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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 146126, member: 68&quot;]I used to do this back in the early 1970&#039;s.&nbsp; There were a lot more in those days and they were in only slightly better condition.&nbsp; The reason they were only a little better is that people are forever pulling them out of change and saving them so they don&#039;t get any wear for years on end.&nbsp; I had almost a roll set except for a few dates and the war nickels.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But coins like the &#039;71-P were hard to come by and these were actually wearing away.&nbsp; It seemed to me if the &#039;71&#039;s were tough in change and people didn&#039;t save them in unc then they should be great in choice or gem condition.&nbsp; Today little has changed except that the &#039;71-P&#039;s in circulation have worn a great deal thinner and their price in unc has gone to about $30 per roll from $3.75 per roll.&nbsp; Considering it still gets little demand that&#039;s not a bad increase.&nbsp; Of course gems are much scarcer and sell for $20 and up.&nbsp; No doubt as the demand for the later coins pushes the prices higher some people will start looking for XF&#039;s so there will be increases for these as well.&nbsp; You&#039;ll certainly have trouble finding a nice XF &#039;71 in change now days.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably easier to find a 1939 in XF than a 1971 in XF,&nbsp; EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ARE PULLING THE OLDER COIN OUT OF CIRCULATION.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many of the later nickels are hard to find nice in any grade and this doesn&#039;t apply to any other nickel made after about 1928.&nbsp; There are also varieties which have been ignored which exist in far fewer numbers yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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