Oh My! 2nd to the last roll of Nickels

When I was a young collector virtually every coin ever released could still be found in circulation. The one that most of my friends looked for and talked about at our swap meets was the 1950 D Jefferson. And, the time frame I'm referring to was the early 50's. I think we all eventually found one, I did anyway.

 

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Generally this is true but I've found the tough ones, aside from the 1950-D, are the 1938 and 1939 D & S mints. I've not found any of these and I searched nickels a lot between 2004 and 2011.

There is a hardcore coin searcher in Oregon who took literally 20 years to find a 1939-S, the last one that was needed to complete a set from circulation. And he started his quest in circa 1990 whereby given the era's very nature of being closer to the 1930's one would have expected such coins to have been easier to find in circulation than today.

 

Thank you

 

I'm still looking

 

Of course it gets harder to find a date the further we get away from it, but other factors in this day-and-age add to the 'scarcity'. The shear numbers of nickels produced in modern times make it far more likely to find older, harder dates/mms. The 2009 P and D nickels are akin to the 1950 D or other semikey nickel dates/mms. There numbers, by contrast, make it a bigger challenge to find and as time passes...it may appear as a stumbling date for future collectors.

 

hey Amberlarry22 nice finds. i guess im going to the next county for my next $25 box, not finding anything good. great job, good luck brother

 

thanks mike

 

Yes 2009 are hard to come by. I only have about 6 of them Denver mint are more scarce for me since I live in Michigan.

 

Your turn is coming Mike. We all get a bonus box at some point.

 

I do like the 46

 

I thought I had decent boxes in San Antonio. But man! Your boxes are killing it!