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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My aunt (deceased), who taught in Sacramento during the late '30s and early '40s, loved saving Lincolns, and a good number of rolls were eventually passed on to me. Probably three-quarters of them were S mints, and the majority were in high grades, many of which I still have - including around a dozen red and brown AU 1927-S.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I was 10 and started collecting, I lived in the northeast. I also prized the occasional "s" mint Lincoln or Jefferson that found their way to me in change and saved them. I still have them to this day.  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pardon me for asking Coinfrog, are you on the west coast? California?
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I've lived and collected mostly in the Midwest. There must be a dividing line to the west of me for "S" mints. A few years back when I'd save all the cents, it was rare to find a 1973S, the other years could be found and somne in nicer grades, I'd save even the most humble 73S, Denvers are abundant, we get OBW new D rolls in September usually, while have never come across a Philly OBW. Ir will all depend which region of the Fed you fall in, the reissue of circulation coins comes from a more localized distribution.
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Valued Member
United States
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I've lived in the southwest and then California over the past 20 years. I've definitely noticed that almost all my change is from Denver. Maybe 20% from Philadelphia, almost never anything from SF.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:Friday I pulled a 1968-S Jefferson nickel from the take-a-penny tray at the corner store which completed my first 1962-1995 Jefferson nickel folder!  Mintmarks! Congrats.  |
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United States
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I've lived in the southwest and then California over the past 20 years. I've definitely noticed that almost all my change is from Denver. Maybe 20% from Philadelphia, almost never anything from SF. That's interesting even considering that 1974 was the last year that the SF mint minted coins for circulation because I'm still finding a lot of 60's and 70's Lincolns with the S mint mark, especially from $25 boxes. Even the occasional wheat cents I've found in these boxes have had (about %15-%20) the S mint mark. Just lucky I guess.  |
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United States
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I lived in the Chicago area for my whole life until 3 years ago. While the majority of coinage was from Denver Philly coins were quite common in all denominations. I would guess about 1/3 Philly and 2/3 Denver.
When I moved to Arizona 3 years ago the Philly stuff here is almost non-existent. While I still find the occasional San Francisco penny and nickle, I rarely see any Philly coins.
When I was in NYC in December last year I finally found my first 2017-P penny, I still haven't found one in circulation in Arizona. I did seed a couple dozen I found in New York for others to find.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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I live in Canada (Saskatchewan—the province north of North Dakota and Montana), and finding American coins in my change is not that rare. For the most part, they all tend to be from Denver, with a very small amount being from Philadelphia. I cannot remember ever finding a coin from San Francisco. Using the ATB Quarters as a reference, I have found a total of eight different ones of those in my change so far. Seven of them were from Denver, while only one was from Philadelphia. And a few of the Denver ones looked pretty much uncirculated. |
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 United States
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I've lived in Central Texas for the last many years, and it seems that there is a preponderance of D mint coins here, especially for brand new coins. As the coins get a little older, your chances of a P mint go up a bit.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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NW PA most of my life. Whenever we found an S mint mark - it was special and we saved it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have lived in western Pennsylvania my entire life and finding an 'S' mint coin was always a treat. 'P' coins of all denominations are almost exclusive in my area. Usually don't see current year 'D' coins of any denomination until the end of the year or the next year many times. I was just in Las Vegas last week and was delighted to find so many of the 2016 and 2017 'D' quarters that I have been looking for. I also got several 2018-D nickels in change. These are the only 2018 coins I have seen in change of any denomination so far.
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United States
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United States
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I live in the DFW area - just saw my first 2017-P cent last week. So that should say something about the preponderance of D-mint coins here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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While S-mints are found out here on the West coast, I can't say we're totally inundated with them. Some Philly coins are extremely difficult to find out here. I do a lot of nickel coin roll hunting. To date, I've gone through well over 900,000 coins. In that time, I've found only 5 1955 Philly coins. Conversely, I've found 7 1938-S and 13 1939-S coins. Modern S-mint nickels (1968-S through 1970-S) do show up fairly often - I don't keep tallies. Quote:
I've lived and collected mostly in the Midwest. There must be a dividing line to the west of me for "S" mints. A few years back when I'd save all the cents, it was rare to find a 1973S, the other years could be found and somne in nicer grades, I'd save even the most humble 73S The 1973-S Lincoln is a fairly tough pull even out here on the West coast. Only the 1968-S is harder to find. The 1974-S can also be difficult. The 1969-S through 1972-S show up in abundance though. I've been saving most of the S-mint Memorial cents I've found since I was young. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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02/23/2018 08:45 am
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