Sealed Buffalo Nickel Half Roll - Fifth Ave. Bank Of NY
Sealed Buffalo Nickel Half Roll - Fifth Ave. Bank Of NY
These are very rare $1 Nickel Half Rolls. They are stamped Fifth Ave. Bank Of NY. A quick internet search showed this bank dates back from the 1780's. Bank of New York (now called BNY Mellon) is one of the three oldest banking corporations in the United States, and among the oldest banks in the world, having been established in June 1784 by a group that included American Founding Fathers Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. Mellon had been founded in 1869 by the Mellon family of Pittsburgh, which included Secretary of the Treasury Andrew W. Mellon.
These rolls are light brown in color with some of them being faded from storage. The ends are still tightly sealed. The contents of the rolls we have opened thus far have shown teens, twenties and thirties buffalo nickels. We would not be surprised if Liberty V or Shield Nickels were found in some of the rolls. You will receive 1x roll from the lot shown.