Best Box Of Nickels I've Ever Had. Found On Vacation In Florida

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briton Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 03/31/2018 1:12 pm I normally CRH in Indiana, but we are on vacation in Kissimmee FL. I went to the local Wells Fargo and got a box of Nickels for my son. We got the best box we have ever gotten. 8 Buffalo's 4 V nickels 3 War Nickels This got me thinking, I am in FL and get 1 box of Nickels and it happens to be my best box ever. Obviously we got lucky, but I wonder if the odds are better in Florida. This seem like a collection dump for sure. This got me thinking of the geographical and cultural differences between Orlando and the Midwest. In Indiana it is mostly white people of all ages. In the Orlando area there are 2 large types of people that we do not have much in Indiana: 1. A large population of older retirees. 2. A large population of Hispanic (many Cubans and Mexicans) My guess is there are times when old retirees pass away and their family likely lives out of state and has to come into FL and manage all their belongings. This may include coming into FL for a few days and managing of all of their belongings. I would imagine often times the family just takes all the change to a bank to turn it in without looking through it, which may include collectable coins. As for the Hispanic population, my guess is many of them are first or second generation immigrants, and may not know a rare coin if they saw one. Anyways my guess is many places like Florida/Orlando have better "CRHing Odds" then the Midwest. Anyone else have any thoughts or comments on this theory? Anyways here are the pics. I was so happy my son was able to find these things. The second roll he opened had a V nickels and I immediately thought the box would be a good one! God Bless you all and thanks for looking! Edited by briton 03/31/2018 1:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Mark1959 Pillar of the Community 7234 Posts	Posted 03/31/2018 1:47 pm Nice. Fun to find! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34408 Posts	Posted 03/31/2018 2:11 pm Quote: Anyone else have any thoughts or comments on this theory? I'm super-excited about your find while on vacation, but it seems to me that drawing broad conclusions from such a small sample set is problematic. A better way to test your hypothesis that CRHing in FL is better than CRHing in IN would be to compare the average results from many thousands of rolls by multiple collectors in both states. I have seen individual collectors post their results here, but I'm not sure that CCF has ever had a thread where such a widespread comparison was made. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
aristarchus123 Pillar of the Community United States 1695 Posts	Posted 03/31/2018 2:24 pm What a great find! Congratulations! Get some more boxes! Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 03/31/2018 5:18 pm Now that's real vacation fun I would be at that bank for a few more boxes, including dimes and quarters for possible silver Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10038 Posts	Posted 03/31/2018 5:23 pm Great find! You beat me to it. I have relatives in that area. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 03/31/2018 11:18 pm Excellent finds! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Silver Eagle Pillar of the Community United States 858 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 9:03 pm wow! Report this Post to the Staff
TimWUtah New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 09/20/2018 5:49 pm Looks Awesome!! Congrats. I went through a roll I got and found 2 War Nickels and a Buffalo nickel. Also found a Norwegian Krone in the roll. Report this Post to the Staff
John77 Pillar of the Community United States 2910 Posts	Posted 09/20/2018 6:13 pm Wow... am only seeing this now. Obviously too late to go back and get more. If it had been me, I would've immediately headed back to that bank and gotten another box. I wonder how many other pre-1960s were in it? CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188213 Posts	Posted 09/21/2018 10:55 am Quote: I went through a roll I got and found 2 War Nickels and a Buffalo nickel. Also found a Norwegian Krone in the roll. Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 09/21/2018 11:14 am I am a Hoosier, but don't CRH. Those are some really nice finds Report this Post to the Staff
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