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a coin i had not seen previously. 1751-1951

This was a circulating commemorative coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of the isolation and naming of the element nickel. The Canadian five-cent coin at that time was normally made from 100% nickel, but in mid-year the commemorative coin was replaced with a chrome-plate steel coin of "regular" design because nickel was urgently needed to make armor plating for use in the Korean War.

If yours is pretty much rust and scratch free, then it's a good momento of the Korean War era.

I've also noticed they are pretty damm rare in circulation despite a large mintage. Guessing over the years everyone saved them since they were a "unique" design.

PART of the fun of this game. finding things you have never seen..

yes it will go into the 'save' jar of odd ball coins.

it was in good shape. no real wear.

Yes they are pretty rare. Found only one in over $6,000 FV of nickels. I also just found last nigh my first ''1945 V'' steel one.

Cheers,

as i did 31k of nickels last year. and 4k this year. i would say your find rate farrrrrrrrr exceeds mine

That looks like a nice one a good website for info and prices is https://www.jandm.com/script/getitem.asp?CID=3&PID=86

cwgii wrote:as i did 31k of nickels last year. and 4k this year. i would say your find rate farrrrrrrrr exceeds mine

Just for your sanity level.... I am located in Canada.

It sure does help to be in Canada when mining the banks for Ni

i get 1-3 ni out of 10-20 canadians per $1,000, it would seem that az would be about the worst place to find cdn

I get an average of 22,4% nickel.

Found a 2000P MS-63 today, worth $4,00 in the book. Strangely my oldest nickel is a dateless buffalo. My oldest canadian one in 1933.

Is that $4.00 or $4,00 at this website it is $15.44 US https://www.jandm.com/script/getcatalog.asp

My son Franklin need that one for his book if you do not need it let me know see--http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=6086

mtalbot_ca wrote:I get an average of 22,4% nickel.

Found a 2000P MS-63 today, worth $4,00 in the book. Strangely my oldest nickel is a dateless buffalo. My oldest canadian one in 1933.

I forget where you said you were but I have to find a better city. My Ni percentage is now below 10%. What banks are you using?

Desjardins (they are everywhere in Québec). However not all the branches are equal. I try to find the ones where the population is older so I get a lot of CWRs. To get the maximum, I rotate between branches with my boxes. For example, I buy 200$ FV at one branch, I sort them, probably get 40-50$, I recomplete one box, and I go exchange it and another branck, theI sort again, then refill that same box with the other box that is not full and so on.

Cheers,

Thanks

There are a few where I am as well. Ill try them out