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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 25621584, member: 4626&quot;]Nickel box, I think #13?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well #13 must be pretty lucky for me lol because did find quite a few interesting things this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, got a 1945-S silver war nickel to fill an empty hole in the album.&nbsp; Only 5 more war nickels left to find; finally past the half way point on these!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also want to mention finding really nice 2004-P and 2004-D keelboat nickels that upgraded what was in the album.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most foreign coins I ever found in a box, including the first ones I ever found other than Canadian:</p><p><br /></p><p>1989 Canada 5 cents</p><p>2006 UK 20 pence (a type I didn&#039;t have; this portrait of QE2 I only have with the &quot;puzzle piece&quot; reverse; this is the last type with the old reverse.)</p><p>2014 &amp; 2019 Mexico 1 peso</p><p>Japan Showa 57 (1982) 50 yen</p><p><br /></p><p>Other than the Canadian nickel which has the identical diameter of an American nickel, not sure how these foreign coins snuck into nickel rolls, especially the 7-sided 20 pence coin.&nbsp; The 1 peso coins are slightly smaller than nickels and the 50 yen coin has a hole in the middle!&nbsp; But somehow machines didn&#039;t reject them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other neat find: 2007-S proof Jefferson nickel!&nbsp; Not in the greatest condition but finding a proof is still a cool event.</p><p><br /></p><p>Others worthy of saving:</p><p>1940 x2</p><p>1940-S</p><p>1941 x2</p><p>1941-D</p><p>1947 x2</p><p>1948</p><p>1948-D x2</p><p>1952</p><p>1952-D</p><p>1953 x2</p><p>1954-D</p><p>1954-S x2</p><p>1956-D x2</p><p>1957-D x2</p><p>1958 (kind of semi-key?&nbsp; Know it took me a while to find one of these earlier)</p><p>1958-D x3</p><p>1959-D</p><p>2009-D</p><p><br /></p><p>No buffaloes this time sadly, but hey this was still a fun box![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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