Saor Alba Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 That's the nice thing about circulation finds - you can never lose value. Will you ever ever get bitten by the bug? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 I've been bitten for half my life! I just never follow through. IF I get to the bank, I don't ask for enough rolls and used to only get the penny rolls. IF I set aside time to search them, I get too gung ho and search for varieties on coppercoins.com. IF I find aything I lose track of it too fast. IF I search them all, I forget to turn them in for cash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted August 31, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 New from my work yesterday.... TWO war nickels, a '44-P and a '45-P! I searched through multiple tills to find them, but only the equivalent of 4-5 rolls. Considering these seem to be only 1 in 2,000-2,500 coins, I would say that is a darn lucky day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted August 31, 2011 Report Share Posted August 31, 2011 New from my work yesterday.... TWO war nickels, a '44-P and a '45-P! I searched through multiple tills to find them, but only the equivalent of 4-5 rolls. Considering these seem to be only 1 in 2,000-2,500 coins, I would say that is a darn lucky day! Great going! Keep looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Have my order of $400 coming in tomorrow - first nicks searched since last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Yesterday went through the $400 from one bank, and $50 from the other one. Found three war babies, two Buffers - the dateless one has an S and the usual loads of 30s, 40s and 50's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted September 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 New box: Dateless buffalo 1941 x 4 1941-D 1941-S 1942-P silver 1944-P silver 1946 x 2 1948 x 2 1952-S 1953 1956 1956-D 1957-D 1958-D x 2 1959-D x 2 1964 BU 1965 BU 1967 BU That makes 26 silvers and 14 buffalos! Also, on an unrelated note, I discovered that one of the dateless buffalos in my collection is indeed an S-mint! I stared at it for a good few minutes, but I just can't make out a date. I have read that using a very small amount of vinegar is a viable solution for discovering the date on a coin with relatively little numismatic value in its dateless form. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 I haven't heard about vinegar, but have heard if you heat the coin up in an oven you might be able to discern the date. I just don't care for baking and destroying coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted September 9, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 I hereby rescind everything I said about customer-wrapped rolls in the past. My usual bank was out of nickels that I haven't already searched through, so I visited a branch a few minutes further down the road. They did not have sealed boxes, but were willing to give me $100 of whatever they had lying around. What I got was a smattering of at least 7 distinct types of wrappers, including two machine-wrapped Dunbar rolls. The first several rolls were a disappointment, and I figured I had hit my only find of the batch when I found a '44-P war nickel. I was wrong. I received four ENTIRE rolls of what had obviously been someone's collection: a smattering of almost every date and mint mark from 1938-1959, with the vast majority being 40's and early 50s. I didn't keep the collection rolls separate, but here is the total count: 1938 x 2 1939 x 6 1940 x 6 1940-D x 4 1940-S x 3 1941 x 15 1941-D x 2 1941-S x 4 1942 x 2 1943-S silver 1944-P silver 1946 x 9 1946-D x 2 1946-S x 3 1947 x 2 1947-S x 2 1948 x 4 1948-D 1948-S x 2 1949 x 2 1949-D x 6 1951 x 7 1951-D x 4 1952 x 7 (one is XF) 1952-D x 6 1952-S x 2 1953-D x 5 1953-S (Hole filler!) 1954 x 3 1954-D x 4 1954-S x 3 1955 (Rare!) 1955-D x 3 1956 x 5 1956-D x 3 1957 x 2 1957-D x 3 1958 1958-D x 5 1959 1959-D x 4 1960 AU x 2 1960-D AU 1962 BU 1963 BU x 7 (all are gold-toned) 1963-D BU The rest of the rolls contained a surprising number of BU later-date nickels. Both war nickels were found outside of the dumped collection. Miscellaneous: 1968 Canadian 1985 Canadian 2005 Bahamas 1975-D nickel with hole drilled in it... it used to be part of a necklace or something (part of dumped collection) 1978-D penny (A bonus! That roll contained $2.01!) So, despite the complete lack of buffalos this time around, I would say this has been the best hunt to date! Interestingly, the dumped collection had several stray coins that appeared to be pocket change. I have a hunch that those rolls had already been searched by someone who kept only the key dates and silvers, unless the original owner just had a few extra nickels to throw in for the fun of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 Very nice find. I hope you continue to have this type of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted September 9, 2011 Report Share Posted September 9, 2011 From experience hand wrapped rolls almost never have Buffers, but I have found them. But war babies are actually more likely. Lately the only rolls I won't buy are ones I know I have searched - I mark them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Saor Alba Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 I haven't counted the Buffs and the Libs, but I recently passed the 80 coin mark for silver war nickels. I have literally thousands of 1940s, 1950's and S minted coins. Oldest find since March has been an '03 Liberty, best find value wise is the 39-D. BTW have many dozens of foreign coins, ie British 20p coins, Bahamian, Bermudan etc. Lots of cool Canadians too, back to 1930 so far. Lately I am taking a break from most of my banking institutional sources because I have sort of depleted