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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 2357334, member: 31533&quot;]<a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/04/29/us-mint-halts-2009-nickels-and-dimes-production/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2009/04/29/us-mint-halts-2009-nickels-and-dimes-production/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinnews.net/2009/04/29/us-mint-halts-2009-nickels-and-dimes-production/</a>&nbsp; [from April 2009]</p><p><br /></p><p>and</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://mintnewsblog.com/2009/05/2009-coin-mintages/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mintnewsblog.com/2009/05/2009-coin-mintages/" rel="nofollow">http://mintnewsblog.com/2009/05/2009-coin-mintages/</a> [May 2009]</p><p><br /></p><p>and</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/01/20/2009-us-coin-mintages-plummeted-as-mint-cut-production/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinnews.net/2010/01/20/2009-us-coin-mintages-plummeted-as-mint-cut-production/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinnews.net/2010/01/20/2009-us-coin-mintages-plummeted-as-mint-cut-production/</a> [Jan 2010]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nickels and dimes in that year were not issued in rolls or bags from the mint as such (buying directly from) so people got their coins generally from circulation or if they were lucky, from coin rolls directly from the bank.</p><p><br /></p><p>I and others in 2009 who were searching and realized how low the mintages would be, immediately either started taking out any 2009 coins there to save or ones that were really nice shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>I threw back ones I didn&#039;t like in some case, but ended up keeping almost all I found that I could say were uncirculated.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS, I still will keep any 2009 dimes or nickels I find that are uncirculated. I throw back others so they can go get a little more dinged up before someone else notices them. I figure that way, the ones I keep will be more valuable in time. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But I really don&#039;t find that many any more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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