@MrEureka said:
I remember being about 9 years old and in the lunch line at school. The kid in front of me paid for his lunch. I don't remember if I asked to look at his change or if he found it on his own. but he got a 39-D in change. I do remember trying to buy it from him, but he wouldn't sell. 50+ years in the hobby and that was the closest I ever came to finding something good in change. Anyway, tonight I'm thinking that if he had sold it to me, this could have been my thread. Dodged a bullet there!
World class grader and dealer or 39-D Nickel hoarder
@AUandAG said:
After thinking about this overnight, I realize that the reason I have so many nickels is that when I was a kid a nickel was a lot of money. It had value.
bob
I was thinking about that yesterday.
We had a neighborhood hardware store that offered to pay 5 cents for empty plastic bleach jugs. They sold kerosene in them. Can you imaging the law suits today?
I was always on the lookout for those jugs. In 1963 that nickel bought me a nice pack of Topps baseball cards ! With gum !
@AUandAG said:
After thinking about this overnight, I realize that the reason I have so many nickels is that when I was a kid a nickel was a lot of money. It had value.
bob
I was thinking about that yesterday.
We had a neighborhood hardware store that offered to pay 5 cents for empty plastic bleach jugs. They sold kerosene in them. Can you imaging the law suits today?
I was always on the lookout for those jugs. In 1963 that nickel bought me a nice pack of Topps baseball cards ! With gum !
@santinidollar said:
Ruin a bank branch’s day. Take them in and say you want one dollar bills.
Bank would actually probably appreciate the glut of coinage rn. At least the ones I’ve spoken to are having trouble servicing business requests for coins.
On that batch of '39's, you really should look for a DDR . One of the few decent circ finds I ever had.
It brought more than a nickel, but who else remembers collecting old newspapers ?
I was thrilled when my dad bought a station wagon. My brother and I would go through the neighborhood with a wagon and people were happy to clean out the basement a little bit. We would get that station wagon packed and I remember it bringing between three and four dollars.....That was an obscene amount of money at the time.
You have the only risk free investment I can think of. Will never be worth less than 5c each and could be worth more as either metal content or numismatic value.
In the mid 60s, a Hershey bar cost a nickel. A similar bar is priced at 88 cents on the Walmart website. Maybe holding onto that nickel for 50+ years wasn't a good idea, after all.
In the mid 60s, a Hershey bar cost a nickel. A similar bar is priced at 88 cents on the Walmart website. Maybe holding onto that nickel for 50+ years wasn't a good idea, after all.
They could go up in value as a collectible coin (ditto the Roosevelt dime and Washington quarter) if the current protests of all things politically incorrect succeed in removing TJ, FDR and GW from the nickel, dime and quarter.
TJ and GW owned slaves and FDR interned Japanese citizens during WWII. Cannot go along with that, so remove the from our coinage (and currency).
I found every date but the 50-D and 58-P in circulation when I was a kid. I eventually came across a 58-P around 1990, but never pulled a 50-D out of circulation.
I started collecting coins in middle school in 1987 when I found a silver nickel in my change. I've been pulling pre-1960 nickels ever since. While I don't have as many as @wrighty, I too have "the sickness."
Always looking for attractive rim toned Morgan and Peace dollars in PCGS or (older) ANA/ANACS holders!
"Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."
In the mid 60s, a Hershey bar cost a nickel. A similar bar is priced at 88 cents on the Walmart website. Maybe holding onto that nickel for 50+ years wasn't a good idea, after all.
1) who buys single Hershey bars on the internet?
2) I'll bet the nickel aged better than the candy bar would have.
@JBK said:
1) who buys single Hershey bars on the internet?
I give up- who? The point of my post, of course, was to identify a value to use as a comparison, not to discuss where an item might be bought.
@JBK said:
2) I'll bet the nickel aged better than the candy bar would have.
I'll bet it did, too. But again, beside the point. Which is- even though a nickel won't be worth less than five cents fifty years from now, what you can buy with it doesn't remain constant over the years.
In the mid 60s, a Hershey bar cost a nickel. A similar bar is priced at 88 cents on the Walmart website. Maybe holding onto that nickel for 50+ years wasn't a good idea, after all.
