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

Box #66
no silver 42/66
no buffs
no proofs
no V's

Fish nickel ender! 1986
Dates:
1947-D (2)

til next time. looks like a lot of us are in a lull; we'll spring back!

I hate when I am dumping coins and oth er customers look in awe with bright eyes and say "wow, how long did it take you to save up all of that". I don't know, it just makwa it awkward for me for some reason.

Owassokie,

My son and I have found:

1950d 0
1950p 17

I'd say your results are unusual.

Yeah the bank knows I don't just get it from saving, because they see me all the time. They used to ask how long it took to save, until I mentioned I was a coin collector. But it is awkward every time other customers ask.

Soon I will be heading of to camp as I do every summer. I won't be able to search boxes from the 15th of June until mid-August, but I plan on trying one more before I go. I thought I would just post the holes I still have in my album along with some other interesting data.

I still need:
1950 D
1939 D
1939 S
1943 D
1944 S
1945 D

Overview:
I have searched 1,650 rolls of nickels, or 33 boxes. From these I have pulled 1,122 Jefferson's dated before 1960.
This is equal to 0.00003183397% of the pre-60 nickel population, of which is 3,524,536,823 coins.

Average # of pre-60 Jefferson nickels/box: 34

I have found a total of 30 silver wartime nickels, 10 Buffalo nickels, and 1 Liberty nickel.

Average # of war nickels/box: 0.91

Average # of buffalo nickels/box: 0.30

Average # of Liberty nickels/box: 0.03

Date Frequency
1940 and Older: 156 coins. (13.9%) *Does not include buffs or V's.
1941-1945: 130 coins (11.6%)
1946-1950: 215 coins (19.2%)
1951-1955: 276 coins (24.6%)
1956-1959: 345 coins (30.7%)

Most-frequent dates:
1st- 1958 D (86)
2nd- 1959 D (76)
3rd- 1946 (69)
4th- 1940 (66)
5th- 1941 (63)

Least-frequent dates:
1st- 1939 S (1)
2nd- 1944 D (1)
3rd- 1942 S (1)
4th- 1942 P (1)
5th- 1943 S (1)

Most suprising results:
1938 D (2)
1955 (5)
1958 (12)
1956 (34)
1957 (32)

Love the statistics ancientcoinguy. Thanks for taking the time to gather and post that.

$22.00 in Nickels, found a 1981 S. First proof nickel found in a roll!

Hi all,

This note replaces the previous note where I called on all data from roll hunting and provides additional details.

I plan on writing a statistics paper on probability/regression about nickels hunting.

I am looking for data from anyone on at least 15 boxes and need everything found before 1960 kept track of by year and mintmark by box.

I will start analyses now (with the help of those who have already replied I have data on about 150 boxes) but if you can do 15 boxes by the beginning of September, I'll include your results too!

If you want a formatted Excel spreadsheet, just let me know and I'll send that to you.

thanks a bunch