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

$100 box of nickels tonight. First box of nickels in quite some time.

Got 2 War Nickels (both '43p), 4 Canadian nickels (one .999 Ni), and 29 pre 1960 coins, the oldest of which was a 1940p. No buffs or V's, though I wasn't expecting any, as they are VERY hard to come by. I did get 3 nice ones...'63, '64, and '66, all AU with VERY little wear and partial steps still visible. Dunno if I'm gonna keep 'em though....I think the mintages are too high for them to ever be worth more than face.

The lack of silver in the last few boxes is interesting. Maybe this means a big haul in the near future? Run-of-the-mill results this time. After $100 more worth of nickels (1470 total rolls) My finds are as follows....

Liberty
1889........1

Buffalo
1919........1
1936 D.....1
1936 S.....1
19__........7

Jefferson
1938........8 (+1)
1938 D.....2
1939........53 (+3)
1939 S.....1
1940........53
1940 D.....6
1940 S.....7
1941........49 (+2)
1941 D.....8 (+1)
1941 S.....4 (+1)
1942........13
1942 D.....3
1942 P.....1
1943 P.....10
1943 S.....1
1944 D.....1
1944 P.....5
1945 P.....5
1945 S.....2
1946........58
1946 D.....12 (+1)
1946 S.....2
1947........28 (+2)
1947 D.....6 (+1)
1947 S.....2
1948........28 (+1)
1948 D.....7
1948 S.....4
1949........18 (+1)
1949 D.....5
1949 S.....2 (+1)
1950........3
1951........16
1951 D.....6
1951 S.....4
1952........25 (+2)
1952 D.....4 (+1)
1952 S.....4
1953........23 (+1)
1953 D.....26 (+1)
1953 S.....7
1954........17
1954 D.....49 (+2)
1954 S.....13 (+2)
1955........5
1955 D.....34
1956........30 (+3)
1956 D.....31
1957........27
1957 D.....46 (+4)
1958........10
1958 D.....73 (+2)
1959........8 (+1)
1959 D.....66 (+2)
2009 D.....7
2009 P.....7

Total: 958
Average: 32.59/box

Box 1:
1948s x2
1950

Box 2:
1943d
1950d
2009p
Singapore 20 cents
British 1 penny

It's time for some dancing fruit because with the 1950d I completed the Jefferson nickel set from circulation!

Holy mackerel! That *is* indeed a beautiful 1950-D!

Must have been from someone's cashed in collection, as it looks like it spent most of its life somewhere safe.

Congrats! :-)

Thanks TheDanMan. I have slowed down this year on buying so finding little cheap ways to add some pieces is fun and a new way for me to collect within my budget. Obviously neither are worth a bunch of money or anything amazing (I am super jealous of that 1950-d) but it keeps this hobby fun.

Well I did two boxes this week. Not a good sign. I think I'm starting a skunk streak. The two boxes together yielded no War Nickels and less then 30 keepers. This is on top of the other three previous boxes that have yielded no War Nickel. Hopefully this will turn around tomorrow!

Nice find for the 1950D! Thats beautiful.

I found a 1944P in a customer roll today!

So I had a surprise in my box yesterday!