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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 260622, member: 4552"]Your partially correct. I say partially due to certain things are depending or many factors. One is availability but other factors may be location, popularity, distruction. What I mean is the location where you live may be part of the problem. Example is I've been looking for a MS grade 1920D Lincoln Cent for many years with no luck. Naturally I keep away from the ebay stuff. Been there, done that and I won't do that again. Now going to about 2 to 4 coin shows a month a dealer said another dealer said he has several of them and the next time he is in this area, he will bring them. None around here but in another state appears to be more common. Popularity is another factor in finding a coin. With this lately super craze for coin collecting the Buffalo Nickel is a hot item as you may have noticed with the numerous newer types being made lately. By distruction there was a time when many Buffalo Nickels were drilled for charms, necklaces, etc. Lost in wishing wells, thrown into rivers, lakes, etc just for fun. Shot at with a .22 as I did for target practice. Another thing is so many people have  began hoarding Nickels for thier metal content and will probably be melted down. I know there is a law against it but how do you inforce a law when someone has a lump of metal and you try to claim it used to be a coin?[/QUOTE]