The price of the Hershey bar (and most other nickel candy bars) was raised to ten cents in about January, 1966. I recall the change in price at the machines in my college dorm at the time.
In the mid 60s, a Hershey bar cost a nickel. A similar bar is priced at 88 cents on the Walmart website. Maybe holding onto that nickel for 50+ years wasn't a good idea, after all.
Remember Chunky,Butternut,Heath bars?
Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
@BLUEJAYWAY said:
Surprised no one has mentioned he search for the 54 S/D and 55 D/S varieties.
I never looked for them. I never was aware of them until they were listed in the Redbook but was pleasantly surprised when I had a 54 S/D in my Whitman folder set.
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That could buy a pretty decent rare coin
Latin American Collection
World class grader and dealer or 39-D Nickel hoarder
Latin American Collection
I was thinking about that yesterday.
We had a neighborhood hardware store that offered to pay 5 cents for empty plastic bleach jugs. They sold kerosene in them. Can you imaging the law suits today?
I was always on the lookout for those jugs. In 1963 that nickel bought me a nice pack of Topps baseball cards ! With gum !
How many garages or basements did you clean out for the coke bottles you could take to the store and redeem? I did that quite a few times!
Yer the nickel guy here!
We got a penny guy too, has barrels of wheaties in his garage next to his Ferrari
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
It was awesome when you came across a bottle someone tossed. 3 cents and they added up (if your big brother didn't swipe them).
bob
After fees and time spent, along with the random bad buyer I’d venture not
We'll have to agree to disagree then.
Bank would actually probably appreciate the glut of coinage rn. At least the ones I’ve spoken to are having trouble servicing business requests for coins.
On that batch of '39's, you really should look for a DDR . One of the few decent circ finds I ever had.
It brought more than a nickel, but who else remembers collecting old newspapers ?
I was thrilled when my dad bought a station wagon. My brother and I would go through the neighborhood with a wagon and people were happy to clean out the basement a little bit. We would get that station wagon packed and I remember it bringing between three and four dollars.....That was an obscene amount of money at the time.
You have the only risk free investment I can think of. Will never be worth less than 5c each and could be worth more as either metal content or numismatic value.
Inflation = Risk
In the mid 60s, a Hershey bar cost a nickel. A similar bar is priced at 88 cents on the Walmart website. Maybe holding onto that nickel for 50+ years wasn't a good idea, after all.
Hmmm....should he have exchanged them for hershey bars back then?
That's probably not a good idea, either.
Blacks held slaves too
I never realized that the 39-D was so tough to find
I found every date but the 50-D and 58-P in circulation when I was a kid. I eventually came across a 58-P around 1990, but never pulled a 50-D out of circulation.
I figured 58-P would be easy
Not on the west coast, I guess.
edited to add... I didn't find a 58-P Washington until the late 90's either.
It’s a blessing.............and a curse.
My War Nickels https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/nickels/jefferson-nickels-specialty-sets/jefferson-nickels-fs-basic-war-set-circulation-strikes-1942-1945/publishedset/94452
I started collecting coins in middle school in 1987 when I found a silver nickel in my change. I've been pulling pre-1960 nickels ever since. While I don't have as many as @wrighty, I too have "the sickness."
"Bongo hurtles along the rain soaked highway of life on underinflated bald retread tires."
~Wayne
1) who buys single Hershey bars on the internet?
2) I'll bet the nickel aged better than the candy bar would have.
I give up- who?
The point of my post, of course, was to identify a value to use as a comparison, not to discuss where an item might be bought.
I'll bet it did, too. But again, beside the point. Which is- even though a nickel won't be worth less than five cents fifty years from now, what you can buy with it doesn't remain constant over the years.
keeping coins that have no premiums is definitely different, if you sell them your floor boards will thank you
Very tough circ find.
Been that way ever since I started looking through coins in the late 60s.
The price of the Hershey bar (and most other nickel candy bars) was raised to ten cents in about January, 1966. I recall the change in price at the machines in my college dorm at the time.
Remember Chunky,Butternut,Heath bars?
Surprised no one has mentioned he search for the 54 S/D and 55 D/S varieties.
Kehooool
Steve
I never looked for them. I never was aware of them until they were listed in the Redbook but was pleasantly surprised when I had a 54 S/D in my Whitman folder set.