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Message:: [QUOTE="John77, post: 2716093, member: 79277"]Sounds a lot like me... started collecting when I was 5... got into my Grandpa's "penny drawer" and pulled 163 wheats, the oldest being two 1937 coins. Nickels indeed are the most fun as you never know what you're going to find. In the past week, I've found a V Nickel, several Buffalos, over a dozen War Nickels, a key date 1939-D, and a 1976-S proof. It also doesn't hurt that people aren't too aware of the War Nickels... I bought a box of dimes the other week... it was like pulling teeth to go through it... I found all of one silver (1964-D) and two 2009-Ds, along with a few assorted BU coins from the 80s and 90s. I don't do boxes of Quarters for the same reason, but will buy some CRH of quarters on occasion when the tellers get them... I have much better luck finding silver dimes in the CoinStar machines... to date, I've found about 3/4 of a roll of them over the past year! Halves are fun, but are so "hit and miss." I save the NIFCs, proofs, and of course the silver... I average about a silver per box - takes me a little less than 40 minutes to go through and re-roll a box typically. I've never done the dollar coins, nor do I think I will anytime soon.[/QUOTE]