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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Christobal, post: 2133739, member: 74392&quot;]You&#039;d have to hoard an awful lot of them to lose significant investment gains.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I&#039;m still building my collection, filling my primary and secondary albums of all US coins.&nbsp; So for nickels, I&#039;m looking for my missing ones and saving all of the lower mintage examples I find.&nbsp; Eventually, I will whittle down my culls to just the best 10 or 20, whatever, and upgrade them as I can.&nbsp; Few of my nickels are of high value quality, though, as all of them came from bank coin rolls (circulated).&nbsp; Every now and then I find a great AU example and that makes my day.&nbsp; I found a supurb 38 plain last fall and a very fine plus 61D yesterday.&nbsp; Keeps it interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I generally find one buffalo every 2 or 3 boxes and a silver nickel every 2 boxes.&nbsp; Maybe 10 to 15 1938-1949 coins per box.&nbsp; In the past year I found 4 proof nickels (all worn).&nbsp; That&#039;s from doing a box every week and a half.</p><p><br /></p><p>I need to become a member of a new bank, though, as I&#039;m finding fewer good coins in mine.&nbsp; Cleaned out my region, probably.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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