Are 2008-2009 nickels scarce?
george pearl
jeffersons and searching the lot, I'm not sure that they are out
there. Does anyone have any information on this?
Mr. Jaggers
If you find a circulation strike 2009-D nickel, you will make the front page
of Coin World. Same for the 2009-D dime. The tens of millions of them that
were minted are apparently languishing in a vault somewhere due to lack of
orders from banks. There are plenty of 2008 and 2009 nickels available, but
they are from mint sets, which have a different finish.
James
eagle
so far !
--
eagle
Dr. Richard L. Hall
bank and didn't find a single 2009-dated nickel. There were a handful of
2008's so at least they're out there. I didn't find much else either, only
2 nickels before 1950, a 1939 and a 1949. Bummer!
I also went through 20 rolls of cents and found only 3 2009-dated Lincolns,
all "professional life" types. Those were the first 2009 dated coins that I
found except for 2 DC Terrritorial Quarters.
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Richard
http://coins.richlh.com/MyCoinLinks.htm
http://www.richlh.com
Don't lament that the rose bush has thorns. Rejoice that the thornbush has
roses. [Ancient Egyptian Saying]
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"george pearl" <geope...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Jerry Dennis
wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago, I went through 20 rolls of nickels that I got from my
> bank and didn't find a single 2009-dated nickel. There were a handful of
> 2008's so at least they're out there. I didn't find much else either, only
> 2 nickels before 1950, a 1939 and a 1949. Bummer!
>
> I also went through 20 rolls of cents and found only 3 2009-dated Lincolns,
> all "professional life" types. Those were the first 2009 dated coins that I
> found except for 2 DC Terrritorial Quarters.
>
> --
> Don't lament that the rose bush has thorns. Rejoice that the thornbush has
> roses. [Ancient Egyptian Saying]
>
>
> news:969e32ae-220b-456a...@a5g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
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>
> > I'VE never received one in my change yet and short of buying a case of
> > jeffersons and searching the lot, I'm not sure that they are out
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You're doing better than I am, Doc. After helping my boss/partner
empty the coin-op washers and dryers this past week, I noticed my
second DC-P quarter. Still no PR, GU, AS, VI, or NMI. The Mint's
production figures say there are millions of them out there. I'm not
seeing them.
As for other 2009 coins, I've seen 2009 Kennedys (with thanks to Jud)
and a few sporatic cents. Trying to get rolls of anything new from
the local banks is an exercise in futility.
Jerry
Jud
> As for other 2009 coins, I've seen 2009 Kennedys (with thanks to Jud)
> and a few sporatic cents. Trying to get rolls of anything new from
> the local banks is an exercise in futility.
>
> Jerry
Ordered 2010 Kennedys and Sacagaweas yesterday Jerry!
Michael G. Koerner
2008 Nickels (both MMs) are common as dirt here in the Appleton, WI area, but
nary a 2009 to be seen. Ditto Dimes.
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Jerry Dennis
Thank you, Jud. I appreciate it.
Jerry
oly
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In the past month in Central Illinois, I've had all the 2009 quarters
in change except the Marianas' coin. I've had all four of the 2009
Linocln cents. Both the quarters and cents aren't over abundant, but
not impossible (and I cover a lot of territory during the month -
several cities between Quincy and Danville). But, NO 2009 nickels or
dimes.
On Saturday, the Mall Area here on the southwest side of Springpatch
looks like pre-recession "business as usual". Not the other days of
the week, but Saturday looks normal.
oly
Bruce Remick
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oly
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In the N VA suburbs, I see the restaurants and theaters as busy as ever, but
the malls seem to be struggling based on the limited number of people in
many of the stores. How many boutique mod clothing stores can one area
handle?
I also noted that the local coin shop (Century Stamps & Coins) that had been
in place for at least 30 years closed up/down a couple weeks ago. Don't
know if it was because of the economy or not, or if it will be relocating,
but it will be missed here. I often wondered how it survived all those
years with so few customers around any time I stopped in. About like many
antique shops. How do they survive with maybe a handful of browsers each
day? Mail order? Dealer to dealer? Ebay?
oly
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Like you, I find it is the restaurants and theaters that are most
busy.
Many shop dealers wait for "the big buy", or at least a series of
smaller good deals. They "make it" on the "buy" side, ship the
material to liquidate it.
Thirty years is a hell of a run for a local coin shop.
oly
Mr. Jaggers
Several of the coin shops within driving distance of North Lugburz survived
because the real income of their owners came from day trading and the like.
The shop was just icing on the cake. When the ground shook and the souffl�
fell, the marginal coin component of the business could no longer sustain
the overhead. Couple that with the fact that so many shops were started
during those heady days in the 50s and 60s, when coin clubs were burgeoning,
and now you have guys retiring with no one able or willing to buy the
business.
This is off-topic, but perhaps illustrative: we had a Butternut bread
outlet in town that did a brisk business. At lease renewal the building
owner demanded twice the rent, and the company decided to close the store
rather than pay the increase. That was three years ago. The building has
since sat empty continuously.
