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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2433196, member: 68&quot;]You can find a &#039;71 nickel in change; they aren&#039;t that tough.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Finding a nice attractive coin with little wear gets harder every year because collectors are skimming off the nice ones and there aren&#039;t that many left.&nbsp; They made 106 million and they are very durable but they have no real value any longer because there&#039;s nothing you can buy for 5c.&nbsp; This means they get tossed in the garbage and when they&#039;re dropped people won&#039;t even bother to pick them up.&nbsp; They&#039;re just 7c place holders for coins that used to have real value. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>About 45,000,000 survive and they tend to be pretty beat up.&nbsp; Really nice VF is about the best you can hope for. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Roll coins are sucky and and poorly made while mint set coins are excellent.&nbsp; This is common in six steps.&nbsp; Mint set coins often have surface issues and now days about 60% have a heavy haze on them.&nbsp; About one coin in four in mint sets is nice and very choice and Gems run about 2% except for the haze which often comes off in alcohol.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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