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

FINALLY!

HALFWAY DONE!

The Halfway Update:

100 rolls
46 pre-1959

BREAKDOWN:

1909(Liberty),(2)1939,(2)1940,1940d,(4)1940s,(3)1941,1945S(silver),(2)1946,(4)1947,1948,1948d,1949,(2)1949d,1951s,1952,(2)1952d,(2)1953,(2)1953d,(3)1954d,1954s,1955d,(2)1956d,1957,(3)1957d,(2)1958d

2004 Bahamas Five Cents

Had to post a photo of this; after going through a half a million nickels this is one of the finest, if not the finest 30+ year old coins I have come across! The photos do not begin to do this coin justice; it had to have come from a mint set!

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GRAND TOTALS TO DATE: THE HALFWAY POINT

12500 rolls
5506 pre 1959 (5 most common: 1958d(524),1957d(435),1941(386),1940(367),1946(322)
185 Silver Nickels (3 most common: 1943P(50),1945P(33),1944P(31))
23 Liberty nickels (1901,(2)1902,(2)1903,1904,(3)1906,(3)1907,1908,(4)1909,1910,(3)1911,1912,1912d)
50 Buffalo nickels ((18)dateless,1918,1919,(3)1920,1920d,1924,(4)1927,1928,1928s,(3)1929,1929s,(5)1935,(6)1936,1936d,(2)1937,1938d)
16 Proof (1961,1963,1964,1970s,1971s,(2)1974s,(2)1986s,1987s,1988s,1993s,1994s,2003s,(2)2007s)
4 1990d NO FS Designer Initials
1 Henning Counterfeit (1939)
1 Australia 5 cents (1982)
6 Bermuda 5 cents (1970,1986,1987,1996,2000,2001)
15 Bahamas 5 cents (1981,1987,(3)1998,(5)2000,(4)2004,2005)
4 Belgium 1 Franc (1958,1963,1969,1975)
1 Brazil 5 Centavos (1994)
1 Cayman Islands 10 Cents (2002)
1 Dominican Republic 5 Centavos (1987)
1 East Caribbean States 2 Cents (2002)
1 Ecuador 5 Centavos (2000)
2 Germany 50 Pfennig (1972,1985)
1 Great Britain New Penny (1997)
1 Italy 20 Centimes (1941)
1 Latvia 1 Lats (1992)
1 Mexico 50 Centavos (1993)
1 Norway 1 Kroner (1997)
1 Saudi Arabia 10 Halala (date unknown)
1 Somalia 5 Shillings (2000)
6 Switzerland 20 Rappen (1943,1960,1969,(3)1970)
1 Taiwan 1 Yuan (1983)
1 Tanzania 50 Senti (1990)
1 Thailand 1 Baht (2004)
1 Cincinnati Ohio Transit Token
1 Namco Amusement Token

AND STILL NO 2009!

I will have the date by date breakdown within a few days.

Congratulations CND.

Thats a beauty of a 72d ..... looking forward to your year-by-year summary at the half way point.

David

So glad for you, now that you hit halfway, were you tempted to say that's enough? I also wondered how many of these you have held back and saved. How many rolls did you keep out of 12.500?
Best of luck on the second half!
I think pretty soon somebody should be notifying the Guinness Book of World Records people.

Nice Job CND. Even half way though this is still an amazing feat.

One box today. 1 war and only 6 pre 1960=(

Couldn't find any bank willing to turn loose any boxes today so I grabbed as many rolls I could get from 5 different banks and ended up with 105 assorted rolls (customer wrapped and Brinks). Nothing exciting out of the CWR'S but I did get a 1929 Buffalo,1942D,1944P(silver) & a 1964 Proof that was staring at me out the end of the Brinks roll! (This is one 1964 I was happy to see)

On the later dates they will have an "s" mintmark. But the earlier dates like the 1964 were minted in Philadelphia and have no mint mark. If you know what a proof coin looks like, then they can be spotted. The final determining factor for me were the steps!

Did 100 rolls last night with the following results.

35 - Pre-60's
1 - 1926 Buffalo (needed to be nic-a-dated)
1 - 1986 Canadian nickel

Was able to upgrade several of my coins and filled one hole, the 1951S (7.8 million). Nine more holes to fill in my book. Was overall pleased but still missing quite some of those early War Nickels. Was really hoping for a few of them.