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Message:: [QUOTE="Midas, post: 108305, member: 2761"]Depends how long you plan to hold on to them, and even with that, if you throw in inflation plus what it cost you to acquire these nickels, they are pretty much are only worth a nickel unless you find some "speared" bison varieties or the highest of all grades. The mint produced a HUGE number of these coins.  Just on the first day of the 2005 release alone, collectors bought and hoarded millions of these coins.  So...I can't really say if these coins will go up dramatically in your lifetime. Let me give you an example.  In 1955, it was announced that San Francisco was going to cease operations due to budget reductions.  The mint director at the time pointed out that the western states could be served more economically by the Denver mint.  Consequently, collectors scooped up rolls of these last minted coins like the 1955-S Lincoln. Now, "only" 44,610,000 1955-S Lincolns were minted during this last run and today, it is very easy to find these cents in a nice MS RED condition at very reasonable prices.  Rolls are not difficult to come by as well.  So after 50 years, was it worth it? The mint has produced over a BILLION of these 2005 nickels and coin values all come back to grade, surviability, numbers produced, and demand.  In 50 years, who knows? IMO[/QUOTE]