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Message:: [QUOTE="midtncoin, post: 2994750, member: 89569"]Responding to tibor's post above, Just thinking out loud here, but I would propose that after 40 years, the distribution of coins between p/d/s would have evened out fairly evenly.  Take 1974 for example (since the math is easy).  The mintages of both the P and D were a tad over 4 billion each while the S was a much lower 400 million or a ratio of 10:1.  In 1975, a person in DC never saw a 1974S while in LA, the phillies were unusual.  But now, 4 decades later, I would expect to see that 10:1 ratio and, while I haven't done any scientific studies, just casual observation would seem to bear that out.  I don't see 74's often but when I do, the mint distribution probably fall into that range. Of course, as each year passes and an additional 10 billion cents are added to the pool, the population of the 68 to 74 S-mints continues to decrease mathematically thus adding to the common notion that they are "rare" when, in fact, they are simply a minority in an ever-increasing pile of cents.[/QUOTE]