Are Liberty Nickels common?

I just went through my first box of nickels from the early 1900's. Are these fairly common or did I just get lucky?

 

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Did you get the box from the bank or did you order it?

 

They are fairly rare, i have went through $20,000 in nickels this year and found 5.

 

i got it from the bank

 

What all did you find then, like years and amounts?

 

Is the box that old or are the nickels that old? *confused*

 

V nickels are about 1 in 80,000 nickels for me.

 

the nickels are that old. the box also contained present day nickels.

 

How many did you find?

 

Post some pics!

 

I have found a couple of dozen of them, usually in BWR though. Earliest is an 1888, latest a 1912. But I have probably gone through about 850,000 nickels to find them.

 

sorry i forgot to post how many i found. i found ten, ranging from 1901 to 1912.

 

oops, i meant to say " i just went through my first box of nickels today, i found ten liberty nickels from the early 1900s". i was typing too fast.

 

If you find a 1913 stop looking......

 

Or look at the mintmark of the 1912

 

amazing!