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Message:: [QUOTE="JBK, post: 134631, member: 1101"]If people were SEARCHING 1000 rolls of nickels for rarities that would be one thing, but hoarding them because they will be valuable some day is quite another.  You even mention that you want to hand them out when you are in your 60s - that is another proposition all together - not profit motivated, but for a laugh or to generate some interest in a kid. I also wish more people had hoarded Standing Libs so I could buy them for $10 in MS65.  But that did not happen.   However, that does not mean today's state quarters or nickels will ever be in the same boat as that fantasy. The "real" money in modern coins sems to be rolls (and Unc. singles) of mid-80s clad coins.  No one saved them.  THAT should be the lesson for collectors of today.  I bet there is more upside potential to a roll of Unc 2004 dimes than a roll of 2004 nickels.  I coul dget all the nickels I wanted at the bank, but no unc. dimes.  That is a hint to me that I should make an extra effort to track some down.  They are being dumped into circulation and none saved.  This is especially significant since the Mint sets now have the satin finish.   A true business strike has to come from Unc. rolls from the bank, which few people are saving.[/QUOTE]