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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Virginian, post: 2867560, member: 27579&quot;]Agreed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finding a silver coin in circulation is tougher than a hen&#039;s tooth.&nbsp; It has probably been a decade since I got one in change (a 60 dime).&nbsp; So that leaves out pre-1950 dimes, pre-1950 halves, pre-1950 quarters.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pre-1950 cents are more common . . . but not really <i>common</i>.&nbsp; People love to hoard wheat cents for some unknown reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>But it seems that I do see a few pre-1950 nickels every year.&nbsp; And the OP should not give up on that 50-D:&nbsp; I got one in very nice condition in change about 7-8 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is how I got interested in collecting as a child in the early 60s.&nbsp; My grandpa would let me go through his change and keep whatever I wanted.&nbsp; In those days, it was not that uncommon to find Indian head cents, Buffalo nickels, Mercury dimes and even Franklin halves in change (I never see ANY halves in change these days).&nbsp; Things have changed soooooooooo much since then.&nbsp; Especially after 1965 when silver coins basically disappeared.&nbsp; Buffalo nickels and Indian head cents were not far behind.&nbsp; And now even wheat ear cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the OP&#039;s question, I am guessing that the war nickels have to be the hardest.&nbsp; I do not believe I have seen one in circulation in at least 20 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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