Just Got My 2nd 100.00 Box Of Nickels At Bank!

I save pre 60s but not all of them. Take a look at the nickel searching thread, just search "the goal" and click on the 25,000 nickels thread

Ya haha I started reading but it was taking forever lol. I am halfway through the box and so far am seeing a TON of 2006 and 2007. Haven't seen a single 2009 yet. I have only run into about 12 pre 1960 so far. I have found 2 1940s and 1 1939, both are in pretty bad condition. Everything I have found pre 1970 so far has ben in pretty bad shape for the most part.

Hey Celtic, ya I don't plan on finishing the whole album in one box lol, but I am going to go one box at a time...Just can't afford to toss up anymore than 100 dollars at a time lol. Anyway, I am wish regions..do you know if they have coin counting machines because I don't know really what to do about turning the box full of nickel rejects back in lol? Also, should I be looking for any variations or special things, and what all do you think should be keepers?

Casutherland, the fun thing with roll searching is that if you get on a good cycle, you really aren't spending much money.

Think of it this way...

o you invest in a $100 box of nickels. Okay, you're out $100. That kinda sucks.
o you keep say, $5 of that first box to start to fill your set, and you keep all the oldies (and 5% is an impossibly good hit rate unless it's the first box :) .
o that means you turn back $95 into the bank which will get credited to your account in 3 or 4 days.
o get another $100 box after you deal with the snide clerk who doesn't want to take your change.
o wash, rinse, repeat.
o That means you're only down $195 at any time, and you'll get most of it back.
o And once you have that bit tied up in the hobby and you don't "need" it, well...that's just gravy.

After your 3rd box, you will be returning 99% of the nickels to the bank, so it's really your time that is the big factor at that point, because you won't be spending any money on the nickels except on gas to transport them to/from the bank.

So ask yourself, "How much fun do I have breaking rolls looking for a crappy 38?" If the answer is "a crapload" then you're good.

Have fun!

I just checked my records and I had exactly 30 (out of 65) holes filled in my 38-61 folder after the first 2 boxes. I got to 50/65 within just several more. Then I started creeping....adding 1 or maybe 2 per box.

I still have yet to find the 39D, 43D, and 50D, but I found my 39S last box after a drought of about 5 boxes with nothing new. I think it was the 45D that came in 5th place. I got somewhat lucky and found my 38D and 38S fairly early on, but those two are usually really tough.

I live close to SF and the S-minted nickels are still more common around here today than the rest of the country. I had no trouble with them, but I've read that some of the low-mintage S-minted ones like the 49-S or 46-S can be tough out east. In comparison, it actually took me a long time to find a 58-P. It's low mintage, but I was still baffled that a more recent one like that took me so long. I think I got it around hole filled number 54 or so.

The last strings box I got had ~20 pre-60's, one silver war, and a dateless buffalo. About the same as my average Brinks box.

I really don't think the distribution company has anything to do with your "returns". It's not like they are cherrypicking certain coins, lol.