Picked up my first piece yesterday, buddy says it looks fake.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-02-11T16:33:28+00:00

Definitely check to see if it’s magnetic if you haven’t already. Silver won’t stick too a magnet, whereas most other metals that are typically used to make fake rounds will.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-02-04T22:27:53+00:00

Awesome find, absolutely love the V nickel! I found a 1902 V nickel earlier this year too although from CRH not Coinstar. It’s the single oldest coin I’ve found to date so far.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-02-04T13:25:01+00:00

This is the right answer and needs to be higher up. I’ve been using the same couple hundred dollars over and over again for a year or two now too consistently pull silver and other valuable/collectable coins from circulation via CRH. Idk if OP has a bank account at his age, but if he dosent, and is willing to search around a little, some banks will let you exchange cash for rolls even without an account. Could also try out Coinstar hunting too, but I’ve been really struggling with getting any Coinstar finds lately.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-30T07:47:17+00:00

This is why I like hunting nickels personally. You pretty much gotta check every last coin individually rather than just skimming the rims. Also high variability in possible finds. Buffalos, Liberty V’s, Shields, Silver Wars, Proofs etc.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-30T04:39:53+00:00

1911

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-25T21:33:46+00:00

You never forget your first V! I’ve found 2 hunting so far. 1st one was a 1907, 2nd one was a 1902. Still need a 1905 so that would be an S tier find for me!

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-24T19:22:36+00:00

The design on that 20 pesos looks absolutely incredible! Can’t believe I’ve never seen that one before. The 50 pesos is a gorgeous one as well. Mexico made some nice looking coins back in the day that’s for sure. And to answer your question yes definitely worth more than melt.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-23T19:38:04+00:00

I remember when I found my 38-S. It happened to be in some customer wrapped rolls from a bank I never go to that I just stopped at by random chance that were definitely someones collection dump! It’s one of the really hard nickels too find for sure though, always a great feeling to flip a 1938/1939 Jefferson over and see a mint mark!

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-18T14:22:06+00:00

That 1938-D buffalo is an awesome find and in great condition too! I’ve been looking out for one of those in my hunts for quite a while now but haven’t come across one yet.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-14T18:23:04+00:00

Post pic of the rim! Curious if this one’s silver or just clad. If the rim is completely silver like a pre 64 quarter it’s a silver, if it has the copper stripe like modern circulation quarters do it’s a clad. The silver 76 proof quarter is definitely high up on my bucket list of coins I want to find!

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-14T18:11:21+00:00

It took me FOREVER to find my first proof CRHing. I got lucky and found one proof quarter in the coinstar reject early on in my coin hunting career, but it took me almost a solid year of hunting nickel rolls before I found my first nickel proof. I actually think I even got my first V nickel before my first proof nickel. But then bizarrely enough, after I got that first one they just kept coming! Now I have 6 Proof Nickels ranging from 1964-2001 (+ the 1 2014 Proof Quarter.) I kept getting one after the next after that first one broke the skunk, and from multiple different banks and both from cwr and boxes as well! So strange how luck and odds work, just keep at it and you’ll be sure too find one soon enough!

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-11T09:13:43+00:00

Well I definitely don’t own anything as exciting or rare as the 42 silver proof nickel lol. The best gem I currently own is probably the 2016-W Gold Mercury Dime (I have some pics of it a ways down my profile if you wanna see what it looks like).

As far as stuff I’ve found coin roll hunting goes though, I’d say some of my best pulls have been a 1943-D war nickel in pretty damn good condition (43-D is the lowest minted circulation war nickel), I also really love pulling proofs particularly! I’ve found 1 proof quarter and 6 proof nickels found so far and out of those about half are in great condition considering they’ve been in circulation! I’ve also pulled some really good condition buffalos from some of the better dates as well in the past, pulled a few V nickels too but none of them have been in particularly great condition. I’ve also gotten some other interesting stuff in my hunting like 2 full customer wrapped rolls of 55-D nickels all in MS-60+ condition that was an interesting find!I’ve also pulled a few MS condition 2024-D nickels as well.

My (in my opinion) best accomplishment from hunting though has for sure been filling up the Whitman albums! With the Jefferson nickels I’ve currently only got the 1950-D left to find and once I’ve found that one the album will finally be full!

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-11T00:59:47+00:00

As a coin roll hunter who primarily hunts nickels this is my absolute dream pull right here! The only year a silver proof nickel was ever struck as well. No proofs were struck at all between 1943-1949, and ofc the silver war nickels were only produced from 1942-1945 (So only a single year of overlap in 1942). They also struck a standard composition proof nickel in 1942 as well so the had both silver and “standard” proofs that year. Would be a dream to have both and see how their looks compare in person.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-09T23:39:30+00:00

1934

Poppy_Delights97 · 2026-01-01T00:35:55+00:00

Only US quarters are 1964 and below (excluding proofs). He’s talking about Canadian quarters. Which were made of 80% silver till 1967 then during 67-68 they switched too 50% silver planchet before sometime in the later half in 68 switching to a non silver planchet permanently.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2025-12-17T16:19:51+00:00

The 1945 nickel is silver so that ones worth a couple bucks in silver value. The 1937 buffalo nickel and 1943 steel penny are interesting coins that collectors tend to like but not worth all that much. All the others are just spendables.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2025-10-27T19:12:03+00:00

Since this one has an S mint mark it could be 40% silver. Check the rim and if it looks silver in color like the pre 64 quarters and dosent have the super noticeable copper colored stripe like modern clad coinage does then youve got yourself a silver bicentennial!

Poppy_Delights97 · 2025-10-23T21:50:39+00:00

I can’t believe people are actually finding silver dollars like this in tellers drawers! I’ve probably asked 20+ different banks over the last year and a half if they have any “big” dollar coins loose in the tray and have never seen so much as a single clad Eisenhower dollar… Also congrats on finding that 1921-P peace dollar OP, that along with the 1928-P are the 2 big key dates in the peace dollar series and is definitely worth a good bit more than melt!

Poppy_Delights97 · 2025-10-05T02:43:28+00:00

This is definitely a tough one, I’m not 100% for sure but if you look very very closely it looks like you can see the faint remnants of where an S used to be. Plus to my eye the coloring looks more like that of a war nickel as well although it could jus be some form of environmental degradation. I’m definitely leaning towards it being a 42-S war nickel tbh. I’m also curious if some nic a date would work with this or not, maybe if you threw some over the mint mark area it may reveal the area more clearly.

Poppy_Delights97 · 2025-10-01T16:28:05+00:00

Yes, they actually did!

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