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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bugo, post: 1838945, member: 53226&quot;]Sorry, trolls, I didn&#039;t soak my precious MS 70 shield nickels in Drano.&nbsp; This is barely an experiment, it&#039;s more like comparing numbers.&nbsp; In the last 100 days, I have found 109 1938-1960 Jefferson nickels in circulation.&nbsp; Some came from the cash register, some came from rolls, and some came directly from customers.&nbsp; They are in a variety of conditions.&nbsp; I thought I&#039;d share the results.&nbsp; Here are the numbers of nickels that I found for each year (mintmarks are not a part of this experiment):</p><p><br /></p><p>1938 0</p><p>1939 2</p><p>1940 6</p><p>1941 11</p><p>1942 1 (cupronickel)</p><p>1943 2</p><p>1944 0</p><p>1945 0</p><p>1946 10</p><p>1947 2</p><p>1948 6</p><p>1949 2</p><p>1950 0</p><p>1951 2</p><p>1952 2</p><p>1953 3</p><p>1954 4</p><p>1955 4</p><p>1956 4</p><p>1957 5</p><p>1958 10</p><p>1959 15</p><p>1960 18</p><p><br /></p><p>Observations:</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not surprising that the largest number of nickels that I found were 1960s, which are rarely collected. </p><p><br /></p><p>The jump from 1957 to 1958 is interesting.&nbsp; The fact that the number kept rising for &#039;59 is interesting as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were a lot of nickels made in 1941 and 1946, and this list shows.&nbsp; There were lots of 1940s too.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1938 must have been hoarded when they were new, or collected because they were the first year of the new coin.&nbsp; There weren&#039;t as many made that year than in later years, which contributes to its rarity in circulation, but I&#039;ve never found a single one but I have found buffalo and V nickels in circulation, which suggests that the &#039;38s didn&#039;t circulate very much.</p><p><br /></p><p>No 1950s.&nbsp; Again, not a surprise.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had included 1964 nickels in this experiment, half of all my nickels would have been &#039;64s.&nbsp; I don&#039;t keep them when I find them so I have no idea how many I have found, but it has to be in the dozens.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know this was only a sample of 109 nickels, but some surveys you hear about in the media have fewer respondents.&nbsp; I&#039;m not claiming that it is anything more than comparing statistics on a small sample of coins.&nbsp; I found some of the numbers to be rather interesting.&nbsp; I hope it is enlightening. </p><p><br /></p><p>Comments?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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