the nickels of wartime

[Thorne]

Wanted to know your ratio of war nickels found per box. Like last 50 boxes searched found "X" nickels. Thanks

 

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[theekman]

Ive only done 1 box of nickels ever, found one on the 3rd to last roll

 

[hokiemojo]

i average .7 per box. i did about 10 boxes last year.

 

[Thorne]

Wow not even one a box

 

[hokiemojo]

some are better tna others. i also got 5 buffalos, 3 with dates. i was hurt by a couple boxes that were 80% of one year (2011 and 2010). too bad they weren't 2009's!!!!

 

[GlenDronach]

I went through about a grand in nickels before I found a buff. Found a liberty, my only one, with dumb luck on my first box ever.

My war nickels are probably 1 for every 1 or 2 boxes.

 

[SilverForBrains]

I don't think I've ever been skunked on a nickel box. Probably done like 20 of 'em, at least 1 war nickel in each, sometimes 2 and a random buffalo every few boxes

 

[TheMastermind]

I did two boxes of nickels last year, found one war nickel.

Did $300 in CWR of nickels, found one war nickel.

I was helping my buddy dig a trench in his backyard over the summer to run electric to his shed, found one war nickel about five inches deep.

Found a war nickel in a teller's tray last week.

That's the extent of my nickel searching. Haha.

 

[50cent]

1/box average depending on the company
brinks is actually the best for nickels, which is strange as for all other units, they have been the worst.

 

[Thorne]

I was helping my buddy dig a trench in his backyard over the summer to run electric to his shed, found one war nickel about five inches deep.

Lolz

 

[Infector101]

21 Boxes
17 War Nickels (1 per 1.24 Boxes)
9 Buffaloes (1 per 2.33 Boxes)
1 V Nickel

 

[ArkieBassMan]

I've done ~24 boxes of nickels lifetime that produced 16 war nickels, no key/semi-key dates, no buffs, and no V's.

 

[Thorne]

21 Boxes
17 War Nickels (1 per 1.24 Boxes)
9 Buffaloes (1 per 2.33 Boxes)
1 V Nickel

Those are good odds for the buffaloes. Way to go

 

[dspeer83]

I do about 3 boxes of nicks a week when my halves are all done. Last year I averaged about 1 war nick for every 2 boxes, and 1 buff for every 4 boxes. Nicks are cheap and banks always have plenty of boxes on hand, not a bad way to pass the time while you're waiting on an order.

 

[boristhespider88]

I've done about 30 boxes, I've found 22 war nicks, 10 buffalos, 2 proof nickels (1970-S and 1994-S) and one magician's nickel (tails on both sides). Best boxes: 4 war nicks (that happened twice) and a box one time with 2 war nickel enders (that was it in the box though). I have only been skunked on 3 boxes before though.

Here are some pics of my nickels.

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[CladSmoke]

I get 1 war nickel for every 1.3 boxes. Sometimes i have gone as many as 5 boxes with none and sometimes find two in a box.

 

[MChittum89]

Did my first two boxes of nickels ever last week one box was all 2012s and in the other box found a non dated buffalo, 3 war nickels, a proof, and 2 others from 1930s. It was a great box for my first time probably will never be so lucky again.

 

[OnARoll]

War nickels talk about a waste of time, ud be better off looking for the closed 1992 am penny b4 another war nickel comes in your grasps.

 

[GarouLady]

War nickels talk about a waste of time, ud be better off looking for the closed 1992 am penny b4 another war nickel comes in your grasps.

I like doing nickels. If you get a roll of war nickels thats about 80 dollars silver worth. And if you had a dollar's face value of pre-1964 coinage, nickels give you the highest silver content, over a ounce worth. And here in michigan everyone I know of does dimes and halves, leaving me to do small time nickel searching. Unfortunately I am in the middle of a silver skunk streak 8 boxes long. I found one dateless buffalo in my last box and that's it. I went 7 boxes before finding anything of value. I haven't done nickels in about 3 weeks due to my work schedule and the crazy holiday season. I plan on picking up another box thursday to see if the christmas craziness stirred some silver up from the bottom. ::crosses her fingers:: wish me luck.

sincerely, Garoulady

 

[CaliShawnNokc]

I just started doing CRH and I'm only at 2 boxes and $110 in customer rolls. So far I have 2 war nicks and 2 buffs. The first buff I found is a F-12 1916 D type-2. Only worth about $11 but kinda cool for my first find. I plan on getting another box tomorrow and I hope I find more War nicks, but who knows. I guess I'll repost after I get to about 10 boxes for a good average. HH