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<p>[QUOTE="mrz1988, post: 733863, member: 21121"]I live in central CT and I have found LP1-3 of the cents and one 09 dime (I haven't searched too many rolls other than nickels and pennies this year), all P mint, with ONE D mint LP-2. I've seen all the quarters too but I don't collect the comm rev quarters yet (I don't like em) so I couldn't tell you which mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the majority of the coinage hasn't been released into circulation yet, or has been released in small quantities in separated regions as needed. I've seen probably 85% LP-2 cents, 11% LP-3s and 4% LP-1s. I have no explanation as to why other than my region likely got a good percentage of the LP-2 coins while other regions got more of the other two. I noticed the same thing with the westward journey nickels. I found a LOT of ocean views while it seems that they were rarer in more western states.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone know how the mint ships out its coins? I can imagine they ship to a relatively limited number of facilities around the country, and the coins are supposed to move around from there. That could explain why an extreme location (like Portland, ME) would take a much longer time to see new coins, they might not travel much farther north than Boston.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrz1988, post: 733863, member: 21121"]I live in central CT and I have found LP1-3 of the cents and one 09 dime (I haven't searched too many rolls other than nickels and pennies this year), all P mint, with ONE D mint LP-2. I've seen all the quarters too but I don't collect the comm rev quarters yet (I don't like em) so I couldn't tell you which mints. I think the majority of the coinage hasn't been released into circulation yet, or has been released in small quantities in separated regions as needed. I've seen probably 85% LP-2 cents, 11% LP-3s and 4% LP-1s. I have no explanation as to why other than my region likely got a good percentage of the LP-2 coins while other regions got more of the other two. I noticed the same thing with the westward journey nickels. I found a LOT of ocean views while it seems that they were rarer in more western states. Anyone know how the mint ships out its coins? I can imagine they ship to a relatively limited number of facilities around the country, and the coins are supposed to move around from there. That could explain why an extreme location (like Portland, ME) would take a much longer time to see new coins, they might not travel much farther north than Boston.[/QUOTE]
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