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Letter Re: How to Store All Those Saved Nickels
Mr. Rawles:
I diligently read your “nickels”article and
archived follow-ups, but nowhere do you mention which size ammo
can it is that cubes rolled nickels
for storage most efficiently?
I have cleaned out my children’s bank accounts slowly over the last
few weeks and am walking into random banks and grocery stores converting the
cash
into
rolled nickels. ”Havin’ a yard sale, don’t ya know.”.Wink.
It keeps the Stepford bank weenies from asking unnecessary questions.
- Laura C.; Hiding in Plain Sight, Somewhere Deep In The People’s Republic
of Northern
Virginia
JWR Replies: In my experience, the USGI .30
caliber ammo cans work perfectly for storing rolls of nickels. Each
will hold $180 face value (90 rolls of $2 each) of nickels. The larger .50 caliber
cans also work, but when full of nickels are too heavy to carry easily. Speaking
of weight, several bags of "junk" silver coins or ammo cans full of nickels
coins make great "ballast" for the bottom of a gun vault. This makes it more
difficult for a burglar to haul away a vault intact. (But of course gun vaults also need
to be securely bolted to a floor, for the same reason.)