James
mazorj
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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> This is off-topic, but perhaps illustrative: we had a Butternut bread
> outlet in town that did a brisk business. At lease renewal the building
> owner demanded twice the rent, and the company decided to close the store
> rather than pay the increase. That was three years ago. The building has
> since sat empty continuously.
I've often wondered why landlords do that - raise the rent to the point
where the tenant's business is no longer sustainable, forcing it to vacate.
The property then sits empty for months or years. Unless the owner needs
the tax write-offs, it seems to be the product of stupid, arrogant greed.
Both sides lose but only one deserves it.
Getting back on topic... Regarding the demise of coin shops, as with many
small retailers, the Internet combined with the perceived security of TPG
slabbing has taken its toll on walk-in trade. And ironically, many of the
small specialty shops that are still operating depend on Internet sales to
make ends meet.
Bruce Remick
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Over the years, several of the local coin shops would add stock in whatever
other hobby items were hot, e.g. comics, sports cards, beanie babies, etc.,
in order to stay "relevant" and solvent. Lately, that hasn't seemed to make
a difference. Coin-wise, I agree that eBay and an increasing distrust of
any remainingy nice raw coin that hasn't been submitted for slabbing must be
taking a toll on any strip-mall coin shops that depend on walk-in trade.
mazorj
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At the other end of the coin trade, I miss the small hobby shops. Not only
did they have tantalizing selections of specialized hobby items and tools
not found elsewhere for train buffs, modelers, etc. but many also would have
one of those motorized glass cases with about ten little shelves that you
could make go up or down and around to see all of the coins (usually in
cardboard mounts). Either that or one of the regular glass cases had a coin
section. The owner may or may not have known a whole lot about numismatics
but I could never pass one by without at least looking.
Bruce Remick
Most of our local shops, including the one that just closed, had rows of
those showcases with the rotating trays. I kept looking at the dusty 2x2's
and rusty staples and wondered if they ever sold anything out of there.
One of our larger shops had a great 30' long weekly Bid Board that closed
every Tuesday night. Large crowds of collectors would gather three deep as
the clock wound down, fighting to see if they had been outbid or checking to
see if the item they submitted was attracting bidders. Sadly, people
gradually lost interest in the Bid Board when they saw most of the coins up
there were coming from the dealer's own overpriced and overgraded stock.
Petronius
> other hobby items were hot, e.g. comics, sports cards, beanie babies, etc., in
> order to stay "relevant" and solvent. Lately, that hasn't seemed to make a
> difference. Coin-wise, I agree that eBay and an increasing distrust of any
> remainingy nice raw coin that hasn't been submitted for slabbing must be
> taking a toll on any strip-mall coin shops that depend on walk-in trade.
The coin store near me does most of his business trading gold & silver (coins,
bullion, scrap, etc.).
He has a couple of display cases with nice but unslabbed US coins, which don't
appear to be moving any too fast from what I can discern, despite what I feel
are fair prices.
Apparently the bullion business is working for him since he has opened a couple
of other storefronts in the area.
Mr. Jaggers
One problem you didn't mention is that coin shops (and dealers' cases at
coin shows, as well as eBay offerings) generally house several coins that
actually have been submitted for slabbing but didn't get slabbed. There
they sit, with no indication of their history, waiting for someone to bite.
James the Bitten
Mr. Jaggers
Aren't all coin shops local?
James
oly
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Stack's, Spink, Coincraft, Harlan J. Berk's - these seem to rise well
above their particular locale. I suspect my list isn't all inclusive.
oly
Mr. Jaggers
None of those mentioned are chains, they each operate from a single address.
Size shouldn't enter into the definition.
James
Bruce Remick
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To somebody undoubtedly, but not to all of us. But then we ARE in the
electronic age................
Bruce Remick
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
I recall too many coins in those cases that wouldn't have rated even a
homemade slab. I'd like to think that the dealer realized that and reduced
the price accordingly, but then I'd like to think a lot of things. I'm
convinced that most of the coins on display in those revolving tray cases
are overgraded and overpriced and are meant to sucker in the uninformed. As
a familiar customer, whenever I visited one of our "local" shops and
inquired about a specific coin, the prop seldom looked into the glass case
and instead pulled out a 2x2 coin box or a binder.
Mr. Jaggers
I reckon the revolving trays would be the first and perhaps only things a
thief would get during a break-in, so there's not going to be primo material
in them. The better stuff will be locked in the safe.
James
Jass
journey" nickle, but nothing newer. I'd say 95% are pre 2004. State
quarters were extremely easy to find near release....until the 2009
series. I only just found an American Samoa coin. I also haven't seen
even one of the new pennies.
As for dimes....the date is too small, so I never bother to check. Ive
never gotten a half dollar newer than 2001.
Dollar coins on the other hand are extremely easy to find. I've gotten
a great mix of presidents and new sacs from MBTA (mass transit) ticket
machines.
mazorj
>
> "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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>> Aren't all coin shops local?
>
> To somebody undoubtedly, but not to all of us. But then we ARE in the
> electronic age................
SHUSH! We don't want to encourage anybody with ideas about replacing
currency with purely electronic forms of "money".
If nothing else, how are you going to enjoy confounding a cashier when
halves and dollar coins go the way of the two-cent piece?
