My first Roll Hunt 1 1

[cobymordet]

I decided to go out to a few banks and pick up some rolls for sharts & goggles.  It was interesting, but not very fruitful. 

The pennies and dimes were a rot filled waste, nothing to keep there.

The nickels fared a bit better.  I got a Canada beaver that was greener than it was nickel, it got euthanized. 

The star of the 18 roll hot mess was a 1962 nickel that looked great considering its' age.

 

A surprise came with 2 full rolls of near UNC 2019d nickels, unfortunately too many nicks and spotty clouds, none looked good enough to showcase.

 

A backhanded gift was (2) 2009 nickels in not such great shape:

The last laugh was finding two proof coins (that are so trashed they really look nothing like proofs) mixed in:

 

 

[Sandon]

     The 1970-S nickel is likely a circulation strike (over 515 million minted). The 1974-S would have to have been a proof striking, although the proof surface has worn off. Even when I started collecting in the early 1970s, it was unusual to find anything significant in circulation, although there were more common date wheat reverse cents.

[Halbrook Family]

Nickels are good to hunt. You can find 40's and 50's. 

[J P M]

The 62 looks like a nice book coin and two 09 D is a rarity to find in my area, too bad they are in rough shape. What do the steps look like on the 2009s ?

[VKurtB]

On 2/28/2024 at 5:51 PM, cobymordet said:

I decided to go out to a few banks and pick up some rolls for sharts & goggles.  It was interesting, but not very fruitful. 

The pennies and dimes were a rot filled waste, nothing to keep there.

The nickels fared a bit better.  I got a Canada beaver that was greener than it was nickel, it got euthanized. 

The star of the 18 roll hot mess was a 1962 nickel that looked great considering its' age.

 

A surprise came with 2 full rolls of near UNC 2019d nickels, unfortunately too many nicks and spotty clouds, none looked good enough to showcase.

 

A backhanded gift was (2) 2009 nickels in not such great shape:

The last laugh was finding two proof coins (that are so trashed they really look nothing like proofs) mixed in:

 

 

The 70-S is not a proof. But you have discovered something important. Coin roll hunting is a waste of time.

Edited February 29 by VKurtB

[cobymordet]

On 2/29/2024 at 12:47 PM, VKurtB said:

The 70-S is not a proof. But you have discovered something important. Coin roll hunting is a waste of time.

[cobymordet]

LOL, yeah dimes and cents are too painful, but nickels were entertaining.

[cobymordet]

On 2/29/2024 at 10:34 AM, J P M said:

The 62 looks like a nice book coin and two 09 D is a rarity to find in my area, too bad they are in rough shape. What do the steps look like on the 2009s ?

The steps are about the only good thing on the 09's

[Henri Charriere]

On 2/29/2024 at 2:23 PM, cobymordet said:

The steps are about the only good thing on the 09's

But, but... I thought the steps counted only on Mint State coins.  (The ones on the '09s appear to have been stolen.)

[J P M]

On 2/29/2024 at 6:29 PM, Henri Charriere said:

But, but... I thought the steps counted only on Mint State coins.  (The ones on the '09s appear to have been stolen.)

You can have Full Steps all the way down to the bottom. (Not likely to be found) but they would count if you did find them.  

[powermad5000]

On 2/29/2024 at 5:29 PM, Henri Charriere said:

I thought the steps counted only on Mint State coins.

There are not many attributed, but there have been some nickels in AU with full steps.