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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Davada, post: 68946, member: 3344&quot;]... you never see them.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s plenty of G-4, AG-3 (and even worse!) coins on the market these days, so I know they must have been in circulation up until the point that wear stopped. However, these days, you never see coins with that degree of wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m tempted to say it&#039;s because of design and material changes (no dimes or quarters have had more than 40 years to wear, not to mention the fact that silver&#039;s a softer metal that probably wore faster), but I&#039;d still expect to see some Jefferson nickels with extreme wear, since that&#039;s a series that has been in production for decades without major change that might induce hoarding.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, why don&#039;t we see more heavily worn coins in circulation today? Mostly just curious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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