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Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby ToothDoc » Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:03 pm

Yesterday I went through the best box of nickels ever. In the box I found over two rolls of 50s, a roll of 60s, and four war nickels. A BU 1941, a proof 2009. Share your best box ever.
$1325 Pennies 28%-30% avg. 1,1909 V.D.B. 3 Indians 1887,1903, unreadable.
$1860 Nickels 3 Buffalo's, 12-2009P, 9-2009D. 19war nickels. 2009 Proof.
$5750Dimes. 44silver dimes, 1980 Proof.
$1000 Quarters, Nothing
$1000 Halves, Nothing
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Re: Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby beauanderos » Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:07 pm

a BU 1941? Nice! :mrgreen:
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Re: Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby Franco American » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:43 pm

The most war nickels I ever found in a single box is 3.
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Re: Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby creshka46 » Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:47 am

I had a $200 bag once with 6 war nickels. I don't keep hard numbers on the pre 60 nickels, but there was one time I got $10-20 rolled from the bank and about half the rolls were all pre-60
Pennies: $4200 - (0) indians - (5)steel - (1) George V Canadian
Nickels: $6500 - (62)war - (23)buf - (1)V nic - (4) key date jeff's
Dimes: $5000 - (24)roos - (2)merc - (2)AgCAN
Halves: $8000 - (7)'64 - (33)40% - (1)walker
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Re: Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby OtusLotus » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:23 pm

What's up Doc? Pretty kewl box! Happy Hunting!

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Re: Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby johnbrickner » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:31 pm

Can't even come close to even post anything.
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Re: Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby scyther » Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:12 pm

My best box had a 2009-D, a nice (though not BU) 1941-D, 2 war nickels, a 1939-S, and a 1950-D.
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Re: Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby scyther » Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:14 pm

Franco American wrote:The most war nickels I ever found in a single box is 3.

Same here.
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Re: Best box of Nickels ever!

Postby Elwood » Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:52 pm

I was at a BOA once getting some pennies, had an extra $10 so I got 5 rolls of nickels. Got 3 war nickels out of them. Went back the next day for the rest of the nickels from that box--nothin'
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