silver prices in the 80's, but nickels are virtually untouched. 3. They're not pennies. I might just have bad luck, but the last 10 times I searched through pennies, about 20% of the coins were coated with what appeared to be gum, and many of them were stuck together. 4. They're cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted April 22, 2011 Report Share Posted April 22, 2011 I have a network of banks, I have accounts all over the place, so I also have several tellers on the prowl for the goodies. I am not above subtle means of getting what I want either, gift cards and assorted treats. Several of the tellers call me when the goodies come. They all know about the whole branch doing lunch on me reward if they get a $500 or $1000 bill. One teller I know is a bit of a collector herself - so she has to get numismatic goodies as rewards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 Tried out ten rolls today of nickels - I purchased $30 worth of cents and $20 worth of nickels and came up with the following: 1940 1941-D 1946 1952 1955-D X 2 1959-D X 2 1968-S X 2 1969-S 1970-S X 2 Canada 1965 X 2 A total of 15 finds out of ten rolls. Not a bad haul, the Canadians have a higher nickel content and melt value is about 14 cents on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 New box in! Less than a third of the way through it, but one MAJOR find to report on 2009-D!!!!! They DO exist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 This bleeping topic started me diving into nickels instead of cents - the result, one Buffer, three silvers and lots of early dated S mint Jeffers. I have temporarily dried up all the cents. So nickels it be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted May 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 Which S-mint jeffersons did you find?! I've found that any S-mint before about 1947 is extraordinarily hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted May 21, 2011 Report Share Posted May 21, 2011 One of my silver's was a 43, the nickel ones were a 40, and a 46. The rest were in the late 40's early 50s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 Totals for the newest box in. Here's the scoop: 1939 1940 x 5 1941 1943-P 1944-P 1946 1947-D 1948 1952 1952-D 1954-D 1955 (FINALLY!) 1957 1957-D 1958-D 1959 1959-D x 4 1960 AU (2 full steps) 1963 BU (4-5 full steps) 2009-P 2009-D x 2 2011-D All in all, I can't say I'm disappointed with two silvers and three holes in my collection filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted May 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2011 I once heard that the first step is admitting you have a problem.... Dateless buffalo (my guess is early '30s) 1939 x 2 1941 x 2 1946 x 2 1947 1948 1948-D 1952 x 2 1952-D 1954-D 1955-D 1957 1957-D 1959-D 1969-D AU 2011-P x 4 No holes filled with this box, but I have only 6 coins left to go!!! Also, this find makes my 7th buffalo in circulation (2 from work and 5 in 7 boxes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 I wonder just how those buffers get into circulation? Perhaps collectors salting coinstars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 I have been searching the cents for quite awhile - getting kind of boring. Last week I bought a $100 box of nickels and turned up a dateless Buffer, a few early Jeffersons some S mints - and really I like the find vs. reject ratio a bit better than cents. So this week my bank teller said they would have a bag going back to the Fed unless I bought it - these are all cashed in merchants receipts that get fed into their coin counter and credited to the merchant's accounts. The bags are in the amount of $200. Yesterday I went in and saved the bag from the infernal Federal Reserve bank in Chicago and instead brought them home. Wowzer! 7 Buffers: 1920 1935 1936 1938-D 3 dateless Jeffersons 1940 1941 x 4 1942 1943-P silver! 1944-P silver! 1945-P silver! 1946 1948 x 3 1950 1954-D x 2 1954 1956 x 2 1957 x 2 1957-D x 2 1958-D x 3 1959-D x 2 1959 x 2 San Francisco minted nickels: 1940 1941 1943 - silver! 1947 1952-S x 2 1954-S 1968 x 7 1969 x 6 1970 x 16 Canada 1980 - only save because the ones from before 1981 are worth double face melt right now. Then there was an orphan cent that somehow found it's way into the bag but then it was a 1974-S! I am still ecstatic about finding 7 Buffalos in the whole lot. I would have never thought I would have found one in circulated nickels until last week, then I found the one. I cannot believe I found 7 of them, but can only conjecture that because of where I live(community with lots of older folks) that maybe it should not be so unusual. None of the Buffalos will win any beauty or grading contests but I am happy with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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