P & D state quarters

mhammerman

Went through three rolls of state quarters from my pocket change jar and there were only 3 p's in the whole 120 coins, averages out at 1/roll. Very interesting but i was wondering if the south got the d's and the north got the p's. Any collaborating evidence here or were all the p's melted down (that's a joke). Why so many d's and so few p's?

nolimitz

More likely east vs. west. All we get in Id. is D's

Tootawl

I'm just the opposite. Plenty of Ps, very few Ds.

F117ASR

<< <i> More likely east vs. west. >>



Yup. All I get here in california are D's. The only P's I find are at least 15 years old. So I guess
what I am saying is that if you wait patiently , you'll find the P's you're looking for. Though they'll be heavily circulated. lol.

orie

Kentucky all P's

jhar

I see mostly P's in Alabama

richbeat

What area of the country are you in? As a general rule of thumb, Denver supplies coin west of the Mississippi, and Philly supplies coin east of the Mississippi.

Bochiman

MHammerman,

You are in Texas.
West of the Mississippi is D minted coins.
East of it is the P minted coins.

To get either one in the other side requires some travelling of the coins....ie...some pockets them and uses them elsewhere.
I don't believe the banks can order certain mints and just take what comes to them through the services (see the first part of my post).

Ron

GregTheGreat

<< <i>MHammerman,

You are in Texas.
West of the Mississippi is D minted coins.
East of it is the P minted coins.

To get either one in the other side requires some travelling of the coins....ie...some pockets them and uses them elsewhere.
I don't believe the banks can order certain mints and just take what comes to them through the services (see the first part of my post).

Ron >>



Exactly Correct.

-Greg

mtnman

West Virginia gets nothing but P's. I have found very few D's in pocket change over the years.

19Lyds

Its all supply and demand. The Feds deliver the coins where they are needed and ordered by the banks.

In 1999, the Denver area saw very few of the New Jersey D's even though they were made right here. The reason? I heard that Texas and Oklahoma got most of the D's. That's not to say that the D's weren't shipped to other places, it's just saying that most of them went to Tx and Ok.

Heck, I went through close to $2,000 worth of circulated quarters just to find a roll of circulated D's.

I think your best bet is to set up a trade with someone on the east coast who can get you what you need. I am currently in a deal with some people here at work that get the P's from back east (Upstate New York) and the spouse of a guy here at work is employed by a company that distributes coin to the local banks. When the new quarters come in, she "gets in line (literally)" to get our rolls. I actually feel very fortunate to get these (almost guaranteed) at face value.

A sure fire method though is to just order the rolls from the mint when they get released.

Coinerww

AZ 95% D

billboat

Texas--it's rare to find a P. I'm still looking for the last 7. But it does increase the fun (challenge?)of putting together a PD set.

NJCollector

Almost entirely P's in New York and New Jersey

danny72170

My mother works as a toll collector on the Maine Turnpike and is also collecting state quarters. On average it takes at least 2 to 3 months for her to find a D mint quarter after they're released.