Just joined and searched my change jar.....

[Guns Blazing]

I looked through about $80-$100 worth of change and found.
1 1940 nickel
1 1957 nickel
2 1958 nickels
9 1964 nickels
3 bicentennial quarters
3 wheat pennies

I have a few questions..
Are the 1964 nickles anything special?
and do you guys keep bicentennial quarters?

Also i found a weird penny and i wanted to know if this is a joke or what?
I tried scratching the silver off with a knife and it didn't scratch..













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[Thorne]

The 64 nickel is probably the most common. Billions minted. They minted so many due to the fact that silver was rising in price so they minted less dimes and quarters and way more nickels.

 

[billionaire]

Dont scratch the penny it might be a 43 steel cant see pictures right now

 

[pong12211]

I know how you feel.. When my buddy got me into this I had always saved my change i had around $1500 in my gunsafe.. So I decided to go through it I found a pile of 64 nickles I thought I had hit the mother load LOL.. Joke was on me when he stopped by and asked what I had found.. I was little disapointed and embaressed to say the least.. But I did manage a 1956 dime.. Keep looking and good luck..

 

[Guns Blazing]

So toss out the 64's? but keep the ones pre 1960?

The penny only has one side that is silver colored

 

[red89]

So toss out the 64's? but keep the ones pre 1960?

The penny only has one side that is silver colored

Pre 60 nicks aren't worth much, other than the key/semi-key dates. Most people toss them back. I save them simply for the fact that I use them as a "savings account." I fill up a jar with them, and once it is full I'll reroll them and dump them at a bank or sell them at face value to friends or family who collect coins. With the money I save doing this I go out and buy some silver with it. A lot of people save them just because they are a lot older than most circulating coins, and a few people hold on to them in hopes of the numismatic value increasing over the years.

Rule #1 of C.R.H. (in my opinion). Keep whatever you are interested in. If you like a type of coin and can get it at face value, then why not keep it?

 

[Guns Blazing]

I suppose ill keep them, but the 1940 contains silver or is rare right?

 

[Thorne]

One roll of pre 1960 nickels sold on eBay for 10$ and 5 rolls sold for 20$ so if you can get some bidders you can get a profit for rolls of pre1960. I save them have about a rolls worth. Its only 2$ to save a roll not bank breaking in my opinion

 

[red89]

I suppose ill keep them, but the 1940 contains silver or is rare right?

key dates (off the top of my head) for jefferson nickels are 1938d and s, 1939d and s, 1950d
silver dates 1942 (only P and S mint marks) and 1943 - 1945. 35% silver.

 

[GrizLeeBear]

Back in the seventies it was a safe bar bet for beers that someone would have a 1964 nickle in their pocket. Got a lot of free beers that way.

 

[fistfulladirt]

I'm down to keeping only the pre '40 nickels (still not too sure why). Shoot, I'm also one that throws dateless buffalos back into circulation. I've listed a lot of that stuff on C'list before, and have only found people that will "take them for free"

 

[Guns Blazing]

Thank you for the information, I have so much to learn!
What do you guys think of that penny? see anything like it before?

 

[Wilmingtonsilver]

No to silver being in the 40 nick. the penny looks like someone painted it. I didn't see anything in your list to keep. Sorry.

 

[Keppy]

My self i am not a collector i only like silver and i sell it........ But if i find a coin worth some $$$ that collector's like i don't keep it i sell it....... As far as the coins you have they are just plain coins to me worth only face..sorry to have to say that...

 

[Guns Blazing]

I gotta keep looking ha
Thanks for the info guys!

 

[sack0silver]

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this might be useful to you

 

[cheeple]

Keep ALL your nickles, they're currently worth .07 in melt value at the very least, infact one hedge fund manager bought 20 Million Nickles Instant Profit......here's the article: Kyle Bass's Nickel Collection

 

[fistfulladirt]

Keep ALL your nickles, they're currently worth .07 in melt value at the very least, infact one hedge fund manager bought 20 Million Nickles Instant Profit......here's the article: Kyle Bass's Nickel Collection

How would one profit instantly if there's a melt ban on nickels?

 

[tlowery04]

same way they do with pennies, sell them as certified bullion. you know exactly what the metal content is of each unit without the needless conglomeration melting brings.


oh and on the coin, its a science experiment having to do with copper. I remember we did it in like 7th or 8th grade.

 

[mercury1]

How would one profit instantly if there's a melt ban on nickels?

Just got to find a buyer. Be tough right now but it's still the Obama economy so down the road, after they start making nickels out of plastic, it might work. Myself though I would rather save cents.