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$44 face (10 bwr and 12 CWR)
12 pre 1960
7 Canadian - all junk

NOTE: the very last roll turned out to be the best as it produced a WAR, a 1948 and a 1961 in showroom condition. I rarely mention post 1960 nickels - they have to be MS quality.

I save 60-62p, 68 d, 2009.. As they are less than 100 mil.

About a month ago, I did a BOX STUDY, meaning that I buy a full box of nickels and tabulate expanded details. This was a LOOMIS box from a bank less than two miles from my house. Keep in mind that there are exactly 2000 coins in the box. Out of 2000,

Pre 1980 - 240 (exactly 6 rolls worth)
Pre 1970 - 119
Pre 1960 - 33
Pre 1950 - 19
Pre 1940 - 3

Here's a more detailed breakdown of the p 1960
1954-59. 14
1950-53. ZERO
1940-49. 16 inc. one WAR
1939 2
1938. 1

Final comment: out of 2000 nickels, only 8 "S" mints

Went to a local bank three days in a row - Tuesday, yesterday and today, purchasing 20 rolls of nickels each day. First 20 rolls were CWR, the rest were bwr. Therefore, a $120 sort:

32 pre 1960 including a 1905 Liberty!!!!!
11 CAD inc three .999 nickels. Most of the Canadian were in the CWR's.

I basically continue to average roughly one pre 1960 for every two rolls.

Big time three day sort last week (Wed - Friday), but with rather small results:
$236 face. (108 CWR & 10 bwr)

Only 39 pre 1960. This includes one war nickel.
Ten Canadian nickels , but only one .999

$90 face today. (29 bwr and 16 CWR)
20 pre 1960 - most of them from the mid to
late 1950's
HOWEVER: a WAR nickel and a nice 1936D buff.

$200 bag
32 keepers, including 3 wars and a 38 d

Went on a nickels binge during the week. Opened rolls Monday through Friday in bits and pieces as time permitted. $210 face sorted. Roughly 75 percent of the rolls were CWR.

47 pre 1960 including a no-date BUFF. Best coin was a 42 D in VG-F condition (probably F)

Notes: 20 Canadian nickels inc four .999
Inc in the 47 above were SIX from 1939. Unfortunately no mint marks. 39 d and s are extremely difficult to find in the wild.

Also, of the 47 pre 1960, 8 were in POOR condition and will be used as pocket change.

$200 bag...33 to go into the stacks

$90 sort last Thursday and Friday (14 Loomis and 31 CWR's)
20 pre 1960 inc a 1936 Buff and a 1938 Jefferson in VF condition.
10 Canadian nickels inc three .999
Also, a 2016 Bahamas coin in UNC.

Bought a Loomis box in late October. It sat for a week, then got sorted with somewhat disappointing results. Yes, there was a decent amount of pre 1960, but nothing good!
32 pre 1960; 16 of them from the fifties
4 Canadian - NO keepers
1 2009 D which was a surprise, especially since I make little to no effort to drain 'em

$46 dollar sort today. Mostly CWR's
14 pre 1960 including a WAR nickel and TWO 1938.
2 Canadian nickels - both junk.

5 rolls of Canadian nickels

200 nickels total

15 CuNi (7.5%)

8 pure Ni (4%)

$90 face sorted yesterday. Roughly two-thirds CWR
30 pre 1960 including TWO War nickels and a full date 1937 Buff

Ten Canadian nickels inc two .999

$100 cwr
30 keepers

Strange...5 rolls had all 2005 and newer.

$1000 sorted 10-21/12-4

38-42...39
War...3
46-49...29
50-55...37
56-59...47
CDN...9 only 1 was ni

Odds...p x 4, Mex 20c, Ecuador 5 centavos
Buff..no date

$148 face sorted the last 4 days. 54 CWR'S and 20 Bwr

45 pre 1960 inc an 1897 LIBERTY!!!!!
Also a 1939 S which is definitely low mintage

17 Canadian nickels inc 7 .999 I even found two of them in one roll

Odds: 5 dimes, a penny and a 2016 Bahamas nickel.

$100 face sorted over the last few days, finished ten minutes ago (15 bwr, 35 CWR)
ONLY 15 pre 1960, AND only two of them before 1947. Both of those are in awful condition and will be spent .
Only 2 Canadian nickels - both junk.

$400 face. Roughly 70 percent CWR and 30 percent Bwr. 12-23 to 12-31 with no sorting on Christmas Day. Keep in mind that this is equal to 4 boxes.

87 pre 1960 including three WAR nickels, a 1928 buffalo and a no date buffs
24 Canadian nickels, but only TWO .999

Odds: 2 dimes, a 1943 wheat penny! a 1996 German coin and a 1981 s proof

I finished the year with 4900. I messed up, thought I had that ,last,, hundreds to,round out, the year.

cwgii wrote:I finished the year with 4900. I messed up, thought I had that ,last,, hundreds to,round out, the year.

Almost a box a week, pretty impressive. Curious what your total are.

cwgii wrote:I finished the year with 4900. I messed up, thought I had that ,last,, hundreds to,round out, the year.

I do not know how much I sorted because I didn't keep track of that. Also, you can't use this thread to tally my actual totals because I did not post results every time I sorted. If I had to guess, I probably sorted about $4000 dollars which would be 2000 rolls. That would be around 80 percent of what cwgii sorted.

$100 face sorted late last week and early this week. Most of the 50 rolls were CWR

24 pre 1960 including two war nickels.

Notes: Very first roll - War nickel ! Next roll - another war nickel! But none the last 48 rolls. In fact, the last ten rolls were total skunk (all the same wrapper type, same bank). I strongly suspect that these were unmarked competitor rolls. I always mark mine except when I use dump machines!

$100.…19 keepers

$70 sort - all 35 rolls were CWR

23 pre 1960 One roll stood out as it contained FIVE nickels from the 40's including a WAR nickel.

Also, one Canadian (1991) and one 2009 P Jefferson