Nice find! Well the regular everyday circulation
Jefferson nickel from 2009 (both P+D) did have quite a bit lower mintage overall due to the economic conditions lowering movement of coins which lowered ordering, and also from everyone cashing in their coins
https://jeffersonnickel.org/jeffers...kel-mintage/ so now going on 14 years later it may be even a bit harder to find in typical pocket change as you did.
Actually some articles say they sold at premiums ever since the coins started to appear in circulation but they arent rare. The first Philadelphia Mint coins surfaced in June 2009, while the Denver Mint coins did not appear until early 2010. The 2009-P
Jefferson nickel had a final mintage of 39,840,000 coins and the 2009-D
Jefferson nickel had a mintage of 46,800,000. These represented the lowest mintages for circulation strike nickels since 1959. A rebound in mintage levels during 2010 solidified the status of the 2009
Jefferson nickel as an important low mintage issue. So yes, maybe keep those that look mint state or at least high au from change if found if secondhand value is creeping up.
An article on PCGS says "But the 2009 Nickels are virtually impossible to find. Mind you, I've looked - since 2009! I've only ever come across three in all the years so far, and all three were found in my searches of rolls of nickels from the bank
https://www.PCGS.com/news/why-are-2...hard-to-findso again, nice find if that is the case.
Edited by datadragon
03/30/2024 10:23 pm