Any Suggestions On How Many Nickel Coin Rolls

Try one box of nickels. Again, which book did you buy?

Something to consider:

I had a 2015 Objective to create a Circulation Set of Jefferson nickels. The target was 90% complete if I recall correctly. What I found is that if you don't care about grade, you can get that done pretty quickly. I think I remember that after 3 boxes (6000 coins) that you could reach that goal. However, with time and effort, you can build a pretty decent collection where your late 50s through present are AU through BU (with a few exceptions). Coins from the late 30s through the mid/late 50s at VF or better, many being AU. I think I did around 23 boxes that year and found all but 8 dates/mms. So if you are more patient, you can find nice collectable specimens. I did a box every other week or so, looking for Variety and Error coins as well, while building rolls by date/mm. So for $100 investment, rolled every other week, you should be able to build something similar.

Also keep in mind, if you are using a folder style, once you pop a coin into a spot, replacing it later can lead to weaker retention. If you have an album, you can upgrade more often without fear of over working a coin hole. Good luck!!

I started a Jefferson nickel album 1938-2003 for the New Year and through only 58 rolls (one box + 8 rolls) I had 113 holes filled with 44 left to go (I'm not doing proofs at this point).

The oldest was a '38 and I found one War Nickel. I might add that these were all Machine-Wrapped Rolls (MWRs). If your bank has them, Customer-Wrapped Rolls (CWRs) may lead to better finds but it's not a definite by any means.

I don't think the amount you buy at once will effect the outcome too much. At the best, I did 5 rolls a night, so I could have just bought 10 rolls every two days instead of a full 50 roll box.

The good thing in this case is that there aren't too many known errors/varieties to look for/distract you and some of those you need some decent magnification to see (that I haven't gotten going yet).

I hope this helps. Happy Hunting!

You can start with any amount of nickels ... a single $2 roll will put some coins into your folder/album.

Concur that if you accept any grade a handful of $100 boxes (say 4 or 5) will complete better than 50% of the circulation strike series 1938 to present.

What takes time and perseverance is finding the handful (10 or so) difficult to obtain coins ...

I completed a circulation strike set from local bank rolls and it took me 320,800 coins searched .... thats $16,040 or 160.4 boxes.

It's great fun ... enjoy the search and keep us updated on your finds.

David