Weekly Nickel and Dimes, with my first British invasion

[Dok Holliday]

$1000 in Dimes (4 boxes)
Box1: 1963D, 2001 British 5 Pence
Box2: 1964D, 1964D, 1992 British 5 Pence
Box3: All Clad, except for another 1992 British 5 Pence
Box4: 1940 Winged Liberty Head Dime
Brings my dime averages down to 74 silvers from 51.4452 boxes. 1.44/box!


$200 in Nickels (2 boxes)
Box1: No upgrades or hole fillers, just a 1943P War Nickel and 19x Pre 1960 nickels
Box2: No upgrades or hole fillers, but I did find a 1944P and 1943S War Nickel along with a 2009D, 1 hoser nickel, and 21x Pre 1960 nickels.

Running average is 12 war nickels out of 13 boxes. 0.92/box!

 

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[Generic_Lad]

Wow, those small sized 5 pence are showing up everywhere for you. But 1 a box silver and a Merc makes your boxes pretty decent.

And I've always been slightly fond of the small sized 5p coins, I've always liked how thick they are and how they feel in hand. I wonder if anyone has ever gotten one of the large sized 5p (or shilling as they were the same size back before decimalization) in quarters?

 

[Dok Holliday]

I also like the 5P coin...my grandmother's family is Scottish, I've always been fond of the thistle, and the thickness of the coin is nice when compared to our common dime.

 

[CardsNCoins]

Finding a 5 pence in a roll aggravates me for some reason. It looks like a monster truck tire among all those thin dimes.

 

[Generic_Lad]

all pences are clad no matter how old i believe!

All new pence intended for circulation are base metal, but in the pre-decimal system (and decimal coins not intended for circulation) there are some silver coins. Before the change over to the smaller sized 5p and 10p pieces, they were identical in size to the shilling and 2 shilling (florin) piece, and while uncommon, it would have been possible for someone to find silver in circulation (though quite unlikely) until 1990 for the 5p coin when it was replaced by the small-sized 5p coin like you find in dime rolls, and until 1992/3 (the new sized one was released in 1992 but I think it wasn't withdrawn until 1993) for the 10p coin. British silver colored coin is sterling up until 1920 and 50% silver from 1920-1946 and copper-nickel from 1947 onwards.

 

[Dok Holliday]

Not clad, same metal as the American 5 Cent Nickel is made of.