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Post your nickel sorting/hoarding activity here. Canadians are generally looking for pure Ni nickels (1981 and older, some exceptions) and Americans are generally looking for silver war nickels and those elusive pure Ni Canadians.

$100 NF String box of nickels today (Jan. 25, 2012).

2 war (both '43p)
4 Canadian (1 was .999 Ni)
29 pre 1960, oldest was a '40p
NO buffs or V's

Second $100 NF String box of nickels finished today (Jan. 27). 23 pre 1960 coins (oldest was a '39p), 1 war ('43p), 2 Canadian, and a Mexico 50 Centavos. One of the pre '60 coins was a nice F/VF '47s.

1,000 nickels 12-13-11/// 02- 05-12

38-42== 216 because of solid roll
war== 94 ,,, a new record... all 10 $100 lots had a war nick
46-49==56, 46 and 49 that were au+
50-55==91
56-59==105 .
cdn== 10 with 2 being pre-82
odds== dimes x 3, mex $1 cull, 2005 mex 1$, penny, mex 50c 1992, 2006

1929 buffalo, AND THE ONE THAT SET MY HEART ATWITTER........

1883 V THAT IS IN AU+.

Hello all,

I am posting this, in order to catch up and draw a line in the sand against which I will keep this sorting of mine updated. So far, after 16 months (and 132,000 nickels) on the forum and sorting, this is what I am up to in terms of numbers:

Overall 12.3% nickel, but unfortunately dropping. Initially I was getting 20+% but the patch has dried-up.

1922-1936 2 (1933-1934)
1937 2
1938 1
1939 6
1940 5
1941 5
1942 2
1943 0
1944 0
1945 2
1946 2
1947 7 (4 maples, 3 straight)
1948 2
1949 2
1950 11

Total 49

1970 6

I also found 1 dateless buffalo and 1 war nick.

Cheers,

This week sorting $100FV: Above average box

Nickels: 254 (for 12,7%)
1980s: 57
1970s: 151
1960s: 43
1950s: 2
1940s: 1

Worth mentionning:
2000P: 4
1945-2005 V-Nickel ; 14
1970: 1
1953 : 1 (steel+chrome)
1941

This week sorting $100FV: Above average box

Nickels: 237 (for 11.8%)
1980s: 43
1970s: 145
1960s: 43
1950s: 6
1940s: 0

Worth mentionning:
2000P: 2
1945-2005 V-Nickel ; 15
1967 (rabbit): 1

This week sorting $100FV: very good box

Nickels: 375 (for 18,8%)
2006: 1
1980s: 73
1970s: 216
1960s: 82
1950s: 0
1940s: 3

Worth mentionning:
2000P: 3
1945-2005 V-Nickel ; 17
1970: 1
Steelies : 3 (1953x2, 1945)

This week sorting $100FV: Above average box

Nickels: 255 (for 12,8%)
2006 (nickel): 7
1980s: 45
1970s: 144
1960s: 59
1950s: 1
1940s: 0

Worth mentionning:
2000P: 1
1945-2005 V-Nickel: 11
1/2 french franc

I have found 3- 1938S's in the past week.How uncommon is this?

This week's total (average box)

Nickels: 200 (for 10%)
2006 (nickel): 6
1980s: 36
1970s: 119
1960s: 37
1950s: 1
1940s: 1

Worth mentionning:
2000P: 4
1945-2005 V-Nickel: 15
2Kç Ceska Republika
1954 US Nickel

This week's total (below average box, but some cool finds)

Nickels: 171 (for 8,5%)
2006 (nickel): 6
1980s: 31
1970s: 101
1960s: 37
1950s: 2
1940s: 1

Worth mentionning:
1953 Steel:1
1970: 1
2000P: 2
1945-2005 V-Nickel: 23
5 Cent Jamaica
25 Dirham Qatar
2 1/2 Escudos Portugal
1 Peso Mexico
1949, 1951 and 1954 US Nickel

Found a pretty beat '43P in the Arcade reject tray

This week's total (average box)

