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Message:: [QUOTE="COINnoisseur, post: 1646845, member: 40106"]Probably like most of everyone here I search all the change that eventually goes into my pockets in hope of finding something special. I've have never found any silver coins or special coins in my pocket change until recently. Over the past 2 months, while visiting my brother, I have searched his coin jar for treasures. Last month I found a 1943-P nickel in $32 of change and a couple days ago while visiting I found a 1964 dime in $17 of change. First time I've found silver in pocket change. I asked him where he's been shopping and he told me that he uses his debit card wherever he goes except for a certain gas station in the morning and a subway "restaurant" that he eats at everyday. Other then the fact that he eats lunch at subway everyday something else caught my attention. I thought that perhaps a customer was spending change that they have been hoarding that contains silver because of the small number of sources that the change has come from. In my latest search of his change jar I also found a 1973-S cent and a 1970-S nickel. I rarely find coins with S mint marks(I live in Baltimore,MD) so that made me  think even more that a customer with a hoard of coins has been dipping into their stash. I find them so rarely that I put them off to the side for safe keeping. So here is my question. Does somebody's location in the country, East Coast vs. West Coast, really dictate the amount of a particular mint mark that they will find in their change? That idea makes sense in theory but is it really true? Most of the coins I search are Philadelphia, some are Denver and almost never are they San Fancisco. My experience seems to support the idea but I'm not seasoned enough to know if my experience is an anomaly or the common trend.[/QUOTE]

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