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Valued Member
United States
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Since about May or June in the Carolina's I've been seeing 2020 coins, especially pennies. Other than in circulation, local banks didn't seem to have 2020 penny rolls. Today however I was able to get $10 in new 2020 pennies from a local bank.(I save mint rolls for myself and my grandson)
Edited by collectorplay 11/25/2020 12:01 pm
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United States
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Excellent! 
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Valued Member
United States
251 Posts |
I just saw an article about 2020 quarters with privy marks that were put into circulation... from what I have read here, sounds like they must be super-hard to find!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1308 Posts |
With less than a month to go, I finally found my first 2020 coin in circulation!  A gem 2020 Lincoln cent. Given that I've used cash less than a half-dozen times since February, it's not surprising that it's taken me this long to find one, but still thrilling! And, ironically, it still happened before I've received my 2020 mint set. 
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United States
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Excellent! 
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Pillar of the Community
721 Posts |
Today I received two Tallgrass Prairie quarters.
Now the only one left that I still need to get from circulation from last year is the Weir Farm quarter.
Then it is onto finding all of them but from the philly mint.
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United States
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Nice finds! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
955 Posts |
They're starting to show up around here.  
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United States
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Quote: They're starting to show up around here. Excellent! 
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Valued Member
United States
251 Posts |
WOW!! What are the actual odds of finding one of those in change?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: WOW!! What are the actual odds of finding one of those in change? Well, there were two million minted........two million to one? 
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United States
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You need to compare that with the number of other quarters in circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: What are the actual odds of finding one of those in change? Well, I did a little bookwork, and I came up with: The chance of finding any 'W' quarter is 1-in-4461. There are 20 million 'W's out there at this time, in a sea of over 89 billion quarters.  **This is just a VERY broad guess using data from the Mint*** 
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Valued Member
United States
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Quote: The chance of finding any 'W' quarter is 1-in-4461. Not all W's are privvvvvied, right?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm sorry; I thought we were talking about all 'W' quarters.
The chance to find a 'W' with a privy mark (a 2020) would then be 1-in-8922.
Of course, those numbers are just mathematical odds. Given that many have already been pulled from circulation, and given the fact that some people are finding 12 to 20 in one box, the odds are actually significantly lower, maybe now one in sixty thousand or so.
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