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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3344309, member: 27832"]When I started change-hunting in the late 1960s, it seemed like I saw more 1964 nickels than all other dates <i>put together</i>. They minted <b>over 2.8 BILLION</b> nickels with the 1964 date between Philadelphia and Denver; that's more than <b>six times</b> the previous record mintage (1963), and still stands as a record to this day. (They weren't all <i>minted</i> in 1964, though; thanks to some legal tomfoolery, and to address fears of hoarding, 1964-dated coins were minted well into 1966.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The surprising thing today is that they're so <b>un</b>common in change, as you've noticed. I'm guessing that some people save them because 1964 dimes, quarters, and half-dollars are silver. I've actually seen bags of 1964-and-earlier nickels in pawnshops labeled as "US silver coins", and priced accordingly. I really wonder if they <i>paid</i> on that basis when they bought them... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3344309, member: 27832"]When I started change-hunting in the late 1960s, it seemed like I saw more 1964 nickels than all other dates [I]put together[/I]. They minted [B]over 2.8 BILLION[/B] nickels with the 1964 date between Philadelphia and Denver; that's more than [B]six times[/B] the previous record mintage (1963), and still stands as a record to this day. (They weren't all [I]minted[/I] in 1964, though; thanks to some legal tomfoolery, and to address fears of hoarding, 1964-dated coins were minted well into 1966.) The surprising thing today is that they're so [B]un[/B]common in change, as you've noticed. I'm guessing that some people save them because 1964 dimes, quarters, and half-dollars are silver. I've actually seen bags of 1964-and-earlier nickels in pawnshops labeled as "US silver coins", and priced accordingly. I really wonder if they [I]paid[/I] on that basis when they bought them... :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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