

$100 strap of $1s results
Second radar in my collection & another birthday note.


Second radar in my collection & another birthday note.
Finds:
- 2 1939P nickels
- 9 1940s nickels
- 18 1950s nickels (including 1951S semi-key date)
- Heavily circulated 1987S proof nickel, looks like a nicer business strike now
Got 10 rolls of the new Declaration of Independence quarters, and aside from one roll having a nickel (😭), they were all the standards out of Denver. I will be keeping one roll for myself.
Went through $100 in customer wrapped rolls of nickels, it was all somebody's returns unfortunately, this was the only find.
Got this in change after returning a few rolls of half dollars. Definitely will get a space in my 1950s set.
Everything shown was found at banks only (including the silver certificate)
Gathered a full customer wrapped roll mix of pennies, nickels (mostly nickels anyway), & dimes. Results:
- 1939P nickel
- 190 1940s nickels & 170 1950s nickels, for a total of 360 from both decades
- 1924P Buffalo nickel
- 1943D silver nickel
- 2009D nickel
- 1962D Roosevelt dime
- 1955P & 1944D Lincoln pennies
- 1994 Canadian penny
Went through another assembled box ($54 in CWRs, $46 in MWRs), and it was very diverse given the majority of the customer rolls were just returns. Finds:
- 14 1940s & 1950s nickels each
- 6 beautiful 1960s nickels
- TWO proofs, 1995S & 2008S
- 1945P/D silver nickels (first Denver minted silver)
Stopped by my local Coinstar machine today, found this 1944P mercury dime. Second silver dime I've got from this particular machine.
Did another assembled nickel box today, 12 CWRs & 88 BWRs. Finds:
- 14 1950s nickels (including a beautiful 1957P)
- 6 1940s nickels
- 1924P & 1936P Buffalo nickels
- 1938P nickel
- 3 1939P nickels (including a nice one with toning on both sides)
- 2026P nickel
- 2006 Canadian nickel
After getting at least one buffalo nickel for 5 boxes straight, I tried my luck again, & broke the streak. Finds:
- 11 1950s nickels
- 10 1940s nickels
- 1939P nickel
- 2001S proof nickel
After finding a V nickel, silver, & a Buffalo nickel on Friday, I tried my luck again today. Finds:
- 1916P & unknown Philly minted Buffalo nickels (5 box streak now)
- 1938P nickel
- 13 1950s nickels
- 9 1940s nickels
- 1986 Canadian nickel
Got a nickel box from a Chase bank in Midtown Manhattan today, & it defied my expectations. Here's my finds:
- 1901P V nickel (first found in bank wrapped box, second overall)
- 1921P Buffalo nickel (4th box in a row with a buffalo nickel)
- 1938P nickel
- 3 silver war nickels (1942P, 1943S, 1945P)
- 9 non silver 1940s nickels
- 13 1950s nickels
- 2 Canadan nickels, 1986 & 1992
Got this Series 1990 $100 in change after returning a box of quarters.
Hunted through a full customer wrapped box today, wasn't expecting to find anything but I did:
- 1964P quarter
- Two 2017S Effigy Mounds quarters
- Jamaican $10 dollar coin (worth around 6 cents USD)
- 21 2026P Mayflower Compact quarters (not keeping any)
- 11 2026P Revolutionary War quarters (also not keeping any)
Did another assembled nickel box today after failing to find any new quarter rolls, here's what I found:
- 6 1940s nickels
- 12 1950s nickels
- 1923P Buffalo nickel (3rd box in a row with at least one)
- 1938 & 1939P nickels
- 3 2024D nickels
- 4 pennies, one a 1957D wheat cent
- Two Canadian nickels, 1988 & 1998
- Two Republica de Columbia 100 pesos coins, 2015 & 2020
- Two 10 cent euros, 2009 & 2012
- One 5 cent euro, 2008
First <10,000 serial in a long time, & my first true flipper.
Went through a damaged box of nickels today, finds:
- 14 1940-1949 nickels
- 15 1950-1959 nickels
- TWO Buffalo nickels, 1923P & 1937P
- 6 Canadian nickels & 1 Commonwealth of the Bahamas nickel
- 1961P Proof nickel, first one pre-mint switch to San Francisco
Went through my first strap of $2s (brand new strap with different runs of consecutive serial numbers), and found a repeater in the mix (one of 3 bills in the 3225322X range), along with a star note.
After yesterday's box having solely customer returns in loosely wrapped bank rolls, I got another today, & it was productive. Finds:
- 19 1940s nickels
- 22 1950s nickels
- 1929P Buffalo nickel
- 2 1939P nickels
- 5 beautiful 1960s nickels, (1962, 1963, 1967, & 1969)
- 2000 Canadian nickel
- 2000P toner nickel