Today's Nickels

[Rosco53]

Had 3 bags available, not a bad haul. 1943S, 1944P and these:

132nd Buffalo


Another coin from Panama


And another "squished" cent


Been finding these more often it seems, think I'm up to 20 or so now since I started. What do you all do with these? Kinda neat to find I think, seems like theres quite a lil niche for them in collectors. Onto my cent bags now! Happy Hunting Everyone!

 

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[Immy]

Nice one. What themes have you found?

Love squished pennies!

After finding enough of them I discovered this little booklet. Looks like volume 2 will be started shortly. Vegas, and most big cities, afford lots of opportunities to acquire these.

Used to trade with a gal on here years ago who was really into smashed cents.

 

[Uncleslick18]

I used to find a lot of the flattened pennies, haven’t found any recently though. My kids and I do as many as we can find when we go on vacation, they get a kick out of them.

Nice finds rosco

 

[Dozer D]

Immy: had an elderly gentleman who gave me a lot of old foreign & US coins, he also gave me an 1893 Colombian Expo squished cent., do these have any collectors value?

 

[Immy]

Immy: had an elderly gentleman who gave me a lot of old foreign & US coins, he also gave me an 1893 Colombian Expo squished cent., do these have any collectors value?

I believe the value depends on a few things (condition, etc) but most important seems to be the date of the coin used, if discernable. It seems a general rule is the rarer the date, the more you'll get for it.

Took a look at a few eBay auction final sales and garden variety squished pennies from the 1893 Expo can be in the $5-$10 range. Beware of modern restrikes though. They seem to be everywhere and don't fetch much, if anything.

 

[A2coins]

Nice job on the nickles it does take a lot of work
I've dug a few of those squished pennies