The Goal: 25,000 Rolls Of Nickels (All Searchers Welcome!)

Great finds, John77!

Thanks, jbuck and Errers...

So my nickels have cooled off a little this month...

And, on Wednesday, I hit a negative milestone I hoped I would NEVER achieve doing this. That said, I knew that it was inevitably going to happen someday... I purchased 1,000 nickels from one of my main branches: 800 in MWR, 200 in CWR...

While the rolls themselves were productive enough - 12 keepers (10 in the MWR, 2 in the CWR) - not a single pre-1960 coin was to be found!

A lone 2009-D along with 11 2024-Ds made it a decent batch overall. I have stumbled upon dumps, of course, which haven't yielded any pre-60s, but this is the first ever group of 1,000+ non-dump nickels I've bought which has achieved this dubious distinction. My previous low was two pre-1960 coins.

Excellent!

Excellent!

Nice finds!

So recently, I found part of a collection dump amongst an almost full box of String & Sons MWR. I actually picked up the coins over the course of three separate visits to my main branch: I got one roll the first visit, 25 the next, and 17 the last visit. So I got 43 of the 50 original rolls.

I got two pre-60s in the first roll, including a black beauty 1958, so I made sure to go to that branch the following Tuesday morning when they opened - I knew the same teller who had that roll and the rest of the box would be there. Sure enough, the next group of 25 rolls was loaded: 27 more pre-60s, two 1973-S proofs, and five 2024-Ds. There was also another black beauty 1958 Philly amongst the six I pulled.

I knew said teller's next scheduled shift would be that Saturday, so I went back and got the remaining 17 rolls when they opened. They produced another 25 pre-60s including a 1942-D, a 1948-S, and eight more 1958 Philly coins, including two more black beauties - sadly, one of them was an ender and got roll damage. There were also two 2024-Ds in this group.

In all, I found 54 pre-60s, including 15 1958 Phillys, the 1942-D and 1948-S scarce dates, the two 1973-S proofs, and seven 2024-Ds. Quite the 63 coin haul!