Correct me if I am wrong.....
Brutalfly
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I was sorting pennies with my boys yesterday trying to put together a penny collection starting from 2000-2017 and then after that we would move on to pre-2000. We have all of the 2000-2017 D pennies or at least a D penny from each year. I figured just doing certain periods at a time would be good.
I was noticing that we had a lot more of the D, Denver mint coins than S, San Francisco or Philadelphia coins in our piles of pennies.
So here is the correct me if I am wrong are the D pennies more common in the Midwest, S more common on the West Coast, and Philadelphia (or I assume no mark) more common on the East Coast?
Also is it harder to put a certain S, D, or Philadelphia penny set together?
Thank you for your help I appreciate it!
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S will be fairly rare regardless since they havent minted cents for circulation since 1974. As for P vs D region does have a lot to do with it. I live in kansas and rarely see P. Mostly D.
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The circulation strike S coins have had plenty of time to disperse. I find then easily on the Atlantic coast.
Newer D coins are harder to find here, but we are not in fly-over country and your experience finding P coins may differ.
There are a number of doubled die varieties on the 2009 issues.
A Jefferson nickel set can mostly be completed with frequent roll stops at the bank.
I love the Jefferson nickel set idea as @MsMorrisine stated above. That is a really fun one to do by roll searching.
Lincoln cents from the 1909 beginning up through the 30's are tough to find. Wheats from the 40's and 50's are easier to find in rolls by far.
Thanks for your input and information.
I live in Missouri and it seems as if the D outweighs the S so far through what we have looked at.
I am hoping to get their cent collection as far back as we can know how tough the Wheats can be to find farther back.
When it comes to the Wheats we might just make that a "See how many we can find" collection.
I will have to keep an eye out for the 2009 double die varieties.
Are those more common on the observe or reverse?
When talking about the Jefferson Nickels those Nickels start in 1938 and go until now. Up until what point will it start getting hard to get coins and what years seem to be the hardest?
I know with one of my sons as soon as we get done with the pennies he will be ready to move to the Nickels
All I ever see are those dang CC pennies.
bob
I have not gotten a silver War Nickel (1942-1945) back in change in years upon years, so your very unlikely to discover those even in roles. Good luck on finding what you need.
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2009 reverses
Nickels - lower mintage ones.
War nicks may be getting scarce as people caught the silver bug. Although a several years back I made a complete set of war nicks after cycling through a number of $200 boxes.
I still haven't found a 1950D. I found a 1970 Kennedy half in a box and those were mint set only, however I cycled through well over $10k of $500 boxes to fine the single one.
You're right. However the 39-D , 42-D, and the 50-D, 51-S, 54-D, 54-S, 58, etc. forget it. It doesn't happen anymore in pocket change. Some of the tougher early 1960's dates can be found but in very low grades. I'm very lucky. I have three complete sets, 1938-64, that I completed from pocket change, rolls etc. But I started looking around 1968. That's 50 years ago! YUCK!!!
The last complete set was finished in 1992. I keep looking for the keys but forget it. Still..I do think that Jefferson nickels are the best coin for new collectors to start with. GOOD LUCK!!
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P.S. It's a great coin to learn grading skills. For MANY reasons. I encourage young collectors to pursue them.
Two weeks ago I got a 1940D nickel in change and last week I received a 1942P war nickel in change..... been a good month for nickels...
@Brutalfly ...cents are great sets to build with your sons.... and working backwards is a great idea. You should get the CPG (Cherry Pickers Guide) so you can also look for the 2009 varieties and others as you go along. Cheers, RickO