their stocks for awhile. I have source that has a bus company depositor that I am still searching coins from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 WHOOOOAAAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted December 2, 2011 Report Share Posted December 2, 2011 A bumper week for me, so far 12 War babies, and three buffers. One of the buffers was from a hand wrapped roll. So far they are 1929, 1934, and 1936. Also found a couple of off centered nickels, and two 1939-S which is a semi-key date. I have gone through $700 worth so far, and will probably get another $50 tomorrow. I sincerely appreciate these tellers ordering up all these boxes and bags for me, I loath hearing people complain about bank tellers because I seem to find a lot of great people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Yesterday I went through $440 in nickels, from five different source banks/financial institutions. I was sort of bummed that I only found one silver war nickel. And only one more Buffalo nickel, this a 1936 that was on the end of the roll - I noticed it just before I opened the roll. And the usual shtuff of 1940s and 1950s including a few of those infernal S mints that I hoard. Oh, I almost forgot in all the ho-hum of yesterdays and todays searches that I found this in a roll from the Credit Union last night: Yup, another Liberty nickel - my earliest nickel found so far, and a not so common date. Just wish it didn't have the gouge on the date. 117 years of circulation apparently with some long breaks before retirement to my nickel orphanage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 3, 2011 Report Share Posted December 3, 2011 Nice find. It is a shame about the gouge but it's still a great find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 I search $500-$800 a week lately. Been doing good on silvers, but Buffalos were getting scarcer than hen's teeth until I found a dateless this morning. But the best find of all was the FR-2 1890 Liberty. Just the outline of the Liberty and the date on the coin but a cool 122 year old find. Also found a Swiss 20 Rappen from 2008 in one of the rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted January 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Wow, it's been a long time since I've been on here. I was recently hired at a new job, and consequently haven't had much time for roll hunting, although I finally got around to cleaning off the piles of coins left over from my last box hunt. It was like doing a new hunt, only 100% of the coins were keepers! Here's what was gathering dust: 1938-D (VF) 1940-S 1946-S 1948-S 1954-S x 2 1943-P silver 2009-P I am a little short on time at the moment, since my fiance and I are preparing for our wedding in just 2 short months, but after we get settled in, I am going to resume hunting until I find those last 4 holes in my collection, and then I am probably going to retire from coin hunting. It's been very fun, and I just wanted to extend a thank you to all of you for your support and for posting all those goodies to keep me motivated during the dry spells Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 Congrats, Finn, on the new news! Glad to have you back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Congrats on the coming Wedding. Hope you are both very happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvargo Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 So I want to give this a shot. Question though.... I bank at a credit union, I am wondering what the best practice is: 1. Purchase a box of nickels/dimes at a branch, after searching deposit at same branch 2. Purhcase a box of nickels/dimes at a branch, after searching return to different branch 3. Purhcase a box of nickels/dimes at a branch, after searching return to a seperate bank/credit union Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted January 27, 2012 Report Share Posted January 27, 2012 #3 is your best option. I always attempt to do #4 which is purchase a box or bag from the bank and attempt to spend those that I don't need. I admit it's more difficult with nickels than with halfs or dollars. Good hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted January 28, 2012 Report Share Posted January 28, 2012 Just noticed ScottishMoney's V nick finds. Wowee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted June 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2012 Figured I'd revive this thread with a little bit of an update. I recently got the chance to go through my wife's grandfather's stash of coins, among which was included an entire coffee tin of nickels. Something on the order of $100+ dollars face value. I was told that they were all buffalo nickels, but after opening it up, I found that they were indeed only jefferson nickels. But I went through every last one of them anyway. Sadly, he seemed to be operating under the assumption that everything 1970 and earlier was silver; approximately 3/4 of the bucket was of the 1960-64 flavor. There were a healthy smattering of nickels from the 40's and 50's, and a very few S-mint coins. However, there were only five that were of any real interest: 1939-S 1942-P 1944-P 1949-S 1953-S Considering that these were out of approximately $100 worth of sorted nickels, this is abysmally poor. My best guess is that he either bought these at a garage sale, or already sold the valuable ones, and those five were somehow missed. Nevertheless, it was fun to go through a tin that (based on an occasional BU nickel from the early 70's) hasn't seen the light of day in at least 30 years. And, I am accumulating nickels to go through at some point when I have the time. I had no idea married life would be so busy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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