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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 24630252, member: 27832&quot;]And the nickel&#039;s composition has been stable (save WWII) for over 150 years, so there&#039;s been no temptation for people to take the older ones <i>out</i> of circulation -- except for the people who want to hoard &quot;nickel&quot;, and I think a lot of them eventually realize there&#039;s no profit in 25% nickel/75% copper and dump everything back into circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jefferson nickels are the closest thing we&#039;ve got to a current test for &quot;what happens to coin populations in circulation over time&quot;. Although at this point dimes are pretty stagnant, too, and it still doesn&#039;t seem like many people care about hoarding &quot;eagle&quot; (or even &quot;non-noodle-hair&quot;) quarters, so those are providing an interesting measure as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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