Is there any value in unsearched rolls of Jeff Nickels?

Unsearched? Ask cladking- he'll tell you that he knows what's in them.

@lkenefic said:

@MasonG said:
Unsearched? Ask cladking- he'll tell you that he knows what's in them.

Well, at least not searched by me... lol. I got these from my brother. He might have searched them back in the 60s.

The only way to know is to list them and try.

My guess is that with only 3 rolls, shipping will eliminate any premium.

@USSID18 said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@lkenefic said:

@MasonG said:
Unsearched? Ask cladking- he'll tell you that he knows what's in them.

Well, at least not searched by me... lol. I got these from my brother. He might have searched them back in the 60s.

The only way to know is to list them and try.

My guess is that with only 3 rolls, shipping will eliminate any premium.

Buyer pays for shipping.

Completely irrelevant. Do you think buyer's don't consider total cost?

If those rolls are worth $4 each, a buyer is not going to pay $4 each PLUS $8 shipping. They are going to want to pay $12 including shipping which is why they would, if that were the case, be unsaleable.

@oih82w8 said:
Put them up for auction with a .99 opening bid and be sure to indicate the shipping fee and see where that goes. Eventually, the bidder(s) will set the price.

Nuff said!

@USSID18 said:

@oih82w8 said:
Put them up for auction with a .99 opening bid and be sure to indicate the shipping fee and see where that goes. Eventually, the bidder(s) will set the price.

Nuff said!

And when they sell for 99 cents each, the OP will net 50 cents per roll on a $2 face value roll. That's WHY the OP asked if there were any premium.

@USSID18 said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@USSID18 said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@lkenefic said:

@MasonG said:
Unsearched? Ask cladking- he'll tell you that he knows what's in them.

Well, at least not searched by me... lol. I got these from my brother. He might have searched them back in the 60s.

The only way to know is to list them and try.

My guess is that with only 3 rolls, shipping will eliminate any premium.

Buyer pays for shipping.

Completely irrelevant. Do you think buyer's don't consider total cost?

If those rolls are worth $4 each, a buyer is not going to pay $4 each PLUS $8 shipping. They are going to want to pay $12 including shipping which is why they would, if that were the case, be unsaleable.

Are you kidding me? Most buyers on eBay (besides us) have no idea what they are worth. Start the bidding high or start the bidding low. Start a bidding war. The seller has nothing to lose.

That was a hypothetical price point.

As I said originally, the only way to find out is to list them. But, with only 3 rolls, shipping costs make it unlikely they will sell. Believe me, I know, I had hundreds of rolls of 1960s nickels that I tried to sell that way.

I'm not sure why you are arguing about this. I simply told the OP that the only way to know if they will sell us to list them. I added the experiential fact that shipping costs makes it unlikely to work for only 3 rolls. You need to get close to $6 per roll (including shipping costs) to make it equivalent to dumping them in a coinstar. That's just a fact.

@USSID18 said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@USSID18 said:

@oih82w8 said:
Put them up for auction with a .99 opening bid and be sure to indicate the shipping fee and see where that goes. Eventually, the bidder(s) will set the price.

Nuff said!

And when they sell for 99 cents each, the OP will net 50 cents per roll on a $2 face value roll. That's WHY the OP asked if there were any premium.

Fine, do it your way.

My way was to list them and see. But not at 99 cents and go. I would list them at $18 and go. Or, if you like $10 + $8 shipping and go.

By the way, I have thousands of a single Philippine note. As an experiment, I listed them two ways simultaneously $2.99 each with free shipping and 99 cents each + $1 flat rate shipping. I sold more than twice a many at 2.99 + free shipping. Even more interesting, i had more people buy multiples at $2.99 than the far cheaper 99 cents + $1 shipping ( and that was a flat $1 even if you bought 10).

The value comes from what could be inside. Unfortunately with Jefferson Nickels and not hiaving them all from a known year to know what's possible, I don't think anyone will pay a premium.

Last year I went through a case of nickels from the bank. 2000 nickels. There was nothing of interest.

@lkenefic said:

@MsMorrisine said:
searched and re-crimped

...so basically Coinstar?

I agree that these have been opened and searched before, by whom and for what is unknown. As they have been searched before I would put them on ebay at $20 a roll free shipping. If they don't sell I'd open them and search for a full step or ultra gem prospect, Coinstar the rest.

@jmlanzaf said:

@USSID18 said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@lkenefic said:

@MasonG said:
Unsearched? Ask cladking- he'll tell you that he knows what's in them.

Well, at least not searched by me... lol. I got these from my brother. He might have searched them back in the 60s.

The only way to know is to list them and try.

My guess is that with only 3 rolls, shipping will eliminate any premium.

Buyer pays for shipping.

Completely irrelevant. Do you think buyer's don't consider total cost?

If those rolls are worth $4 each, a buyer is not going to pay $4 each PLUS $8 shipping. They are going to want to pay $12 including shipping which is why they would, if that were the case, be unsaleable.

The '60 roll is very common and the only interest wo0uld be to search for Gems.

The '67 rolls have no demand and are worth $8 each anyway so you know they are tough rolls.

