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nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15400 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 8:12 pm Just passed 80,000 nickels searched (2,000 rolls). I'm hot on the heels of CND. Here are my find rate statistics for benefit of the kindred-spirit nickel searchers out there. Remember ..... I keep 1959 and earlier coins. Overall find rate is 1.261% ..... 1 coin/1.98 rolls War Silver is 1/111 rolls (found 18) Buffalo is 1/250 rolls (found 8) Liberty "V" is 1/2000 rolls (found 1) "Special" Jefferson's is 1/286 rolls (found 7) My MS-Excel algorithm is set up to calculate circulation obsolescence in this series ...... here are the current 80,000 coin data ... Overall ..... 81.5% of pre-1960 Jefferson's have been lost from circulation for whatever reason. 1930's obsolescence is 86.5% Pre-War 1940's obsolescence is 81.2% War Silver obsolescence is a staggering 98.6% Post-War 1940's obsolescence is 77.9% Early 1950's obsolescence is 72.3% Late 1950's obsolescence is 69.6% Status of my Quest to find the circulation strike Jefferson's from rolls ...... Still need 7 coins (same as where I was at 70,000 searched ) ..... 1938, 1938-D, 1938-S, 1942-S, 1943-D, 1944-D and 1950-D I have to suppose that CND and -22- and hockingzig have stole all the 1938-P and there are none left for me. Best David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff

hockingzig Pillar of the Community United States 1450 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 8:49 pm I'll send you one if you want! Report this Post to the Staff
hockingzig Pillar of the Community United States 1450 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 8:53 pm P.S.: I also stole your 50D but you stole my 39D and 39S so I'd say we are about even!LOL Report this Post to the Staff
copper nickel daddy Pillar of the Community United States 2224 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 9:06 pm Actually pulled a 1943D in the two boxes I opened today. Almost 11,000 rolls and only two of those found! You got to 2000 rolls pretty quick; you might catch up! Report this Post to the Staff
_22_ Valued Member United States 61 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 10:02 pm Congratulations on 2000 rolls searched nickelsearcher! About your lack of finding a 1938-P... I'm currently only at 750 rolls (I starting searching only about 2 weeks ago) and I've only found one 38P so I haven't "stole" too many of them from you Goodluck on finding one! And I will definitely post my results when I reach the 1000 roll mark Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 10:40 pm i cheated for my 1943d, I still found it from circulation but pulled it out of a coin machine bag when I used to work at a bank. I'm still missing 45d and 44d though. I think I have a quarter of a roll of 38p's now, most of them from boxes that had 3 or more in each. I'm sure that will be your next hole filled. Happy Hunting -XoG Report this Post to the Staff
hockingzig Pillar of the Community United States 1450 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 10:59 pm I have a confession to make, my stats are not complete. I went to the bank a couple of weeks ago to get some nickel rolls and when the teller handed them to me one roll said"46,47,48,49" on it so I opened it and, sure enough it was all 46-49's. Of course I asked if she had any more of those rolls and she found 2 more rolls of all pre-1960's. I didn't include them in my statistics because I didn't want to skew the numbers that much. What do all of you think? Should I include them? I didn't want to mislead anyone into thinking pre-60's were that abundant so I left them out. Any thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff
TNG Bedrock of the Community United States 10284 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 11:10 pm I am reading this ... be assured. I am just speechless after the 6 rolls hockingzig got from the teller. Interesting analysis nickelsearcher. Maybe you should be re-named nickelresearcher Report this Post to the Staff
hockingzig Pillar of the Community United States 1450 Posts	Posted 09/01/2009 11:58 pm Actually Wheezy it was only 3 rolls but at my search rate of one coin per 1.76 rolls(or something like that) those three rolls still make up for about 200+ rolls of searching. I was as astounded as you are,believe me. Report this Post to the Staff
copper nickel daddy Pillar of the Community United States 2224 Posts	Posted 09/02/2009 11:57 am hockingzig, I'd count them! I had the same thing happen twice during my survey, and I counted each instance. One of the rolls contained the only 1939d I've found to this point. Report this Post to the Staff
plcmac New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 09/02/2009 4:50 pm I just found a 38-P this week in circulation...not roll hunting. It was an upgrade for me as well. I also found the 38-D and 38-S in circulation within a 3 month spanof eachother last year. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15400 Posts	Posted 09/02/2009 7:07 pm Count those as 'finds' hockingzig ....... at the end of the day .. and enough rolls searched ..... it all evens out. BTW .... great rolls! It has never happened to me .... but I can dream about it. I'm curious to see your (and others) 'find rates'. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
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