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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cvicisso, post: 1108643, member: 29382&quot;]Wow, wasn&#039;t expecting the hostility.&nbsp; Ok, let me answer your questions...</p><p><br /></p><p>I do &#039;hoard&#039; the nickels I get in pocket change, and I have purchased a few rolls from the bank.&nbsp; I wish my parents would have done this in 1964 with dimes, quarters, halves... before they changed the composition of those (from 90% silver to essentially junk).&nbsp; The thing about buying nickels from the bank is that YOU DON&#039;T KNOW WHAT DATE YOU ARE GOING TO GET - which, was actually the point of my original question. </p><p><br /></p><p>2009 Jefferson nickels have a total mintage of 86,640,000.&nbsp; That&#039;s the lowest since 1959, and makes it a prime contender for a &#039;key date.&#039;&nbsp; Since I can&#039;t purchase a box of BU 1959 nickels anywhere (or afford it if I could), I&#039;m betting on the 2009 instead.&nbsp; Don&#039;t you wish you had 8,000 1959-D nickels in BU condition?&nbsp; Heck - even in the 1960&#039;s, they would have been worth more than 2.5X face value don&#039;t you think?</p><p><br /></p><p>The composition of the nickel has been the same since 1866 (except for the 1942-45 &#039;war nickels&#039; that contained silver instead of nickel because of the wartime demand for nickel).&nbsp; When the metal value of coins becomes greater than the face value, the government (wisely) changes the composition to something cheaper.&nbsp; The government is currently writing us (taxpayers) a check every time they make a nickel (because of the cost of materials, transportation, fabrication, etc).&nbsp; This cannot continue (nor should it).&nbsp; When it changes, the demand for the &#039;old&#039; nickels will naturally increase.&nbsp; HOARD NOW OR SORT LATER.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not plan to melt anything down - it is illegal to melt copper pennies (those minted before 1983) or nickels.&nbsp; However, I feel that the law of supply/demand will not prevent others from doing so - and I&#039;ll be more than happy to sell to them (as long as they don&#039;t tell me their plans of course).</p><p><br /></p><p>But seriously, the key date issue alone is the real reason I bought the nickels.&nbsp; I&#039;m actually shocked that folks on this forum don&#039;t &#039;get&#039; that.&nbsp; Jeesh.&nbsp; What gives?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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