the axes and handshake nickel is AWESOME! what a combo!

the boat is ok. i need to see more detail on it before i can render a full comment.

but who cares about a boat when you have axes and handshakes!

i collect nickels. I am so excited. Nickels are least frequently seen coin.

think about it. when you buy something and you get change, you get one nickel at the most. take a few random numbers:

88. three quarters, one dime, three pennies, no nickels.

46. one quarter, two dimes, one penny, no nickels

63. two quarters. one dime, three pennies

33. one quarter, one nickel, three pennies

in those 4 examples we have a total of 7 quarters, 4 dimes, 10 pennies, and only 1 nickel.

I like the rarity of finding nickels. It's a little mini treasure in your hand.

and i like that you can stand a nickel very easily on its side. thick coins are cool.

I don't know why you'd rub two nickels together unless you were a misled boy scout hoping to start a fire.

"Misled boy scout" is redundant. There's a funny article on that same page which talks about the curse of the new quarters.

I thought the expression was something like "Moe didn't even have two nickels to rub together." meaning that Moe was po'. (where "po'" means that you're so poor, you can't even afford the "or".)

oh, so the phrase means that you're really poor?

I thought "rubbing two nickels together" meant that you are saving your money. Kinda the same thing, but a bit different.

Don't you think it's obscene how much money is spent on designing money? I think it's crazy. Talk about a waste!

I just got a 1947 nickel for change from the post office!

wow! from the post office no less. It's like getting a rare stamp. Maybe this post office only has really old coins for change. It's like some sort of time warp post office.

Oh it's some sort of time warp post office alright....

I have 1947 nickel for sale!!!

I, too, was recently given a 1947 nickel as change. If you collect nickels and would like it, let me know. I don't collect coins and don't really need it. It's dark with age, a bit mysterious, which is why I looked to see what year it was. Would need from you, postage and a new nickel to replace it. Email me at jhall36@columbus.rr.com ---Jan in Ohio

I came across this discussion because my fiance asked me what the phrase "I didn't have two nickles to rub together" meant. Then, upon testing the Unlikelymoose.com's theory about nickles being the least likely coin to receive as change, I grabed the annoying pile of change on the kitchen table. The result- three quarters, ten dimes, five pennies and one 1943 nickle. After reviewing the volley above about the 1947 nickel, I got a bit excited about somethign that, prior to googling the nickel phrase, wouldn't have caught my eye. How rare is a 1940's nickel?