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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 7752741, member: 18157&quot;]When I was a kid in the 60s and early 70s, my brother and I would search bank rolls for mercury dimes, buffalo nickels, and any silver quarters we could find. People then seemed to think Wheat cents were more valuable than Memorial cents so they were pulled from circulation, too.</p><p><br /></p><p>You may be lucky to find one of these coins today, but probably one that was pulled from circulation years earlier. Thirty (30) years seems to be about the average time a coin design remains in circulation. I suspect the oddball denominations, like the 2¢ or 3¢ pieces, would disappear from circulation the quickest.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint reminds me of Clark Griswald dragging the Cent on a leash behind the car. I think there will be a Numismatic Renaissance once the U.S. Mint follows Canada&#039;s lead and stop making the 1¢ coin...and kids start searching bank rolls to complete a finite collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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