Never thought it would take this long, but I finally found a 2009 in a roll today. It's a pretty rough-looking coun, buthe that open space gets filled. And, it's a "D" to boot (I work 10 miles from Philly).
Sorry, but can I ask why this 2009 D is significant? Is it just because you were able to fill a space in your album?
Yes, I saw he mentioned that. So what he's/you're saying is that it's easier to find P's on the east coast, D's near Denver and S's on the west coast. I often wondered where the three mints release their coin in circulation.
To give you an idea, I got back into roll-searching 2 years ago, and this is the first 2009 I've found. I pulled a near-MS 1939-S before I found this piece of junk!
So just a follow-up to the OP's premise. This is probably an obvious yes to the question but I need a legality check. The west coast sees more S's, the Midwest sees more D's and east coast sees more P's......correct?
Yes. They are dispersed to banks geographically. The only thing I would add is that since S coins are not made for circulation anymore, the West Coast sees predominantly D's for all coins since the 1970s.
This is generally true and I've noticed in the Midwest (especially the eastern Midwest like Chicago) you see a much greater mixture of P and D coins than you do on the West Coast. This is what one would expect when you think about it.
