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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;karrlot, post: 165093, member: 4476&quot;]I have always found that the oldest coins I find in circulation are nickels.&nbsp; I think it is because the design didn&#039;t change for so many years there wasn&#039;t a quickly visible way to tell old nickels from new ones, really old nickles stayed in circulation for a long time.&nbsp; You could quickly see wheat cents, silver dime and silver quarters, so those coins got hoarded quickly.&nbsp; Nickels, however, didn&#039;t have an easy way to tell old coins from new ones. </p><p><br /></p><p>I havn&#039;t searched nickels in since the new one&#039;s have come out, so I don&#039;t know how they are now.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One time I got 5 rolls of nickels.&nbsp; Half of them were war nickels.&nbsp; The rest were from the 40&#039;s.&nbsp; After I pulled out the ones I wanted to keep I rerolled them and set them aside.&nbsp; I took the rest of the rolls back to the bank.&nbsp; When I went to check them a few weeks later, I realized that I took the wrong rolls back!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve got one worse than raiding the change cup at Dunkin Donuts: </p><p><br /></p><p>Every other Sunday, I count money from the collection plates after church.&nbsp; A few weeks ago I looked down and saw the reverse of a nickel with a big &#039;P&#039; above Monticello.&nbsp; I grabbed it and reached into my pocket to find one for trade.&nbsp; I had nothing.&nbsp; I was faced with a delima - do I steal from the church or do I let a war nickel slip through my hands?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s be honest - the church isn&#039;t going to miss $.05 for two weeks, so I paid it back the next time I counted.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I really like nickels.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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