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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 1124195, member: 11668&quot;]My experience is a bit out of date, but FWIW....</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Between 2000 and 2006, I searched 600,000 nickels (300 boxes) and found 228 war nickels, 47 buffalo nickels, and 4 &quot;V&quot; nickels.&nbsp; So the ratios worked out to about one war nickel per 1.3 boxes, and one buffalo per 6.4 boxes.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know whether the passing of five years since 2006 has impacted these ratios significantly.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t notice war nickels getting any scarcer between 2000 and 2006, at least.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By the way, from those 600,000 nickels, I was able to put together a complete Jefferson nickel set, though the 1939D and 1950D each turned up only once.&nbsp; Other toughies were the 1943D (3), 1944D (4), 1944S (4), 1938S (5), 1942S (6), 1939S (8), and 1938D (9).&nbsp; Every other date was found at least 13 times.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I was in Wisconsin at the time; I suspect some of the S-mint dates might&#039;ve been easier to find if I&#039;d been farther west.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hope this helps![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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