Found an AU war nickel last night

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Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby Pennysaved » Mon May 23, 2011 5:31 pm

I found an AU war nickel last night going through a bank wrapped roll box.

I was amazed how great of shape it was; usually when you find war nickels, they are pretty circulated and dark.

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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby tn-dave » Tue May 24, 2011 6:46 am

congrats - I still haven't found a war nickel in the wild - my 1st group of 5 rolls had a V and a buffalo though..
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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby Roadrunner » Tue May 24, 2011 8:27 am

Nice! The picture doesn't do it justice though.

The other day I almost missed a war nickel because it was in PERFECT condition. It had full mint luster and hardly any wear at all.
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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby schockergd » Tue May 24, 2011 8:34 pm

What,are au grade war nickels going,for? I picked up a folder of war nicks over the weekend for about 1.50ea
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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby Doctor Steuss » Wed May 25, 2011 11:34 am

Awesome find Pennysaved. I've only found one war nickel in the wild so far, and it looked like it had been taped to the bottom of Forest Gump's running shoes.


schockergd wrote:What,are au grade war nickels going,for? I picked up a folder of war nicks over the weekend for about 1.50ea

Lately, AU war nicks have been in about the $4-6 dollar range at two smaller coin shops I go to.

The largest coin shop I go to considers war nicks to be in the same boat as Roosevelt dimes and Kennedy Halves (i.e., anything below BU/MS they sell as "junk").
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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby daviscfad » Wed May 25, 2011 1:43 pm

nice find
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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby galenrog » Mon Jul 18, 2011 9:54 pm

Got 11 so far this month. 4 more boxes of nickels next week. Checking with my buy bank for extra boxes and CWR tomorrow.
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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby Thogey » Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:20 pm

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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby mtalbot_ca » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:04 pm

Congrats!
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Re: Found an AU war nickel last night

Postby NHsorter » Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:30 pm

Great find. I have pulled almost 100 war nickels from circulation and I have never seen one that nice. Just gotta keep searching I guess.
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