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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nickelsearcher,
We like your data. Here's our latest data after tonight's box.
Nickel #found mintage find ratio
Group 1
1950d 0 2.6m 0.00
1939d 4 3.5m 1.14
1938s 0 4.1m 0.00
1938d 2 5.4m 0.37
1939s 2 6.6m 0.30
Group 2
1951s 20 7.8m 2.56
1955p 19 8.3m 2.29
1949s 11 9.7m 1.13
1950p 15 9.8m 1.53
Group 3
1948s 15 11.3m 1.33
1946s 13 13.6m 0.96
1942d 10 13.9m 0.72
Group 4
1938p 17 19.5m 0.87
Our observation is how difficult it is to find group 1 coins, how easy it is to find group 2 coins even though their mintage is not much higher, and how group 3 coins are found at our expected rate, ie about 1 per million coins minted.
This tells us that group 1 coins have been selectively removed from circulation, resulting in a lower than expected find ratio. Group 2 coins seem to have been selectvely ignored, resulting in a higher than expected find ratio.
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Valued Member
United States
421 Posts |
Man oh man what a great post! Yes I did read it all, I have had a better sucess rate with the war nickles here but as time goes on I bet it drops.
Thanks again!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
560 Posts |
That's amazing and awesome. Keep up the hard fun work
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Moderator
 United States
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As always, an informative post.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
927 Posts |
This is loaded with lots of useless and useful information! I love to look at nickels also, but alas I don't have much time to devote to it. But in my meager searching of 44 rolls, I have found 2 War Nickels. It would be nice if I could keep that ratio up. Keep searching. I know you will complete your set eventually. And all of us will rejoice. |
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Valued Member
United States
234 Posts |
Incredible statistics ... especially the projection of older coins still available in circulation. Gives us all hope and makes the roll searching so much fun.
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Valued Member
United States
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i did something along the lines of what you did except it was just for War Nickels. I searched 27 boxes last year and found a total of 27 silver nickels, 4 buffalos, 1 liberty and (2) 1950 out of a total of 67,500 nickels searched. this was just last years stats. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is an impressive number of nickels to search through and great details on what you have found. Good luck and I hope you can find those last two nickels.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
273 Posts |
I have only searched 6 boxes ever and have found 1 buffalo, 9 silver, and a really high grade 39. I keep flip flopping between pennies and nickels where to focus my time, I really love your stats though. I have 5 silver in a book, and sold the 4 doubles to my boss for $1 a piece haha
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Valued Member
United States
273 Posts |
Do you check the 05 bison for speared bison too? Or have you ever found any RPM, RPD, OMM searcher?
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Valued Member
United States
275 Posts |
I'm curious how many 09s were found
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Valued Member
United States
438 Posts |
Nickelsearcher,
Thanks for the update! Many 1943-D nickels did not make it to circulation, so while they are incredibly abundant in BU, they are one of the least common in circ.
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Valued Member
United States
292 Posts |
I wonder what percentage of the coins are regionally recycled. The consistency of your find rate contradicts the regional recycling theory to an extent I suppose.
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Valued Member
United States
406 Posts |
Awesome post - Kudos to you, kind sir, for your hard work  Good luck finding those last 2 coins! |
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