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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Endeavor, post: 2432848, member: 60292&quot;]From my eBay search I got the impression that your average-circulated-pulled from pocket change example was selling for over $2. Of course that doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s worth that much since you have to deduct for postage and fees. However we can reasonably assume that postage is the same for all nickels so the higher price for 1971-P suggests it less common.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The mintage is lower so that most probably has something to do with it, but as you point out the mintage of over 100 million has me wondering if there&#039;s something else affecting it&#039;s availability, or lack thereof.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know if survival rate has anything to do with its scarcity since it wasn&#039;t that long ago and nickels are durable. I&#039;m wondering if this date/mm was maybe sent outside the US in larger figures than most other dates. Or maybe there are large quantities sitting in vaults somewhere. I just don&#039;t know. I was hoping someone could shed some light on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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