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Posted 11/28/2017 11:06 am
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Hi John - Took a look at the Buffalo sets I have going:
- Dated/identifiable Buffalo Set: 31 out of 64
- Pickled Nickel Set of Buffalo: 38 out of 64
Oddly enough, the bare spots in the pickled nickel set are mainly the later date Buffalo (they still have readable dates, so pickling is unnecessary). I have 34 of the first 45 Buffalo dates/mms filled and generally only missing the San Fran mms (1913S for T1 and T2, 1916S-1928S, 1924D).
Unfortunately, I have not kept a rolling count of nickels searched, so I have no way of developing the find ratios for Jefferson, Buffalo, and V nickels. Just counts of each of the semikey Jeffersons, Buffalo and V nickels. The most elusive was the 1939D for me, but after I found my first, I found 2 more. So at present, the 1950D and 1943D are the most difficult to find; 2 apiece. Both 1950Ds were from dumps; both AU one of which has unfortunate roller damage to the reverse. I found it in the middle of the roll, so damage had to occur elsewhere. The first 1943D was an ender; the D was prominent in the opened box. That was an exciting find! Both 1943D's were well circulated specimens.
But as you see, finding S mint nickels in the East is difficult...but not impossible. D and P mints more readily found. But finding S mint nickels is easier than S mint cents by far. So no complaints by me. And as for 2009P, I find them regularly enough; maybe one per box. 2009D...I think I might only have found 15-20. Pretty tough find. Let me know if you are interested in counts for a given date/mm for comparison purposes. Like I said, no total count for a denominator, but hard numbers on counts. However, it is safe to say that I've not searched nearly as much as you...or David!!
Hi John - Took a look at the Buffalo sets I have going:
- Dated/identifiable Buffalo Set: 31 out of 64
- Pickled Nickel Set of Buffalo: 38 out of 64
Oddly enough, the bare spots in the pickled nickel set are mainly the later date Buffalo (they still have readable dates, so pickling is unnecessary). I have 34 of the first 45 Buffalo dates/mms filled and generally only missing the San Fran mms (1913S for T1 and T2, 1916S-1928S, 1924D).
Unfortunately, I have not kept a rolling count of nickels searched, so I have no way of developing the find ratios for Jefferson, Buffalo, and V nickels. Just counts of each of the semikey Jeffersons, Buffalo and V nickels. The most elusive was the 1939D for me, but after I found my first, I found 2 more. So at present, the 1950D and 1943D are the most difficult to find; 2 apiece. Both 1950Ds were from dumps; both AU one of which has unfortunate roller damage to the reverse. I found it in the middle of the roll, so damage had to occur elsewhere. The first 1943D was an ender; the D was prominent in the opened box. That was an exciting find! Both 1943D's were well circulated specimens.
But as you see, finding S mint nickels in the East is difficult...but not impossible. D and P mints more readily found. But finding S mint nickels is easier than S mint cents by far. So no complaints by me. And as for 2009P, I find them regularly enough; maybe one per box. 2009D...I think I might only have found 15-20. Pretty tough find. Let me know if you are interested in counts for a given date/mm for comparison purposes. Like I said, no total count for a denominator, but hard numbers on counts. However, it is safe to say that I've not searched nearly as much as you...or David!!
Wow, Rackster! We've both found 38 of the 64 Buffalos... we could put our sets together and have something pretty impressive! Among my "pickled" ones, I've found a 1914-D, 1918-S, 1919-S, and... drumroll... a 1921-S!
My story with the 1943-D nickels is quite the opposite of yours. My first one was an extremely well-circulated example, but I'd say at least half of the eight I've found have been slider AU or better, with one being full BU.
I have the opposite problem of you when it comes to the S mints, of course. And P mint coins are often hard, as witnessed by my 1955 Philly total of 4. As for the 2009 coins, I am finding 1 2009-P every 14,780 coins... so 1 every almost 7 1/2 boxes. Was shocked one recent day when I found two of them. As for the 2009-Ds, it is now 1 every 695 coins. So around 3 per box - interestingly, my box with the 1950-D had none. The 2009-Ds are definitely getting harder to find. At the 300,000 coin searched mark, I was finding 1 every 648 coins... Over the last 468,600 coins, I have found one every 732 coins.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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