is anything up with monticello nickels?

coinman420

i have some mint boxes of monticello nickels on ebay and a member messeges me asking if the stamp on the box was weak and hard to read. my auction states production date 01/25/06 and he said he was collecting this date and was very interested in the stamp, wanted me to send a pic of it. is there some error or something? when i first got them i opened 1 box and most would grade AU. i thought Dick Cheney took them hunting before the mint released them....... anyways, i didn`t open any other boxes and decided to sell `em on fleabay. any ideas why he is so interested in how the stamp looks??? thanks

DickyBetz

For some wierd reason people think that the earlier the date stamp is the better the coins will be. When in fact it doesnt matter because thousands of dies are used to strike the coins and there will always be good ones and bad ones from any given date. Just humor him and show him the date. He might bid higher.

cladking

It might be a good idea to check the opened box very carefully for varieties before selling the others intact.

FullStepJeffs

My dates are earlier than yours are... nah nah, nah nah, naaaaaahhh... naaaaaahhh

I finally cracked one of the boxes of coins open yesterday... I was very pleased with what I found. The other 19 will still be in the sealed boxes when I think about selling them in another 20 - 40 years.

Steve

coinman420

<< <i>It might be a good idea to check the opened box very carefully for varieties before selling the others intact. >>



i did notice the first time through them there is a mark just to the left of monticello on about 1/3 of the roll, to me it looks like a scrape from a machine, not some type of error. nearly every coin has dings on portrait, fields and steps. best out of the first box is maybe ms64. i wanted to open more but held off. anyways, if somebody wants them bad it makes me want to keep `em