First box of nickels

[AugustMoose87]

Went a bought my first box of nickels, and went to the coin shop to get folders to fill. Wife and I sat down and started working through then. Felt bad for the wife, because I got all the good finds... We did real good filling the books - we need a 2009 to finish one book, a 1971 to fill another, but lots left in the 38-61 book. Then I found 2 2009-D, 1 Canadian, 1 Buffalo 1927 and a 1942 that had me excited until I realized no mint mark above Monticello meant no silver...

I had a pic, but I seem to have deleted it... So you'll just have to take my word for it.

 

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[enamel7]

Did well finding a buffalo in your first box. Congrats.

 

[gravityrules]

Buffalos (or is that a bison?) are a nice find, particularly with a readable date.
2009P may take a while to find where you are, I'm in the Denver coin distribution area and the 2009P has been uncommon.

I just went through a box as well, it had 5 2009D that I kept, 3 others that I didn't keep.
Find rate for pre 1960 nickels was about 1%. 19 total, 4 - '40s (including a 41S), 15 - '50s (including a 51S, 54S, and an almost uncirculated 57D).
Also a couple of later year coins I was missing.
But overall the finds seemed down compared to previous boxes.