Ummm......nickels go quickly?
Did you see how long I took? That is quickly?
I did wheaties (bought on ebay as one of my first coin buys months
ago) with the wife and it took SOOO long and hurt the thumbs SOOO much
from putting into albums that she shudders whenever I put a penny near
her and say "let's look at pennies" . She decided, right after
that, NOT to do state quarters like she was going to, but do gold
pieces......I think one of the reasons was because they are so
expensive we won't get any/many gold pieces too often. heh.

The reason for my massive undertaking, at the initial onset right now,
is to just get as many dates/MMs as I can for the albums to complete
them for my 17mo son. I want him to have something that is as
complete as possible to keep him interested (there is nothing like
frustration causing you to give up a project because you can't finish
it).

After I complete the sets, as much as I can (and, Steve, I looked at
your list online and will probably be in contact with you asking for
the extras (and seeing what I need to trade with you , if I have
anything you want like that...I think you are more established than I
am) I will do the occassional roll and start trying to upgrade the
pieces and look for errors, etc.

Man...I just about dreamt 1964 nickels all night.....why oh why were
THAT many minted that year?

btw...I thank you both for the advice on what you keep and what you
chuck....I wasn't sure what was good or not for nickels that way....

now...I have to do 12 rolls of dimes.......(probably before the 11
rolls of pennies ).

I was sad...no buffalo nickels or anything cool....just a canadian
nickel

Ron


On Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:49:16 -0400, Alan & Erin Williams
wrote:

Steve wrote:

Ron,
I have lots of "extra" nickels. If you want, check my list and see
if I have anything you need. LMK what you find. As for not finding a
'67(with a mintage of 107,324,750), for some reason they are terribly
hard to find. Just ask Alan, he'll tell you.
My system is simple. I sit down and go through one roll at a time. I
keep everything before 1970 with the exception of 1964(unless in EF or
better), all the S-mints, all the '71's, and all the pristine newer
dates. I then roll up the others and take them back to the bank on my
next trip.

I second Steve's post. ;-) Those are exactly the parameters I search as
well, pre-1970 (except 1964, although I have kept one or two for
exceptionally high grade, interesting countermark or a diebreak or chip
or something).

I've found a total of 14 1967 Jefferson nickels from roll searches in
the past 30 months or so. That's out of something like 20,000 coins
searched, IIRC.

I'd never attempt as massive a search as you have undertaken...all that
change at once! Nickels do go pretty quickly, but the cents will
absolutely slow you down. ;-)

Alan
'lots of flipping'