The Official Wrist Sushi Coin thread...

[Tyrone Jenkins]

I finally found the last nickel I needed for my set in a box tonight.

It took me over 3 years and looking at 1.5 million nickels to complete.

I did have the hardest to find 1950D nickel which I bought as a kid to start out with so I will have to keep searching in order to claim street cred for the entire set.

1938S, which seems to be the one that stops most people looking besides the 1950D.  It is not the most valuable or lowest number minted but for some reason is the most elusive.

[Groundhog66]

Josh, what is the significance, of that date range of nickels?

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Jan 2, 2015 8:50:22 GMT -8 Groundhog66 said:

Josh, what is the significance, of that date range of nickels?

Do you meant the S, P and D designations?
If so then S = San Francisco mint; P = Philadelphia mint and D = Denver mint.

[Groundhog66]

Jan 2, 2015 10:24:28 GMT -8 @penguinbce said:

Jan 2, 2015 8:50:22 GMT -8 Groundhog66 said:

Josh, what is the significance, of that date range of nickels?

Do you meant the S, P and D designations?
If so then S = San Francisco mint; P = Philadelphia mint and D = Denver mint.

No, I was referring to the date range, 1938 to 1945.

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Jan 2, 2015 10:48:28 GMT -8 Groundhog66 said:

Jan 2, 2015 10:24:28 GMT -8 @penguinbce said:

Do you meant the S, P and D designations?
If so then S = San Francisco mint; P = Philadelphia mint and D = Denver mint.

No, I was referring to the date range, 1938 to 1945.

Likely it's just the first page in Josh's coin book since they were minted from 1938 until present. I assume he has the next pages also filled.

[Tyrone Jenkins]

Jan 2, 2015 8:50:22 GMT -8 Groundhog66 said:

Josh, what is the significance, of that date range of nickels?

As Peter said just coincidence of where in the set the photo was taken.

However the top row is where the money is in the set (besides the 1950D and the silver war nickels) and luckily I have found some top shelf coins over the years in change.

[SpinDoctor]

I picked up these novelty coins for my kid (and wife). Both are heavy into the zombie thing. These are Zombucks from Provident Metals in Texas. One ounce silver and copper. They are actually nicely detailed. I know they are only worth the metal value but they're still fun and the copper one was pretty cheap too.

[Groundhog66]

Jan 3, 2015 14:43:36 GMT -8 SpinDoctor said:

I picked up these novelty coins for my kid (and wife). Both are heavy into the zombie thing. These are Zombucks from Provident Metals in Texas. One ounce silver and copper. They are actually nicely detailed. I know they are only worth the metal value but they're still fun and the copper one was pretty cheap too.

Those are very cool!

[Tyrone Jenkins]

I usually have a patience span between 10 and 30 seconds depending on where I am and who I am dealing with at which point I open my mouth and tell people what I really thing about them or their establishment.

I stopped at the bank in the grocery store I stop at twice a week and they all know me and are glad to get rid of their dollar coins and halves. There are 3 people in front of me and 2 begind me and all 3 windows tied up with people with problems which is obviously holding up the line.

3 minutes go by. I start to think about leaving because 25% of the time they don't have any.

8 minutes go by and now there are 2 people in front of me and 8 people behind me. I am really getting ready to leave.

15 minutes have gone by and I walk up to the window and don't even have to ask because they know what I am there for.

The teller says she has $11.50 in halves. She puts down 3 clad halves and goes over to the other teler and grabs the rest. As she starts to count them out in stacks of 2 I see a silver Kennedy. And then a Franklin. I am almost waiting for her to say "Wait, I am goign to keep these" and not hand them over or something like that. She keeps counting and more and more silver and Franklins are stacked up.

I finally got a teller tray score other than 1 40% or the time a teller said "I only have these 2" and the teller next to her said "They are Silver" and I smiled and said "OK. thank you" and took them and walked away without looking at them so as not to throw up a red flag which is what I always do with any halves and dollar coins. As Kenny Rogers said "You got to know when to hold em . . You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table, There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done"

Ended up with a 1964, 7 Franklins, and 8 40%ers.

[Tyrone Jenkins]

Jan 3, 2015 14:43:36 GMT -8 SpinDoctor said:

I picked up these novelty coins for my kid (and wife). Both are heavy into the zombie thing. These are Zombucks from Provident Metals in Texas. One ounce silver and copper. They are actually nicely detailed. I know they are only worth the metal value but they're still fun and the copper one was pretty cheap too.

A lot of people actually collect the whole series of those, 1 from each year.

[Tyrone Jenkins]

There is a monster box on the loose in my area.

I hope it shows up in my Thursday batch from the same bank as these or my Friday boxes from BMO which have always been better than the Chase boxes for some reason.

1 roll tonight had 10 silvers in it.

The rest of the box had 3.

This does not occur naturally in an otherwise mediocre box.

I can only speculate that there is a Monster Box out there and somehow this roll was from it and got separated from the rest of the box.

4 boxes today.

3 had silver. Those that had silver also had 2006 NIFC coins in them. The skunk box had neither.

Box 1: 2 40%ers.

Box 2: 1 roll was a bottom ender that I meed until I ripped it open and saw 10 silvers. 7 40%ers, 2 1964's, and a 1961 Franklin. 3 other rolls in the box each had only 1 40% each.

