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New Member
United States
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I currently live in Southern CA and often exchange rolls of coins to search through at my bank. I prefer the rolls from a local car wash as they are usually more varied than what the bank calls "treasury rolls". Either way, we still see far more Denver coins that those from Philly (I've almost collected a full roll of Colorado Quarters, both Statehood and ATB, and only have 4 that are from Philly). Has anyone else experienced this or the inverse if you hunt through coin rolls on the east coast? Intuitively it makes sense, but it's frustrating when I've been looking for two 2009 P quarters for over 6 months (understand this year itself is tight). *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't roll hunt, but I have experienced this. I live in Indiana, and we mostly see P mint coins here and sometimes D. The copper S mint cents from the 60s and 70s are rarely found in circulation here.
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Valued Member
United States
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Yes it's the same for us here in Connecticut. S is harder than D, but any mint mark is harder for us.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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In south central PA we see very few S mints as SilverDollar said. Overall Ds are common here though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2915 Posts |
I'm near Los Angeles. The P-mint coins of all denominations are tough here, and the 2009-Ps are made tougher by the low mintages. I find a 2009 Philly cent (any variety) about every 2,500 coins, a 2009-P nickel about every 15,000 coins, and a 2009-P dime about every 7,500 coins. As for the Quarters, the North Mariana Islands coin seems to be the toughest to find in circulation. I've only found one ever CRH. That's in over 50,000 coins searched. Oddly, the only other one I've ever found was in a Coinstar reject bin.
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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06/06/2018 1:07 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm the exact opposite. In NC there are lots of P mint coins, but not a whole lot of D coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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CoinCollector2012, do you have problems finding 2009-P Nickels and Dimes out there?
CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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 United States
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I'm the exact opposite. In NC there are lots of P mint coins, but not a whole lot of D coins. Same here. I have to rely on west coast relatives for the D coins. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I live in Michigan and despite being much closer in proximity to Philadelphia than Denver, I find D-mint coins much more often in circulation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
860 Posts |
P's are much easier to find than D's or S's in Ohio.
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Valued Member
United States
146 Posts |
It's all about the "velocity of money" my friend - Given that almost everyone uses credit these days. Those of us in western US see very few coins from the Philly mint and it doesn't surprise me one bit! https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2V |
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United States
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Being from Minnesota, I feel lucky when I say that I usually see about the same from Denver and Philly. When it comes to San Fransisco minted coins, when doing a $25 box of cents, I find an average of 9.36 San Fransisco cents per box. (Average calculated from spreadsheet for 2018 roll hunting)
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Rest in Peace
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It also has to do with actual Mint distribution to the Reserve Banks. For Instance, the 2009P nickel is quite common in Puerto Rico...go figure. But yes, Mints generally distribute to their respective Feds, unless there is a specified request for more, then some years may fluctuate.
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Valued Member
United States
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Here in Tucson AZ almost all coins encountered are D. Once in a great while I will get a P, usually a coin minted long enough ago to have found its way here by drift.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It also has to do with actual Mint distribution to the Reserve Banks. For Instance, the 2009P nickel is quite common in Puerto Rico...go figure. But yes, Mints generally distribute to their respective Feds, unless there is a specified request for more, then some years may fluctuate. Bingo, and great example, Crazyb0! There also may have been some hoarding of 2009-P nickels done, though I have yet to find proof of this. I'm thinking the 2009-P dimes may have gone to Puerto Rico in quantity as well. I find one about every 10,000 coins. And to further illustrate your example of distribution patterns, pretty much everyone I know on the West coast has a very difficult time finding 1955 Philly nickels while East coasters have a much easier time with them. In contrast, 1950 Philly nickels, while hard to find on the West coast, are not nearly the challenge as the 1955 Philly out here. These two coins, from what I've seen, tend to show up in similar quantities on the East coast. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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