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Old Friend... 1972 5c

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 Posted 01/14/2013  11:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ozcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good luck Trout!
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 Posted 01/14/2013  11:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add trout1105 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is the first time I have noodled these little suckers
I GOT 1


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 Posted 01/14/2013  11:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add flippy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well done trout last time I noodled $25 I only found 1 and for some reason I also found no 2007s
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 Posted 01/15/2013  01:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ozcoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well done. 1 in $20 is beating the odds.
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Well done. 1 in $20 is beating the odds.

sheer dumb luck
Anymore than $20 of these coins and my eyes would burn out
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I did some analysis of the mintage numbers for each year, and from memory (based purely on mintage numbers till 2008) there should be 3 * 72 in each $100 worth of 5c
However this does not take into account
-old coins have more time/chance of being removed from circulation
-1972s have been removed even more by collectors
-2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 have been released making 72s more scarce

My guess is that you would be lucky to find 2 in each $100 of 5c (2000 coins)

Bottom line: You did well!!
PS. I use an led magnifying glass
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