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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CTRollHunter, post: 2385949, member: 41919&quot;]I did it!&nbsp; The great race to a 1939-D is over!</p><p>EXACTLY two weeks ago I found my first 1950-D Jefferson nickel.&nbsp; That left me with just one more spot to fill...a 1939-D.&nbsp; I have searched nine boxes since then.&nbsp; And here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]489583[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure some of you will think I made this up, but I didn&#039;t.&nbsp; I&#039;m just having very good luck. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s weird though because at the beginning of the year I was thinking to myself that despite finding 3500 silver and part silver halves I had never found a Barber half.&nbsp; But I&#039;ve found 3 already this year.&nbsp; And I am off to my fastest silver start ever: over 93 ounces before April 1st.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I found my first ever 1950-D two weeks ago.&nbsp; And now my first (well second, counting the one I found as a kid) 1939-D.&nbsp; And it&#039;s not like I haven&#039;t been looking before this.&nbsp; I have found over 230 war nickels.&nbsp; If you figure a little over one war nickel per box (close to my average, I would guess) then I&#039;ve searched about 200 boxes to get a complete set of Jefferson nickels to 1960.&nbsp; And both keys have come in the last 12 boxes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, soon I&#039;m going to have no more time for coin collecting except for the odd afternoon here and there.&nbsp; So my luck will cool off.&nbsp; But it&#039;s already been a great year.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep your stories coming...I like reading about all your finds!</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Hunting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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