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<p>[QUOTE="midtncoin, post: 2985089, member: 89569"]I also keep records. I roll search cents, nickels, and halves. And I've created a spreadsheet to keep track of my finds. </p><p><br /></p><p>Finished a box of MWR nickels just a few minutes ago. For nickels, my "keeper" cut-off is pre-1960. Found a total of 26 keepers with the oldest being a pair of 1940's. For some reason, the 1940's are the most common date that I find.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best find from this box was a pair of 1944P silver's and one of them grades a nice, pleasing VF. It's going into a 2x2 instead of the normal junk silver box. Most silver nicks that I find are down in the G to VG range since they are so soft and wear so easy. To find one in VF and is actually nickel color and not dark gray is quite a find for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>So to date, my nickel success rate is 1.16%. I have now found 47 of the 61 available pre-1960 date/mints available. But still searching for the elusive 1975D "close D" variety![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="midtncoin, post: 2985089, member: 89569"]I also keep records. I roll search cents, nickels, and halves. And I've created a spreadsheet to keep track of my finds. Finished a box of MWR nickels just a few minutes ago. For nickels, my "keeper" cut-off is pre-1960. Found a total of 26 keepers with the oldest being a pair of 1940's. For some reason, the 1940's are the most common date that I find. The best find from this box was a pair of 1944P silver's and one of them grades a nice, pleasing VF. It's going into a 2x2 instead of the normal junk silver box. Most silver nicks that I find are down in the G to VG range since they are so soft and wear so easy. To find one in VF and is actually nickel color and not dark gray is quite a find for me. So to date, my nickel success rate is 1.16%. I have now found 47 of the 61 available pre-1960 date/mints available. But still searching for the elusive 1975D "close D" variety![/QUOTE]
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