The problem is these rolls all look alike and there are rarely Gems. The few people who want them may be reluctant to buy because of postage. Unless it's easy to try to sell them it's probably not worth the effort. It might be wisest to either search them for Gems and varieties yourself or stash them for another few years. Or just spend them and never know.

@WinLoseWin said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@USSID18 said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@USSID18 said:

@oih82w8 said:
Put them up for auction with a .99 opening bid and be sure to indicate the shipping fee and see where that goes. Eventually, the bidder(s) will set the price.

Nuff said!

And when they sell for 99 cents each, the OP will net 50 cents per roll on a $2 face value roll. That's WHY the OP asked if there were any premium.

Fine, do it your way.

My way was to list them and see. But not at 99 cents and go. I would list them at $18 and go. Or, if you like $10 + $8 shipping and go.

By the way, I have thousands of a single Philippine note. As an experiment, I listed them two ways simultaneously $2.99 each with free shipping and 99 cents each + $1 flat rate shipping. I sold more than twice a many at 2.99 + free shipping. Even more interesting, i had more people buy multiples at $2.99 than the far cheaper 99 cents + $1 shipping ( and that was a flat $1 even if you bought 10).

Probably by those limiting their searches to Free Shipping. They "know" they are saving money that way. Some people just need to feel like they are getting a better deal without regard to reality. Similar to buyers who think auction Buyers Fees cost them extra money.

Once had a collector look at a not-rare raw coin I had net priced in my case and would not come down. They kept trying and finally passed. I sold it to another dealer at the same show for that price. The same collector bought it at the same show from that dealer when they came down from their by then higher price. They were sure they got a better deal than the one from me and said so. It was pointless to attempt mentioning anything to them other than something like "That's great".

Yes, exactly. There's a psychology to it, even though people think they are immune to marketing psychology.

I only mentioned it to those who thought it would be easier to sell them by charging the shipping separately. Their a $10 shipping charge on something and a certain percentage of people will ignore it completely.

@Coin Finder said:
Well, there might be war nickels in there those have some silver they’re probably worth $2.50 each if that matters to anybody

The mint made silver war nickels in 1960 and 1967?

@coinbuf said:

@Coin Finder said:
Well, there might be war nickels in there those have some silver they’re probably worth $2.50 each if that matters to anybody

The mint made silver war nickels in 1960 and 1967?

If there is one, it'll be very valuable.

I sold a group of unsearched penny and nickel rolls on the BST from the 60’s and probably lost money on the deal because I screwed up calculating the postage. There was very little interest and it was a royal PIA packing the rolls securely and then having to make a trip to the post office. I would have been better off spending them but hopefully I made the buyer happy.

If you did list them on Ebay, I would 100% not us the word unsearched with uncrimped ends looking like that. You are asking for trouble for very little monetary gain. You would probably get a SNAD and have to pay for return postage.

1960 had "bar' nickels I believe they were called. Excess metal from the top of the date to the rim. A minor flaw. Some other 60's dates had this flaw as well.

Save them now. They are worth 7.4 cents melt value.

@privatecoin said:
Save them now. They are worth 7.4 cents melt value.

I don't think you can yield that for them, even if you could melt them. Alloys need to be refined.

A nickel now is better than 7.4 cents 3 years from now.

@privatecoin said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@privatecoin said:
Save them now. They are worth 7.4 cents melt value.

I don't think you can yield that for them, even if you could melt them. Alloys need to be refined.

A nickel now is better than 7.4 cents 3 years from now.

Patience is a virtue.

Remember with how high inflation is, they could be very valuable as washers.

And compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world... and takes up less space.

@TallahasseeCoinClub said:
I have for at least two decades been stockpiling a huge cardboard box of unsearched (by me) rolls of Jefferson nickels. Someday when (if?!) I get top retire, I am going to find time to search through them.

So long as you understand that, by then, you won't be able to see the mintmark.

Ask me how I know.

@BLUEJAYWAY said:

@cladking said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:
1960 had "bar' nickels I believe they were called. Excess metal from the top of the date to the rim. A minor flaw. Some other 60's dates had this flaw as well.

Yes, these are mostly on the Denver issues. I've collected them since 1960 and have ~100 different mostly from circulation and some from singles and rolls. You can't imagine my surprise when Variety Vista listed them;

http://varietyvista.com/35 BAR Nickels/index.htm

Got some buried in my collection. Found roll searching way back when.

I knew they were kindda "popular" back in the '60's but had believed everyone forgot about them.

I've learned a lot about coin production and distribution from them. They are interesting.

@privatecoin said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@privatecoin said:

@jmlanzaf said:

@privatecoin said:
Save them now. They are worth 7.4 cents melt value.

I don't think you can yield that for them, even if you could melt them. Alloys need to be refined.

A nickel now is better than 7.4 cents 3 years from now.

Patience is a virtue.

Remember with how high inflation is, they could be very valuable as washers.

And compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world... and takes up less space.

When you're rich enough. Some of us can barely save a nickel at a time.

If you only have 3 nickels, ok. As soon as you have 3 rolls, start investing.

@TomB said:

@lkenefic said:

@MsMorrisine said:
searched and re-crimped

...so basically Coinstar?

Either that or @cladking.

Or leothelyon!