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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mad Stax, post: 2823961, member: 79993&quot;]There were over 2.8 billion (yes Billion with a B) nickels minted between Philly and Denver in 1964, far and away the most ever produced in the history of the US Mint. That is why they turn up so frequently.</p><p>If you look at quarter and dime mintages from the early 60s-64 they also rapidly increase as well. People were pulling coin out of circulation due to silver&#039;s increasing value and the Mint initially responded by minting more and more coins. When they realized this was a losing proposition they changed the composition to CuNi clad and the problem was fixed. </p><p>The remainder of the pre-65 silver dimes and quarters were quickly plucked from circulation, but the 1964 nickels, which have no added intrinsic value, have been swirling around in circulation ever since.</p><p>To fully grasp how many nickels were minted in 1964 as opposed to other years check this page out... <a href="http://coinmintages.com/jefferson-nickels-mintage/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinmintages.com/jefferson-nickels-mintage/" rel="nofollow">http://coinmintages.com/jefferson-nickels-mintage/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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