1970-S Jefferson Nickle Found In Circulation

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laxmaster92 Member United States 1154 Posts	Posted 06/27/2006 6:24 pm Hi everybody. When I was looking through some rolls of nicles I found a 1970 nickle I needed. I looked at the mint and it was a S. How is that? Arent only modern coins minted in San Fransisco proofs? When I looked in the RedBook it showed the 1970-S as only proof. Can anyone spread some insight on this? Edited by laxmaster92 06/27/2006 6:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Tpatna Pillar of the Community United States 1626 Posts	Posted 06/27/2006 6:28 pm Looking in the 2007 Red Book I show the 70-S is 0.25 for MS63 and 0.50 for MS65. It is a little deceiving bacuse in the Red Book there are 2 lines for the 70-S Report this Post to the Staff
laxmaster92 Member United States 1154 Posts	Posted 06/27/2006 6:37 pm I see that but in the Nickle folder I have it says the mintage is around 2 million Report this Post to the Staff
Mooseknuckle Valued Member United States 95 Posts	Posted 06/27/2006 6:43 pm I cant be 100% certain, because I'm at work and dont have access to my reference books, but I think that there were several years in the 60's and maybe early 70's where the Sanfrancisco mint struck nickels in business strike for general circulation... At the same time, I believe they also did proof strikes. Report this Post to the Staff
Tpatna Pillar of the Community United States 1626 Posts	Posted 06/27/2006 6:52 pm Looks to me that there were 2,632,810 proofs struck and 238,832,004 struck for circulation. Maybe one of our Nickel guru's can shed more light on this... Report this Post to the Staff
dsking Pillar of the Community United States 2365 Posts	Posted 06/27/2006 7:11 pm quote: Originally posted by Tpatna Looking in the 2007 Red Book I show the 70-S is 0.25 for MS63 and 0.50 for MS65. It is a little deceiving bacuse in the Red Book there are 2 lines for the 70-S Correct Mintage: Circulation strikes: 238,832,004 Proofs: 2,632,810 Designer: Felix Schlag Diameter: 21.2 millimeters Metal content: Copper - 75% Nickel - 25% Weight: 5 grams Edge: Plain Mintmark: Small "S" (for San Francisco, California) below the date on the obverse Report this Post to the Staff
laxmaster92 Member United States 1154 Posts	Posted 06/27/2006 7:36 pm Thanks alot. isee now Report this Post to the Staff
thingee Pillar of the Community United States 2177 Posts	Posted 06/28/2006 01:14 am When I get nickel rolls at the bank I usually find several 1970 S nickels. Anyone have any idea why they've been popping up? Report this Post to the Staff
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