Coin Roll Hunting Research Project And "Simulator"

Hello
I've come up with might seem to be an odd idea, but it was interesting enough to me to make me join this forum instead of just reading.
I've been fascinated with the idea of what U.S. coins were in circulation at a given time. My own collecting started in the early-mid 1960s, just a few years before silver began to go away.

Anyway, I see this project as being in two parts. First, gathering data from any tabulations or anecdotes people have about what was in circulation in say 1965 to start, then maybe 1950. (Or even today -- we'd have the best data at hand for that.)

Create a simulation of coin roll hunting. Basically you'd "buy" rolls and the program would fill them with coins using probabilities based on the research above.

We would also need images of coins in various grades (the more different ones the better). If the program puts, say, a 1921 Lincoln in your roll, it would also select from the images according to rough grade.

The next step is you could go through the "rolls" and put your coins in a virtual album or folder.

In other words, say, you could go back to 1965 and try to build a set of Lincoln Cents, Buffalo nickels, etc., maybe "buying" 10 rolls a week or whatever and building your set. People could post and compare their sets.

Sounds like a fair amount of work, both the research and the programming, but it might a fun experience for today's collectors to put themselves in the shoes of those of the past.