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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on February 28, 2010, 12:32:34 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9274982
Oh my.
I think I'll start hanging around the Lounge on Skins's island more, given that some, uh, names familiar to us--including many weight-loss primitives--have been hanging out there, instead of in some of the lesser forums where they really belong.
JVS (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-28-10 12:30 PM
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I just found a 1936 nickel in my pocket change.
At first I thought it was one of those newer ones with the various patters, but I checked the year.
1936 five-cent piece, Philadelphia mint = 119,001,420 made, which makes it the most common coin of the Indian Head/Buffalo five-cent pieces (1913-1938).
1936 five-cent piece, Denver mint = 24,814,000 made.
1936 five-cent piece, San Francisco mint = 14,930,000 made.
The last two might be worth fifty cents or something, but the first, maybe a dime.
None of them are comparable with the 1926 five-cent piece, San Francisco mint, the rarest of the series.
Swede (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-28-10 12:39 PM
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1. Is it valuable?
Nice luck for you.
JVS (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-28-10 12:41 PM
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2. I don't know. It looks in ok shape. I'll hold onto it
"ok shape" sounds ominous; perhaps it's only "good" or "very good," the lowest rankings in condition of coinage, other than "poor" or "almost good."
It helps to know grading standards of coins.
jobycom (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-28-10 12:42 PM
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3. Given inflation compared to it's value as a rare item
I wonder if it's worth more now or then.
LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-28-10 12:45 PM
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4. 35 to 40 cents depending on mint location
http://coins.about.com/od/coinvalues/l/bl-buffalo-nicke...
Po_d Mainiac (867 posts) Sun Feb-28-10 01:19 PM
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5. There is mint error variety 1936 that is worth a ton of money
It is a Denver mint and there is only one front leg....
The formal name is, 1937-D 3 "legged" variety....book value will blow your mind...
franksolich is aware of the 1937 five-cent piece minted at Denver, where the bison has only three legs, but franksolich is not aware of a "mint error variety" of 1936.
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It is the same as collecting wheat cents...a novelty and a hobby,which I do too when I find one,but other then a couple (1955 double die and the original 1909 VDB cent) few are worth much more then their face value in circulated form.
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DUmmie speaks in code...what he really wants to know is..."Can I trade this worn out nickel for a dime bag?"
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It is the same as collecting wheat cents...a novelty and a hobby,which I do too when I find one,but other then a couple (1955 double die and the original 1909 VDB cent) few are worth much more then their face value in circulated form.
I have a 1909 VDB in excellent condition.....wish it were an S mint... :-)
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I have a 1909 VDB in excellent condition.....wish it were an S mint... :-)
I had to google it to get the initials correct and yes you are correct.
Still though a nice piece to have as they go. :cheersmate:
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I have a 1909 VDB in excellent condition.....wish it were an S mint... :-)
I've got one in UNC :) - sadly, there is no 's' on mine either..
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Someone gave me a blue cardboard penny collecting folder when I was a kid. I remember getting hundreds of pennies from the local bank to sort through, since buying collectible coins would never have occurred to me. I finally filled just about every hole in the folder, but of course it had a space for 1909 S-VDB. I think I did eventually get a VDB, in such poor condition it was hard to tell what it was, but of course never an S-VDB. In the 50s and 60s, those steel 1943 pennies were very common in circulation - I can't remember the last time I saw one. They're as rare as half-dollars.
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I just vacuumed a bunch of pennies off the floor of my car. They didn't even look like pennies anymore.
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To answer the other DUmmie the nickel was worth more back then. You could probably see a movie for a dime and buy a coke for a nickel in those days
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I started a coin collection waaaay back when I was 9 or 10. I think I saw a 1909 S-VDB once. I've got a 1909 VDB in either XF or UNC. It's been a while since I opened the box it's in--twelve years, at least. On further review, nine years.
I've got a Morgan 1878 CC in UNC.
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Prices in 1936
How Much things cost in 1936
Average Cost of new house $3,925.00
Average wages per year $1,713.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $24.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 12 cents
Studebaker Car $665.00
Ladies Swimming Costume $6.95
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1936.html
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DUmmie speaks in code...what he really wants to know is..."Can I trade this worn out nickel for a dime bag?"
Ahh, there we go, cut to the chase.
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My wife works back in the cash office of a large retailer. Herself being an appreciator of the little things in life, and knowing that I have collected coins since the first time I saw the bags filled with Morgan dollars that my father hand picked out of unopened mint bags from the 19th century whil working at a bank in the early 1960s, she holds unusual items back for me.
She has managed to bring home all sorts of unusual coins from all over the globe. I let her keep those, while she gives me the ones from the U.S. I nearly fell over about two months back when she brought home an 1881 shield nickel. It is well worn, what I would consider an honest G-4, but still a coin I would never be able to afford on my own.
Unlike the typical DUmmie who is looking for a quick way to reduce their $10-away-from-the-next-dime-bag deficit, I will keep and cherish this coin, along with all of my other coins, and pass them down to deserving children in my family.