Saor Alba Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Today I could only find $20 worth of nickels at an out of town bank. I thought, oh great, I am going to get skunked with nothing but maybe a couple of 1950s Jeffs and that was it. On the 5th roll I opened up, halfway through, a 1910 Liberty in AG-3. Roll # 7 had a dateless Buffer. Roll #8 had a 1903 Liberty. Also got a 1939 a 1941, a 1954 and a 1958 to round out the finds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Treasure in that roll! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Finn235 Posted August 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 Just figured I'd share this http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=92197 Some people have all the luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 4, 2011 Report Share Posted August 4, 2011 I have two boxes on my dining room table, one done and one to go - so far a 1923 Buffer and a 43-P war baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Busy week for me, searched 7 boxes all total - found 2 Liberties : 1903 and 1910; three buffers : dateless, 1923 and 1936; four silver war nickels : 1943-P X3 1943-S. And a couple of dozen 1939s, several hundred 1940's and even more 1950s. The rares were the 1923 and a couple of 1950 Phillies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Damn,I need to get in the game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted August 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 New box just in... Near-dateless buffalo (90% sure it's a '23) 1940 x 2 1940-S 1941 x 3 1946 x 2 1948 x 2 1949-D 1951-D 1952 x 2 1952-S 1954-D x 2 1955-D x 2 1956 x 2 1956-D x 2 1957-D x 3 1958 (XF-AU with 4-5 full steps; low mintage to boot) 1958-D 1959 1959-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 Finn - do you save the '68-70 S mints? I save all S mints, best so far is the 38-S. BTW on Friday I found a really super nice 1936 Buffalo. And another '43-P war baby. And two proof halves, 8 40% and 15 Ike dollars. I am now paying visits to branches of my one bank in lesser known off the beaten path environs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted August 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 I used to keep them, but they are just too darn common. I saved up an entire roll of '70-S just for the heck of it and then spent it. I will keep them if they have a nice luster and are in nice condition or have visible steps. I agree that I am fond of the S mint (although mostly for aesthetic reasons), but truthfully, the last coin to see mintages under 100,000,000 was (excluding the '09 coins) the '68-D with 91M. IMO, coins made after that are simply not worth keeping in circulated grades. Also, good finds on the halves! Proofs are some of my favorite coins to find in circulation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 15, 2011 Report Share Posted August 15, 2011 Visiting some out of town branches on a trip tomorrow. These small town branches like to see me coming, you'd be amazed how glad they are to get rid of the accumulated coins that pile up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Monday I went through $512 worth of nickels from six different banks. I found a total of three silver, a '43-S, a '44-D and a '45-P. A dozen or so 38s and 39s. About a hundred in the 1940s, about 150 1950s and lots of S mints from 40-S on up to 1970. No buffers. Today only $64 worth from a bank I hadn't been to before. No silver, on 1939, a dozen or so in the 1940's a couple of dozen in the fifties and 6-7 S mints. But there was a well worn T1 Buffer - most definitely a 1913 - the only one I have gotten of the mound variety from the first year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted August 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 New one from my work... A 1940 with SIX full steps! A few small spots on the reverse and lightly toned, but I couldn't find any contact marks on the coin! Pics later. Also, found Virgin Islands and Glacier NP quarters! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 Searched $442 worth of nickels today, turned up two dateless buffers, six silver war nickels including one that looks like it was chrome plated, lots of 40s and 50s dated coins and the usual bunch of S mints. And a blank die for something thinner than a nickel, and a Korean 50 won dated 1994. Did I mention that I really like finding $15 worth of silver? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 23, 2011 Report Share Posted August 23, 2011 Ok... this weekend, I WILL get some coins from the bank. Even though its a brand new bank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted August 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Finished a new box today: 1936-D Buffalo (first with a clear date in a LONG time) 1939 x 2 1941 x 5 1943-P silver 1946 x 2 1947 1947-D 1948 x 2 1952 1953 x 2 1953-D 1954-D x 3 (one is AU/BU) 1957-D 1958-D 1960 BU (Gold toned, but no steps; probably the jetsam of a collection upgrade) 1963 BU (In the same roll, again probably the same) 1964 AU 2 Canadians: 1989, 1999 Also, from my work a few days ago: a '05-P Ocean nickel that appears to be a "struck through" error. Legend and date are missing, but the rest of the coin is sharp. And as promised, here is the '40 nickel I foun a few days ago: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 The '40 is sweet, isn't it fun finding stuff in great condition that is 70+ years old? I did four boxes on Monday, took two days break then did two more today. I have accounts with lots of credit unions and banks, and they have lots of branches. So far this week, one dateless Buffer, and four silvers - three of them came from the box from Shangri-La, it had lots of good 1940's and 1950's era coins in the rolls. Including some sweet early S mints. I think about half of my Buffers, about 25 or so?, have dates. Earliest dated is a 1923, several from 1934-7, and then the sweet '38-D. One I found last week is dateless, but has the T1 mound on it from 1913. About the silvers, one of the ones I found last week, a '43-S was chrome plated - obviously someone having fun later on. I have found one that is in EF and not toned, the rest are fairly dark and heavily circulated. I like them because I have more luck finding silver in nickels than those flipping halves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Oh, I almost forgot - my weirdest finds today were a bi-metallic Mexican Peso from 1994, and an Iceland Krona from 1984. I am noticing more and more Canadian five cent coins slipping through into the rolls - unusual because the ones before 1982, and after 2000 are magnetic and should have been rejected by the coin machines. I don't mind finding the pre-1982's as they are worth 10c melt now, and I have found as early as 1942. I have a complete set of QEII and with the exception of the Tombac coins of 1942-3, a near complete set of GVI coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 You guys are making me drool again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 George, there is a cure - go to your bank and buy nickels. I am finding in the rural banks they actually really like to see you coming as they wanna get rid of accumulations that are hogging vault space. And funnily enough I am finding out where some favourite tellers got exiled to - just yesterday I walked into a small branch in a little village and was greeted by my first name - yup, they know me there too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 If I can only remember to do this next time I pass by my banks... Unfortunately, they are newer banks in newer areas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 If I can only remember to do this next time I pass by my banks... Unfortunately, they are newer banks in newer areas... No problem, new banks often accumulate old money. Frankly I like the new Fed wrapped rolls, tend to be where I find more Buffaloes and Silver nickels than hand wrapped rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Was about to walk into the bank today but I was too smelly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Yesterday was a bumper day for nickel rolls. In one bank branch, not very friendly BTW, they only sold me $10 - but one of the rolls had a dateless Buffer. Then I went out to where I used to live and visited them, bought a box that had lots of old codgers residing in it. That '42-S silver was a nice bonus. But my absolute sexiest find was the '39-D, now why would that be an exciting find? Hmm second lowest mintage of the whole series, just under the '50-D and a sweet $10 in it's VF-20 grade. One of my commercial banks I have a deal with that I take their cents, this time $10 worth, about 1/3 were copperheads and 10 of them were old codgers that got retired to my home for wayward wheaties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 That's the nice thing about circulation finds - you can never lose value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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