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Thanks for the insight. John77 I know I've seen these dates in a junk bin but it would only be 1-2 coins not a full roll. Unfortunately I don't have a store near me otherwise I would love to scoop them up as Roosevelts are my favorite coins to collect. I just started collecting a few years ago so I missed the boat on many halves and silver dollars as they are out of my price range typically but Roosevelts are very affordable. I didn't realize there was such a premium on so many circulated pre55's (as well as the 58). I still think this is a sleeper series that may wake up someday and people will realize there aren't as many quality specimens are they think. I had to search forever to find a nice spot free 49-S FB and it's still only a MS64 FB!
You're welcome! I usually go to my dealer once a month and peruse their junk bins of everything from
War Nickels to Halves as you can find some nice stuff there. For example, pre-1940 mintmarked quarters, pre-34 Halves and Dimes, and high grade
War Nickels. I've done lots of upgrading, and even added a few coins to my collections thanks to them.
The '49-S is a funny coin... it's a scarce date in pretty much every denomination it was minted in. Cool that you own that nice dime!
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!