The 2004 & 2005 Westward Nickels

[robroy]

While I don't have the mintage figures for these 4 mintages, I have been setting them aside for future use. Does anyone feel that it would be a good strategy to save these coins for future possible savings (provided that the coins are in real good shape.

Just wondering.

[hobo finds]

http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/co ... #starthere

I keep all nics

[SilverDragon72]

I do like these nickels from the series. I have begun to save them in tubes for safe keeping. I really like the Ocean View design. The bison ones are pretty cool too.

[Hawkeye]

I save all my nickels, but I also separate the Lewis and Clarks and keep them in tubes.

[daviscfad]

I have probably 15 bank rolls of the ocean in view D mint

[SilverDragon72]

I'm guessing that I will save about 3 tubes of each kind in the series!

[SoFa]

They made so many that they won't be worth much extra except possibly in mint rolls.

[Klark Cent]

I do like these nickels from the series. I have begun to save them in tubes for safe keeping. I really like the Ocean View design. The bison ones are pretty cool too.

yeah, those are some cool looking coins.

does anyone know if there are any plans to do a dime series of any kind? they have done quarters, nickels and cents.

[SilverDragon72]

I do like these nickels from the series. I have begun to save them in tubes for safe keeping. I really like the Ocean View design. The bison ones are pretty cool too.

yeah, those are some cool looking coins.

does anyone know if there are any plans to do a dime series of any kind? they have done quarters, nickels and cents.

That would be interesting to see!

[Klark Cent]

maybe they could dimes blue for a year or two. i need some excitement in my life.

[hobo finds]

maybe they could dimes blue for a year or two. i need some excitement in my life.

http://thinkexist.com/quotes/with/keyword/dime/2.html

[exbingoaddict]

The people that really want these coins, have them already.

Sure, future bingo players will buy them for albums and folders. You'll see dealers sell them for .15 or .20 in 2x2s at coin shows. However, you're not going to pay your table fees selling them. Nor are they fun to lug around when you don't sell them.

If you like them,keep em. From an investment standpoint, doubtful they appreciate a lot.

[Klark Cent]

While I don't have the mintage figures for these 4 mintages, I have been setting them aside for future use. Does anyone feel that it would be a good strategy to save these coins for future possible savings (provided that the coins are in real good shape.

Just wondering.

BU rolls already sell for a premium on eBay. I wouldn't be surprised if circulated rolls would sell too (moreso in the future).

[Klark Cent]

the nice thing is nickels have intrinsic value. if we were talking about quarters, that would be different.

[rickygee]

The Westward Nickels:

"Lets play golf, $5 bux a hole, shake."

"Michael rowed the boat ashore, Hallelujah"

"I thought buffalos had wings"'

"O goody goody! The beach!"

[Know Common Cents]

Well, sometimes I'm the cheerleader and other times the wet blanket. This will be one of those wet banket times.

Happened to have the May 11th Coin Dealer Newsletter (aka The Grey Sheet) lying on my desk and decided to look up the value of these wonder coins. In the BU Rolls section, the rolls of 40 coins for 2004 and 2005 nickel issues carry a premium of one to three nickels above the $2 face roll value.

Dealers may buy BU rolls for face, but others may reduce their value by 25% as sort of a nuisance tax. Nice looking coins, but abandon most or all hope of getting rich at some future point in time. Their only other competition at the bottom of the scale is a BU roll of 1964 P nix will fetch $2.05. I'd rather take my chances with the 64s as a full step example is worth big money (if they even exist due to the very poor strikes).

[SilverDragon72]

I do like these nickels from the series. I have begun to save them in tubes for safe keeping. I really like the Ocean View design. The bison ones are pretty cool too.

yeah, those are some cool looking coins.

does anyone know if there are any plans to do a dime series of any kind? they have done quarters, nickels and cents.

That would be interesting to see!

I've managed to save at least one archived tube of each kind! All others I get will end up in my general nickel stash...

[Engineer]

Their only other competition at the bottom of the scale is a BU roll of 1964 P nix will fetch $2.05.

We should all set aside our 64's for a year and then dump them at the same time across the country...then watch the other sorting sites to see them complain about solid boxes of 64's.

[SilverDragon72]

Their only other competition at the bottom of the scale is a BU roll of 1964 P nix will fetch $2.05.

We should all set aside our 64's for a year and then dump them at the same time across the country...then watch the other sorting sites to see them complain about solid boxes of 64's.

The 64's? I have seen MANY of those to be sure!

[rickygee]

There was an Executive Order issued by Lyndon Baines Johnson in 1967 mandating every roll of nickels have one 1964 coin. This order was never stringently enforced as many financial institutions and coin services chose to insert many, many multiple '64s in thousands of coin rolls to dilute the distribution of this year of the Jefferson five cent piece.