What to do with all these nickels?

[bnicholas26]

I'm sure there are plenty people here who love to search nickels, as do I. You can find lots of different stuff. However, I got about...4 rolls of 1940's and 50's nickels and know that I LOSE money if they go on ebay. Craigslist isn't responding. They just aren't worth much but it's difficult to just cash them in. What would you do?

 

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[fistfulladirt]

I'VE KEPT MINE, HONESTLY, I DONT KNOW WHY!

 

[Farchaus2k]

I keep 'em too. Figure one day the kids of my kids might get some value out of them.

 

[mts]

Throw them in a box and keep them. They are not worth trying to sell right now. Some day your grandkids may be trying to fill a nickel book and you can donate them to the cause.

 

[MIhunter]

My advise when it comes to nickels

1) V nickels, buffs and war nickels, no expanation needed

2) 1938 PDS, 1939 PDS, 1942D, 1949S, 1950 PD, 1951DS, 1955 keep

3) All others dump

 

[Dok Holliday]

I keep 'em too. Figure one day the kids of my kids might get some value out of them.

Ditto

 

[Dodeskaden]

I ask myself this question all the time. I think it comes down to why you like coins, why you're a CRHer. When I find a nickel from the 40s or early 50s, I get the tiny sense of holding a small bit of history. So I assign a little significance to it that objectively isn't there, and I usually end up keeping it. But given that there's just too many to find, I raised my standards after a few months -- nickels have to be at least VF/EF to be keepers.
In 30 years, maybe I (or my kid) will have some rolls of nickels that are worth about $2.10 apiece, but they'll be, well, cool to have. That's either completely meaningless or enough of a reason on its own to store them, depending on why you're a CRHer.

 

[GMan00001]

Each to their own. Personally, I've been keeping 'em all. Are they worth much? Most probably are not, but I figure some day I'll probably try sell them in grab bags of mixed date/mixed condition pre-1960 nickels or something like that and see what I can get for them. For now I can afford to just hold them, so I do.

 

[FingerGrime]

Unless you are running out of CRHing funds, I would keep them.
Also, I would add the 1958 P to that list of dates. They have a pretty low mintage.

 

[mts]

There is no reason in my mind not to keep them. If you throw them away you may some day regret it. If you keep them you can always throw them away later. Let's not forget that there are many, many CRH'ers who used to throw away 40% silver halves because they were "worthless". Those people are kicking themselves now. No, those nickels will never be worth a lot of money. But when nostalgia kicks in down the road you may be kicking yourself if you have thrown them away.

The older I get the more I regret.

 

[cooper36]

The older I get the more I regret.
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[bnicholas26]

Maybe I should've elaborated. I keep all nickels before 1960 that are under 50 million mintage. Then the 1959d etc. and all the high mintage nickels go in a separate bag. But I think you guys are right. It's not a big investment the keep and my little cousins might start a book some day. thanks.