93 War Nickels! Huge pre-60 hoard

[goldencoin]

Hello, got $185 in dimes $60 in nickels (wish I had enough to them them all). The dimes gave me 3 silvers (50, 64, 64d). Nickels were uneventful, until I hit the mother load. 10 rolls almost solid pre-60! It took 2 hours to sort all the dates. I got lots of 38's, but not the 30 d I needed. Then I got a 39 d and s, my seconds of each . I got bunches of 48 and 49 s, semi-key. I got 3 1950's, but no d for my album. However, I got my first 55, then another 1 for my album! I just need those last 2.

I also got 2 1940 large S, and a 1954 S over D...just like the one in the pic

On the war nickel front, I got 93. Some rolls were solid with them.

HH
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[Immy]

Congrats on the nickel hoard of the year so far. This'll defeintely be hard to top.

Confused about the 1940 Large S. Do you mean 1941?

 

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[alabamadan]

Imagine the quarters, halves and large dollars? Who knows...might have just rolled morgans and turned them in.

 

[quick-silver]

WOW! What a find! congrats!

 

[goldencoin]

Imagine the quarters, halves and large dollars? Who knows...might have just rolled morgans and turned them in.

I did get halfs, 4 out of 5 dollars 40%'s, no large dollars, and I will get every cent next time i'm in.

Congrats on the nickel hoard of the year so far. This'll defeintely be hard to top.

Confused about the 1940 Large S. Do you mean 1941?

Yep, 1941

90 war nickles?....that has to be the biggest hoard of war nickles i've ever heard of.....good contender for the end of year awards....good luck and go back and empty that bank of coin....i'm sure there's more to come

that's nothing, I once got 173 war nickels in 8 rolls http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213360.0.html

That's awesome! What was the war nickel date/mint breakdown?

I was just telling a colleague that hardly any nickel hoards show up too!

Brian

date p d s
42 10 9
43 19 4
44 19 7 2
45 14 5 4

Thanks

HH
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[ugotit22]

wow thats crazy amounts

 

[treasurefiend]

Awesome score!!!!

 

[klava]

Since i cant say anything that hasnt been said before i will just say Ditto 26 times lol. Nickels are my favorite to search. Im not quite sure why but i love them. Its awesome to see such a great score. Congrats!

 

[mistergee]

that's nothing, I once got 173 war nickels in 8 rolls

i didn't remember that one even though i replied to it

 

[golden silver]

You now officially hold The War Nickel Crown. Way to go!!! Awesome.

Golden Silver

 

[timbobwey]

nice haul!! I got pretty lucky with the nickels last week.... not that lucky.. got a 1955 p and a 1950 d and 1 war.. 16 rolls all 59 and earlier.

 

[timbobwey]

might I ask why everyone says to keep all nickels from 60 and earlier?? I see keeping some of the years, the rare ones.. but I don't see why you would want to keep all of them. Most of them aren't worth much. I cashed all of the ones I didn't want back in to the bank. but I kept all the rare dates, and dates I didn't have for my collection.

 

[Immy]

might I ask why everyone says to keep all nickels from 60 and earlier?? I see keeping some of the years, the rare ones.. but I don't see why you would want to keep all of them. Most of them aren't worth much. I cashed all of the ones I didn't want back in to the bank. but I kept all the rare dates, and dates I didn't have for my collection.

This question pops up every now and then. There's really no reason beyond people's personal taste. Pre-1960 nickels represent that last era of low mintages (less than 100 million, generally) so when nickels these days are minted in the billions, the earlier years are less common and therefore more desirable. But to many collecting it isn't always about the monetary value. We collect what we like, despite its value. I save any coin with a hole in it but I know I won't retire on their value. It's just fun!

 

[timbobwey]

cool, i was just wondering if people did it for value.. thanks

 

[Immy]

cool, i was just wondering if people did it for value.. thanks

No prob!

BTW, I only saved pre-1960 nickels to the point where I put together one roll of each. I don't save 'em anymore them unless they're the rare ones (under 10 million mintage).

 

[goldencoin]

I only kept about a roll of semi key dates (48 s and 49 s) with mintages at about 10 million, the rest I cashed with a teller who told me she had a husband who collected coins

HH
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[Bank Runner]

Great Nickel Hoard!