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Showing posts with label Nickel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nickel. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

1967 Nickel

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This was the last of no mint mark series from 1965-1967. The mint officials thought that hoarders were keeping to many coins so they decided...
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Monday, December 26, 2016

1905 Liberty Head Nickel

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My oldest find of 2016, I think. Plus my first Liberty Head Nickel I have shown on this blog. I found a few before but finally I have time t...
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Tuesday, October 06, 2015

1946 D Nickel

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Okay I am still here just busy. Found a bunch of coins but without Microsoft Excel on my new PC it has been tough tracking my coins. That as...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

2015-D Nickel

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Another new coin dated 2015. Nearly double the amount of Denver nickels are being made compared to Philadelphia ones. I am guessing the cold...
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

1945-P Wartime Silver Nickel

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Despite the ever lowering value of silver it is still a classic precious metal. I found another 35% silver nickel in my change and this is a...
Monday, February 09, 2015

NRA Counterstamped Nickel

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First counter-stamped nickel I found in my change. This nickel has NRA cut into the coin over the dome on Monticello on the back. Coun...
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Friday, January 23, 2015

1944-P Wartime Silver Nickel

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One of the more common silver nickels and I found two of the at one time. The pictures below are the best side of each coin. The bad sides h...
Monday, October 27, 2014

1964 Nickel

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It took almost a full year to find a 1964 nickel from Philly. Although over a billion were made and they made until 1966, with a 1964 date, ...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

1940-D Nickel

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The look of theses older nickels are so cool. They were pressed with extra pressure so when they get worn it leaves behind a nice silhouette...
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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

1937 Buffalo Nickel

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This is a prime example of environmental damage. It must have been dug up by a metal detector user.   The red and green damage gives i...
Monday, September 22, 2014

1927 Buffalo Nickel

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Finally found a buffalo nickel in my change that had a readable date. It has been over two years since I found another one like it. Th...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

1970-S Nickel

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My coin collecting rule is usually just anything that is odd, 50+ year old, non-U.S., or brand new. This is an exception because it has an S...
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Sunday, September 07, 2014

1963-D Nickel

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I have that arbitrary 50 year or older coin rule. That means in a few months I will showcase 1965 coins, all of which are as common as this ...
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Friday, September 05, 2014

1942 Nickel

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Not the silver version but the plain old copper-nickel one. Because of WWII they stopped making this copper-nickel version of the coin. Nick...
Thursday, September 04, 2014

1947 Nickel

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One of many older nickels I have found. Since I am actually looking for them again it seems easier to find them. I am still not keeping any ...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

1946 Nickel

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Prewar composition returned with this nickel. From 1942 to 1945 they made nickels out of silver and other metals. 1946 was the first time si...
Wednesday, August 20, 2014

1948-D Nickel

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Finally found all three minted 1948 nickels, again.Yes I found most of these common coins in my change decades ago but I decided to start ag...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

1951 Nickel

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Still surprisingly easy to find older nickels. I have been finding nickels in my change that are 50 years or older.  1951 had a small mi...
Saturday, August 16, 2014

1948-S Nickel

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There are about 200 different U.S. nickels you can reasonably find in your change and I think I posted about 50 of them. That is 25% to the ...
Thursday, August 07, 2014

2014-D Nickel

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Still using nickels and cents to get rid of them since I spent the first six months of 2014 using just dollars. I did this to get the most c...