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Valued Member
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My son and I just opened a box of halves and we hit the motherload of NIFC's 2002= 2 2010= 11 2011= 13 2012= 16 2013= 21 2014= 5 Proof's =3...1983, 1984, and 1976. No silver, but still a fun box. The NIFC's stick out when edge searching. My son pulled 9 out of one roll and we kept 2 enders, so there are prolly more NIFC's in those. I had one other box where I hit a bunch of 2016 and 2017's. I'm starting to wonder if the Government just dumped a bunch of NIFC coins that never got purchased. If not, are you telling me someone bought all these from the mint, then just decided to dump them? I know that happens over time with silver coins, but with how new these things are, it seems odd.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice box!
I have yet to find a 2017 half dollar, nor a 2016-P.
As to how/why the NIFCs get into circulation, I don't have an honest answer for you. My best guess is that the unsold ones from the previous year's production end up getting dumped - though this doesn't explain why people sometimes find NIFCs from the current year. Perhaps the banks get orders, and when the vendors like BRINKS and GARDA get them from the Fed they sometimes ship new ones? Anyone else have theories?
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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02/22/2018 7:14 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like you guys hit the jack pot. Congrats  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Nice. It's possible that a dealer bought them, picked out the MS 69's and MS 70's, and sent them off to be slabbed. |
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 United States
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I have yet to find a 2017 half dollar, nor a 2016-P. I have found plenty of both. I had one other "NIFC" box, that had a whole roll of 2017 and about a half roll of 2016. Again I don't know how that happened. Either the government dumps them, or some that were bought within the last year, got dumped by an individual for some reason. Very weird to me. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Sometimes collectors and shops buy large lots and look for those high grade ones, dump the rest.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sometimes roll hunters dump their huge collections of unwanted leftovers. Like myself. I dump all those, plus dozens of chaffed dug IH's, dateless Buffalos, and thousands of 1945-1958 Jefferson nickels. I keep one of each NIFC, and impaired proof, out of hundreds, dump the rest. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
Roll hunting since '77
Dirt fishing since '72
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Pillar of the Community
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Great score for a box. Congratulations! |
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United States
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Very nice! |
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Valued Member
United States
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Very nice box.. Congrats HH
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