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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Midas, post: 51027, member: 2761&quot;]Coins with value are <u>always</u> reintroduced into the population.&nbsp; For instance, not too many people knew (at the time) that the 1914-D was going to be valuable, so it was circulated until someone, perhaps a fellow numismatic, grabbed it and took it out of circulation.&nbsp; Sometimes it ends up here with &quot;Look at what I found?&quot; threads.&nbsp; Does it happen?&nbsp; Sure it does.&nbsp; Does that mean you will have better odds of finding a 1914-D cent in 2005 than 1937??...Exponentially NOT!</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a 1955 DDO Lincoln Cent.&nbsp; They were circulated and people thought nothing of them until word got out that this variety is extremely rare...and valuable to a coin collector!&nbsp; Pretty soon, they all disappearred from circulation and ended up in everything from Whitman folders to certified slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see in just a period of 6 years how Lincoln Cents with any value quickly were &quot;pulled&quot; from circulation making the odds of finding one of any decent value, very tough.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for a family member who introduce a collection into circulation.&nbsp; I guess it could happen.&nbsp; After all, there are a bunch of crack-heads that will use any type of money to buy drugs, so I guess it <i>could</i> happen.&nbsp; Keep looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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