Nickels: 198 (for 9,9%)
2006 (nickel): 5
1980s: 38
1970s: 113
1960s: 46
1950s: 1
1940s: 0

Worth mentionning:
2000P: 1
1945-2005 V-Nickel: 23
10 Cent Cuba

1,000 nickels 03-06/// 04-29-12

38-42== 58
war== 6
46-49==55
50-55==62
56-59==96 .
cdn== 10 with 1 being pre-82
odds== 74s, 7 pennies, dime, washer, 88s, 1996 jamaica 5$, 87s, unidentified forgien 1 urn with

the r being backwards, shows a youngish man wearing glasses, spires of churches??

buffalo == three no dater's

This week's total (average box)

Nickels: 222 (for 11,1%)
2006 (cupro-nickel): 4
1980s: 34
1970s: 133
1960s: 44
1950s: 0
1940s: 1 (1942)

Worth mentionning:
2000P: 2
1945-2005 V-Nickel: 16
10 Cent Canada

I search the nickel boxes for just the 99.9% nickels. This week's box was slightly below our average at 186 99.9% nickels, for 9.3%. I also found 5 12-sided 1962 nickels and an American 1940. Still waiting for my first war nickel

If any wants to see a video of the coins from this box, I posted one at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIv6-Zj_tR4

This week's total (average box)

Nickels: 202 (for 10.1%)
1980s: 35
1970s: 122
1960s: 44
1950s: 1
1940s: 1 (1947 ML)

Worth mentionning:
1970: 1
2000P: 4
1945-2005 V-Nickel: 16
2006 cupro-nickel: 5
10 cent cuba

i am posting my sorting milestone of 150,000 nickels.

Overall, 18,350 nickel for 12.2% nickel, but unfortunately still dropping.

1922-1936 2 (1933-1934)
1937 2
1938 1
1939 6
1940 5
1941 8
1942 3
1943 0
1944 0
1945 3
1946 2
1947 8 (5 maples, 3 straight)
1948 2
1949 3
1950 11

Total: 56

1970 : 9

Congratulations on the milestone mtal! You are getting some nice yields.

Just finished my box for the week. Ended up with 172 99.9% nickels, a 1942 King George VI, a 12-sided 1960, and two 12-sided 1962s. The best find of the weekend was a 2009P American nickel...always happy to find one of those.

Video of the results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrL8yufhvCU

Nickel box produced 206 99.9% nickels (10.3%). Also found 18 pre-1963 Canadian nickels, including King George VI nickels from 1940 and 1941, and 1 1939 American nickel. However, the best finds of the box were 8 King George V nickels from 1922, 1924x2, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, and 1935! These were my first ever King George V nickels.

Video of the results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmNdxgy95Z4

Impressive find, never happened to me to find more than one George Vth.

This week's total:

This week's total (average box)

Nickels: 196 (for 9.8%)
1980s: 35
1970s: 125
1960s: 36
1950s: 1 (Steel 1952)
1940s: 0

Worth mentionning:
2000P: 6
1945-2005 V-Nickel: 17
2006 cupro-nickel: 6
1941 US Nickel

BTW, going back a few weeks:

unidentified forgien 1 urn with
the r being backwards, shows a youngish man wearing glasses, spires of churches??

That is a Thailand 1 Baht. The guy with the glasses is a king.

This week's total (average box)

Nickels: 221 (for 11.05%)
1980s: 49
1970s: 130
1960s: 39
1950s: 2
1940s: 1 (1941)

Worth mentionning:
1970: 1
2000P: 5
1945-2005 V-Nickel: 8
2006 cupro-nickel: 3
2 x 1 peso, 1 x 10 cents Cuba

Picked up a box of nickels yesterday. Found 230 99.9% nickels, which is the highest I have found in a long time and might me the most ever. Also grabbed a 1940 and a 1941 King George VI nickels, four 12-sided nickels, a 1945 Victory Nickel, and 6 dimes. As always, if you would like to see a video of these results, you can find one here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYYyAzfKKHA

Great work mtal. Good luck in your future finds!