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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 25384761, member: 4626"]Anything relatively new in circulation is much more likely to come from Denver than Philadelphia, yes; for older stuff if it's still around it can come from anywhere. </p><p><br /></p><p>San Francisco stayed in the nickel game until 1970 (as far as business strike nickels go) which is just about later than they made anything else (besides SBA dollars). Not too long ago did find a really nice 1968-S I initially suspected of being proof but decided it was just a really nice condition business strike, comparing it to other business strikes. (Even with a little circulation a proof has pretty distinctive features vs. a business strike.) My father's in the VFW and let me look through the money people donated last Memorial Day; found a 1970-S which isn't the biggest deal I suppose, but was cool to find the last nickel San Francisco ever made for circulation. (Also found a 2020 Portugal 1 euro cent in the collection.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I actually did recently get a 1979-S SBA dollar in vending machine change, better condition than the one I already had, so that's nice. Just 1 year earlier than the last thing SF ever made for circulation, the 1980-S SBA.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 25384761, member: 4626"]Anything relatively new in circulation is much more likely to come from Denver than Philadelphia, yes; for older stuff if it's still around it can come from anywhere. San Francisco stayed in the nickel game until 1970 (as far as business strike nickels go) which is just about later than they made anything else (besides SBA dollars). Not too long ago did find a really nice 1968-S I initially suspected of being proof but decided it was just a really nice condition business strike, comparing it to other business strikes. (Even with a little circulation a proof has pretty distinctive features vs. a business strike.) My father's in the VFW and let me look through the money people donated last Memorial Day; found a 1970-S which isn't the biggest deal I suppose, but was cool to find the last nickel San Francisco ever made for circulation. (Also found a 2020 Portugal 1 euro cent in the collection.) I actually did recently get a 1979-S SBA dollar in vending machine change, better condition than the one I already had, so that's nice. Just 1 year earlier than the last thing SF ever made for circulation, the 1980-S SBA.[/QUOTE]
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