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mtalbot_ca wrote:Amazing! Back a few years ago I searched over 630,000 nickels in Quebec (Canada), and found out that pre-1960 coins were at about 1:1000 and that King GV were at 1:100000. Congrats!

No I’m not normally in the habit of thanking someone for something they said well over a year later, but I REALLY APPRECIATE the details of a search that consisted of a whopping 630,000 coins! I just wish I’d seen it earlier. My fault, but it is still really good info!!!!

Doing the math, 1:1000 means one out of 25 rolls. I'm not sure what he meant by a few years back (probably late teens) , but my results from the early teens were much better than that. I regret not harvesting more rolls back then.

Keeping an eye on this thread.

Went thru my Coinstar totals since 2016 and the only find that fits is a 1953 dime a couple of years ago.

Here's some stats I cobbled together from 35+ years of casino hunting (dates found only, no totals):

Cents

G V - 1920, 1929, 1932

G VI - 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1947 ML, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952

E II - 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959

Nickels

G VI - 1943

mtalbot_ca wrote:Amazing! Back a few years ago I searched over 630,000 nickels in Quebec (Canada), and found out that pre-1960 coins were at about 1:1000 and that King GV were at 1:100000. Congrats!

I know it has been almost 1-1/2 years since this comment, but I AM STILL BLOWN AWAY by it. Only 1 in 100k coins being King George V is amazing!

Let me throw this out for what it’s worth. Canada’s population is 38 million. Let’s say only 1 person in 100,000 COLLECTS Geo. V coins. Keep in mind, I want to rule out those who buy copper, nickel and silver in general. I want to only count those who will pay a fair premium for Geo. V because they are hard to find. I am also ruling out those who inherited someone else’s collection. I’m only talking serious Geo. V collectors. If there are 380 in the entire country, that would be 1 in 100k. Let that sink in!

Yesterday morning a 1940 King George nickel from a CWR. First George nickel since March!

Every once in awhile King George still makes appearances. To be more specific:
1938, 1944, 1947, and 1950 - all pennies from rolls opened this month.

Got a 1934 Wheatie today at CS.

thecrazyone wrote:Got a 1934 Wheatie today at CS.

That's nice, but this is a CANADIAN thread.

Silver4face wrote:

thecrazyone wrote:Got a 1934 Wheatie today at CS.

That's nice, but this is a CANADIAN thread.

Sonofa... (thank you)

Pulled three King George pennies this morning out of bwr's, all in solid VG-F condition. The years were 1946 and 1950 (2x). Also Pulled a 1955 queen out of the same batch.

Silver4face wrote:Pulled three King George pennies this morning out of bwr's, all in solid VG-F condition. The years were 1946 and 1950 (2x). Also Pulled a 1955 queen out of the same batch.

Nice !

1955 early queen nickel. My first pre 1960 nickel since Halloween. I know this coin isn't worth much, but it's so cool to hit one as an American CRH

Six King George pennies pulled from recent "mining"

1940
1942
1943
1950 x 2
1952

1956 QEII today in change. That was surprising.

$100. A 41 kg penny.

2-5
+2-8

Had k.g. but did not record the year.
At the point $1300 pennies sorted this year.

Lol and being in Arizona, where I would expect the odds to be significantly higher.

Though that said. There are a fair amount of snowbirds that die off year winter. Who is going to transport coins ,home. Into the bank or coinstar.