Vagrant thought: If there is a transitional period where paper money and
coins are on the way out in favor of a universal debit card, it will give
new meaning to the question "Paper or plastic?"
- mazorj, Monetary Luddite
Bruce Remick
I noticed in the paper last week that some local parking meters have been
converted to accept credit cards. I've seen this elsewhere, too. Oddly, in
the article, there was no mention of whether the machines already or soo
will accept dollar coins. Plastic and electronics do seem to be taking
over. How long will it be before a few holdouts wave their cash but nobody
is willing to accept it?
We may end up skipping right over that dollar bill vs dollar coin issue, as
encroaching plastic and electronics will essentially solve that problem.
I don't expect to see coins and paper money totally disappear in the US in
my remaining lifetime, but it's already getting pretty close to being
unnecessary in one's daily routine. I never thought I'd be able to
experience all Las Vegas has to offer (well, almost all) without a dollar in
my wallet.
Hugh G. Rection
Another disappearing form of payment is the personal check.
I don't write more than 1 or 2 a month anymore, preferring to pay online
whenever possible.
Rav
Here in Montgomery County, MD, some of the parking meters now say you
can pay via cell phone. I don't know how that works, but it's
apparently yet another alternative.
Bruce Remick
"Hugh G. Rection" <Hu...@G.Rection> wrote in message
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I think it's ironic that the personal check, credit card, and cash have
coexisted as popular means of payment for decades, yet we seem to have a
serious problem today accepting both our dollar coin and dollar bill as
payment options.
Bruce Remick
"Rav" <Pa...@cais.com> wrote in message
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Wow! Now that's scary! I'm just starting to ponder all the potential
ramifications of that.
-- Bruce, down in Fairfax
Hugh G. Rection
All the strippers I encounter are more than happy to accept $1 bills (they
prefer $5's and $10's)
Bruce Remick
"Hugh G. Rection" <Hu...@G.Rection> wrote in message
If you had anything at all going for you, you wouldn't have to be paying to
watch strippers and stuffing bills in their whatevers so they'll fall in
love with you. Have you tried using Zip-loc bags with five or ten dollars
worth of presidential dollars? Might be a conversation starter. ;>)
Tom Wayne
wrote:
Yes, it would be difficult to pay a stripper in Las Vegas with a debit
or credit card. I suppose one could pay with a gift card, but that
might chafe a bit and cause the quality of the performance to
deteriorate.
Hugh G. Rection
> If you had anything at all going for you, you wouldn't have to be paying to
> watch strippers and stuffing bills in their whatevers so they'll fall in love
> with you.
If you had anything at all going for you, you wouldn't be making specious
supercilious moral judgments about strangers on the Usenet...
Besides, I just like watching naked ladies dance...
Bruce Remick
"Hugh G. Rection" <Hu...@G.Rection> wrote in message
Anyone who doesn't want folks making specious supercilious moral judgements
about them shouldn't choose a Usenet name like yours. And don't forget to
try those Zip-loc bags of dollars. Let 'em see your Johnson in 2011. ;>)
Rav
[Sorry if this message appears twice, my connection crapped out in the
middle of sending the first time]
I just did a quick Google search and found the following information
about the program at Montgomery Countys web site:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dpktmpl.asp?url=/content/dot/parking/News/news-release1.asp
note.boy
That can be done in the UK also. Billy
Dr. Richard L. Hall
I saw this on TV the other night and it said you have to establish an
account with the County. Then when you want to park at a meter, you dial a
special number and enter the parking meter number and the time you want to
use. And the cost gets charged to your phone bill.
--
Richard
http://coins.richlh.com/MyCoinLinks.htm
Dr. Richard L. Hall
Credit cards have become too easy to use. But I still like to search
through my change to see if there is anything worth keeping. But only use
cash for small purchases now.
A thought: Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of
arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body. But rather it's to
skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly
proclaiming, "Wow! What a ride!!!"
Jass
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> > "Bruce Remick" <rem...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> >> "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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> > ...
> >>> Aren't all coin shops local?
>
> >> To somebody undoubtedly, but not to all of us. But then we ARE in the
> >> electronic age................
>
> > SHUSH! We don't want to encourage anybody with ideas about replacing
> > currency with purely electronic forms of "money".
>
> > If nothing else, how are you going to enjoy confounding a cashier when
> > halves and dollar coins go the way of the two-cent piece?
>
> > Vagrant thought: If there is a transitional period where paper money and
> > coins are on the way out in favor of a universal debit card, it will give
> > new meaning to the question "Paper or plastic?"
>
> > - mazorj, Monetary Luddite
>
> I noticed in the paper last week that some local parking meters have been
> converted to accept credit cards. I've seen this elsewhere, too. Oddly, in
> the article, there was no mention of whether the machines already or soo
> will accept dollar coins.
If youre talking about the new DC and Arlington meters, they do accept
dollar coins.
Lucky
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Our meters take cards.
Rav
I just did a quick Google search and found the following information
Tony Clayton
A bag of dollar coins might have the same effect!
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Tony Clayton tony.cla...@pem.cam.ac.uk
Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
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