Box 3: skunk.

Box 4: 1 40%er.

[Tyrone Jenkins]

4 boxes yesterday.

3 boxes were someones marked up dump but still had a 1964.

Box 4 was another clue on the trail to finding the monster box that is on the loose. A couple of rolls had silver and there were at least 2 silvers in each roll.

Hopefully the monster box will be in my batch of 4 boxes I pick up tonight.

[69ChevelleSS]

Love those Liberty 1/2s.  What a beautiful coin.

[Tyrone Jenkins]

Just say this posted on a coin forum.

[Tyrone Jenkins]

Did I ever mention I was famous on the internet?

Ever Google a phrase and see 3 out of the first 5 pictures are yours or 6 out of the top 10?

A newb asks a question and someone else posts I remember someone had one of those and that person was you?

Or someone says it can't be possible as it has never been seen before?

Well I am the internet superstar of all of the above.

Anyone else own a triple clipped planet partial collar strike?

Bueller?

Bueller?

[Groundhog66]

Feb 28, 2015 22:50:22 GMT -8 Tyrone Jenkins said:

Did I ever mention I was famous on the internet?

Ever Google a phrase and see 3out of the first 5 pictures or your or 6 out pf the top 10?

A newb asks a question and someone else posts I remember some had one of those and that person was you?

Or someone says it can't be possible as it has never been seen before?

Well I am the internet superstar of all of the above.

Anyone e4lse own a triple clipped planet partial collar striike?

Bueller?

Bueller?

If I ever came across a coin like that, I'd never know it was something I should keep.

[69ChevelleSS]

Feb 28, 2015 22:50:22 GMT -8 Tyrone Jenkins said:

Anyone e4lse own a triple clipped planet partial collar striike?

Very interesting Josh. 

What's the story . . . . mint error?  Must be very rare indeed that something like that makes it into the public.  What do you estimate it's value at?

Just curious.

Thanks!

[Tyrone Jenkins]

Mar 1, 2015 7:15:02 GMT -8 69ChevelleSS said:

Feb 28, 2015 22:50:22 GMT -8 Tyrone Jenkins said:

Anyone e4lse own a triple clipped planet partial collar striike?

Very interesting Josh. 

What's the story . . . . mint error?  Must be very rare indeed that something like that makes it into the public.  What do you estimate it's value at?

Just curious.

Thanks!

When the planchets are punched out of the sheet of metal every once in rare while it gets stuck and the holes overlap luck rolling out cookie dough and using a cookie cutter.  When they overlap you get a clipped planchet either curved from an overlap or straight clip from the end of the sheet.

When the blank planchet is fed into the press to mint the coin the edge is smooth.  The reeding or "teeth" are actually on the collar that holds the slightly smaller diameter planchet in place when the coin is struck.  The press flattens the planchet as it imprints the details and the pressure expands the coin into the collar where the reeding is added to the edge.  If the planchet does not seat fully into the collar before striking the reeded pattern will only be on the portion that was in the collar.  Think of it as a muffin.  The bottom in the baking tray (collar) stays the same size while the muffin top flows over the edge.





Clipped planchets are not very common but are not really valuable unless you are missing say 25% or more of the coin.  Partial collar strikes or "railroad rims" are much rarer.  Finding both on the same coin is  . . . . . .   Unfortunately there are not a lot of error collectors and the old supply and demand rule comes in to play.  I was quoted $75 as a possible value on this one.

[69ChevelleSS]

Thanks for the reply Josh.  Very interesting and informative.  I guess that counts as my "you learn something new every day" item.

$75 for a half dollar is a pretty decent profit margin . . . . I'd take that all day long!

Thanks again for the edjumacation!

[Groundhog66]

Mar 1, 2015 9:22:12 GMT -8 Tyrone Jenkins said:

Mar 1, 2015 7:15:02 GMT -8 69ChevelleSS said:

Very interesting Josh. 

What's the story . . . . mint error?  Must be very rare indeed that something like that makes it into the public.  What do you estimate it's value at?

Just curious.

Thanks!

When the planchets are punched out of the sheet of metal every once in rare while it gets stuck and the holes overlap luck rolling out cookie dough and using a cookie cutter.  When they overlap you get a clipped planchet either curved from an overlap or straight clip from the end of the sheet.

When the blank planchet is fed into the press to mint the coin the edge is smooth.  The reeding or "teeth" are actually on the collar that holds the slightly smaller diameter planchet in place when the coin is struck.  The press flattens the planchet as it imprints the details and the pressure expands the coin into the collar where the reeding is added to the edge.  If the planchet does not seat fully into the collar before striking the reeded pattern will only be on the portion that was in the collar.  Think of it as a muffin.  The bottom in the baking tray (collar) stays the same size while the muffin top flows over the edge.

Clipped planchets are not very common but are not really valuable unless you are missing say 25% or more of the coin.  Partial collar strikes or "railroad rims" are much rarer.  Finding both on the same coin is  . . . . . .   Unfortunately there are not a lot of error collectors and the old supply and demand rule comes in to play.  I was quoted $75 as a possible value on this one.

How can you tell if it was done at the mint, or something that someone did later?