Breaking $36 worth of nickel rolls... what should I be looking for?

halomaster1

Ok I went to the bank today to pick up $36 worth of rolled nickels. I kinda just started collecting coins so I basically just started out looking for high graded oldies, '63 and under, and with the 'S' symbol. Any suggestions of what else to look for from 1939-now? Im sure there must be some specific years or symbols or a combo or errors or something to look for. PLMK guys. thanks!

halomaster1

anybody know? i only need a few things to check out, im bored so i wanna go thru em. thanks

granddad

Welcome. I put together 5 completes set 1938-2004 for my grandchildren doing that. Only had to buy 14 coins total. Out of almost 750 that isnt bad. The 1950-D is the key date. You also have the silver war nickels 1942-1945. The 38s and 39s with mint marks are hard to find too. Have fun!

Louis

halomaster1

thanks..... any other things to look for in the coin lot?

Wondo

<< <i>thanks..... any other things to look for in the coin lot? >>




720 nickels


Seriously, It will be interesting to see how many Canadian nickels you get. I always had trouble with the 1957 P and 1958 P when I did this. Good Luck.

halomaster1

I only got 1 canadian nickel out of the 720

not too bad

I got these dates:
1939
1943
1949
a bunch from the 50's and 60's
a SWEET '68 nickel that i think could easily be graded MS62 or MS63
and a couple of random dates with 'S' and a few with the overlapping metal, dont know what to call it lol

i still need help in what to look for, so ANY advice with these at all will be greatly appreciated. thanks

granddad

The 43-D is the hardest to find out of the 11 silver war nickels.

Louis

ksteelheader

Check the 39 for Doubled Monticello! The word "Monticello" will be doubled. You don't need a loupe to see it either....Ken

halomaster1

Thanks guys.... the 43 is a P mintmark and i will check if the 39 has the doubled monticello... thanks! any other random nickels, mintmarks, dates, etc. that are hard to find, PLMK. thanks

coinbuf

Keep an eye out for the 42-D(non war coin) for the D/S variety. Not very likely but look for it anyway.

Chris

Wondo

The last time I did this I got one of the counterfit 1945 nickels without the mintmark!

halomaster1

nope dont have it.... only got the 43 P and 49 from the 40's and thats it. i also got 1 30's (39). what else?

cladking

The '43-P appears as an overdate on occasion. Look for the bottom of the "2". There are
some similar looking ones caused by die breaks though and lots of the war 5c have laminations.

halomaster1

oh thank you i will do that

i also went on a site to look at the rarity and values of these coins from here:

http://www.bestcoin.com/jefferson-nickels-38-64.htm

tjkillian

Look for high-grade nickels in the 1920's from the branch mints. A single 1926-S in MS-66 would pay for the whole roll by itself.

Tom

halomaster1

no 1920's, earliest date i got was 1939

granddad

If you find a 1926-s Jefferson 5c, I will eat my cpu.

Louis

halomaster1

lol ill be sure to look for those from now on then

cdwegner

If you find a 1967 with full steps, you would be the first.

291fifth

You're about 40 years to late to find anything worthwhile in circulation. Don't waste your eyesight. Yes, I am serious.

cladking

<< <i>You're about 40 years to late to find anything worthwhile in circulation. Don't waste your eyesight. Yes, I am serious. >>



More like 45 years too late or 5 years too early.

cladking

There are four different types of the '72 and two of the '72-D. there are also eight different types of the
'82 and some of these are scarce in unc. When you consider that even the common '82's are pretty tough
in unc then that leaves extremely few coins for the scarce varieties. Like most of the modern varieties
they simply don't appear in mint sets (or in this case the souvenir sets). That means if you want one for
your collection you'll find them in circulation. Of course if you get lucky and find an XF that means that
there may be only a few hundred finer. In fact in some cases with moderns an XF can be preferable to
an unc. This is not too unlikely to '82 P or D nickels as these are often very poorly made.

The '72 varieties are a lot older so about the best you'll find is a VF. There's at least one RPM also ('80-D/D
if memory serves). There are so few people looking at these coins that most all of them are either still in
circulation getting increasingly thinner or have already been destroyed by fire, flood, loss and the myriad other
forces which erodes the numbers of coins in circulation.

halomaster1

anything else i should check for before i give these back and get another batch?

atarian

well id say lets look for any 40s D or S are good. 83P,D 84 P,D FS would be nice as well. any Clipped Platchets would be nice. 68S is hard for me to ever find. ( be on the look out for S nickels after 1969) i know its unlikely to find S nickels but in $500 in halves i got a 1985 S half so anything is possible.

richbeat

You might want to check out www.varietynickels.com.

halomaster1

thanks!