Motherlode of War Nickels from bank
Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:41 pmToday I went into a bank and as I was doing a couple of transactions, a teller gave the teller I was with $20 in nickels. Normally I don't deal with nickels, but my eye caught the brown wrapper and "1943P" scrawled on the side in the rubber banned group of coins. I leaned over abit and noticed the telltale mint marks over Monticello on some rolls, and the tarnished look on others. I inquired about buying the rolls, and the teller let me grab them. I thought about asking further, but I decided against it given I was on a time crunch and needed to get back to work. I did go back and inquire about buying more rolls after work, but the teller said they were out of nickels all around and wouldn't get a shipment from another nearby bank until tomorrow (serves me right for going in 30 minutes before they closed).
Back home, I looked at the rolls. At first, I thought this was mostly a machine wrapped lot, but upon further inspection, i noticed some of them were poorly rerolled. I think this could've been a lot of coins from some guys hoard or collection and maybe turned in by the family.
Anyway, I went thru the lot, and save for 4 nickels, the the lot was full of war nickels. I'm meticulously going thru the 1943P roll to see if I can find the 1943/2P error, and I recovered 15 more 1943P nickels from the other rolls.
Even if the 1943/2P hunt is fruitless, I got $755 in silver for a $20 investment!!
edited: bah, my math skillz suck.
Back home, I looked at the rolls. At first, I thought this was mostly a machine wrapped lot, but upon further inspection, i noticed some of them were poorly rerolled. I think this could've been a lot of coins from some guys hoard or collection and maybe turned in by the family.
Anyway, I went thru the lot, and save for 4 nickels, the the lot was full of war nickels. I'm meticulously going thru the 1943P roll to see if I can find the 1943/2P error, and I recovered 15 more 1943P nickels from the other rolls.
Even if the 1943/2P hunt is fruitless, I got $755 in silver for a $20 investment!!
edited: bah, my math skillz suck.
