Joe...make a friend of a teller.....or get all your buddies on Mudcat to help you out. I would.

My uncle had coffee tins of Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters, Buffalo Nickels, etc...his house burned. He had piles of nice melted metal.

My grandfather had a stash of buffalo nickels and Lincoln pennies...little did he know that his son (my uncle) was raiding the stash for petty cash....oh well.

Here in Wyoming, I do still find an occasional nickel or penny, but they are pretty badly worn.