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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 470064, member: 9270&quot;]Take a look in the Red Book at the number of nickels struck in 1964.</p><p>There were about as many struck that one year as had been struck from 1950 to 1963 <u>ALL TOGETHER</u>.</p><p>1964 of course was the last year of silver business strikes (except Kennedy&#039;s).</p><p>There was a huge coin shortage because people were pulling silver out of circulation.</p><p>Clad coinage was still a year off.</p><p>So the Mint got a head start on the shortage with the nickels which not being silver weren&#039;t being hoarded.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The good news: 1964 nickels are common.</p><p>The bad news: There&#039;s not as many well struck ones as you&#039;d think. The Mint was doing &quot;quick and dirty&quot; production.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For about the 10 years following 1964 I would bet anyone even money that if you took 5 nickels at random, at least three would be 1964&#039;s.</p><p>And I&#039;d win more often than not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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