Is the distribution of the 2009 cents even?
hoshie
Since the beginning of the year, I've been collecting each
bicentennial cent as they have came out; I'm only waiting for the new
Presidency release. I've read articles in both NN and CW about the
Fed's lack of orders for new coinage due to the bad economy. In places
were the cents are circulating, is the distribution of each design
even? In my hometown, I've managed to find bunches of the log cabin
and professional cents, but only one of the railsplitter design. My
neighbor is also collecting the cents and she has seen the same thing.
Is this common nationwide?
As for the other 2009 designs, I haven't seen any of the DC-
territories quarters, nickels, or dimes circulating. The same is true
for the Prexibux and the Native American dollars as well.
Thanks!
Joshua Holman
Havelock, NC
Jerry Dennis
No, I doubt distribution is consistent anywhere in the country. The
ONLY 2009 cent that's circulating here in the mountains of NY are the
rail-splitter-P cents. Occasionally the odd-ball log cabin cent makes
an appearance but nothing significant.
Territorial quarters? It reminds me of an old sign that used to hang
in my office... "You Want It When?" (with the three gut-busting,
laughing characteratures.) ONE DC-P seen in circulation and nothing
more. No 2009 nickels or dimes, either.
Jerry
Mr. Jaggers
The 2009-P circulation strike nickels and dimes are just now finding their
way into dealers' stocks. I finally got one of each at a shop last week.
Nobody has D mints except those taken from satin finish mint sets, not even
anybody on eBay. The story is always the same: "There are plenty of
nickels and dimes in circulation already, and the banks just don't need to
order any from the Fed."
James, with gaping holes where coins oughtta be
les.p...@gmail.com
wrote:
I lucked out during a recent cruise, and picked up a PR quarter while
in Puerto Rico
(also received a Railsplitter cent in change, which was beyond cool
and surprising).
The other quarters have been very few and far between: the banks
barely have heard
of them, and certainly don't have them. I am beginning to think I
need to schedule
regular trips to the Mint's offices in DC to access their change
machines to get
my new coin fix.
Mr. Jaggers
I guess we shouldn't expect banks to know or care about the newest coin
designs, let alone to have a stock of them, as to them a coin is a coin, and
they all look the same from the edge. It is only we collectors who get
sweaty over such matters as filling holes in albums. These release dates
that are spread over the course of the whole issue year probably make it
seem worse than it really is.
James the Philosophic
mazorj
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< I am beginning to think I need to schedule regular trips to the Mint's
offices in DC to access their change machines to get my new coin fix.
"Change machines"? Do they dispense specific coins, the way you can buy
stamps from the machines in post office lobbies? Or would these just be
bill-breakers next to the food and soda machines?
mazorj
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There's also a bit of the classic circular logic conundrum at work here:
Bank: We don't carry new coin issues because we seldom get requests for
them.
Collector: I stopped asking because you never have them.
Mr. Jaggers
But I wonder how far out of its way a bank would go to accommodate. From
what I see and read about today's banking industry, not far. Word would
have to get to the person doing the ordering, and that person would have to
be sympathetic to collectors' wants. I used to be able to get favors from
the North Lugburz National Bank, but once it was taken over by three-piece
suits who live a thousand miles away, that ended.
James the Rectangular Logician
David Farmer
2. find out who is the head teller and ask him or her to order coins for you
3. stop by on the day that their order arrives and ask if they were able to
get anything that you had wanted (be real nice and understanding when they
say no and be real thankful when they say yes)
4. repeat steps 2 and 3 until you can regularly get what you are looking for
Dave
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Mr. Jaggers
> 1. have an account with a bank
> 2. find out who is the head teller and ask him or her to order coins
> for you 3. stop by on the day that their order arrives and ask if they
> were
> able to get anything that you had wanted (be real nice and
> understanding when they say no and be real thankful when they say yes)
> 4. repeat steps 2 and 3 until you can regularly get what you are
> looking for
> Dave
Those are good ideas, but they require a lot of time, effort, and gas money.
I do just as well by patronizing my favorite dealer and paying his markup,
astronomical as it is.
James the Destitute
oly
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What a lot of old timers don't realize is that the Federal Reserve has
changed its policies a lot over the years. In the 1970s, the FRB did
lots of things for absolutely no charge to the banks, and that
included delivering coins and paper money whenever the banks ordered
them.
Since the late 1980s, that has all changed. The Federal Reserve
charges for every little thing, and the cumulative monthly service
charges can be pretty stiff. Nowadays, bankers will get in contact
with other local and area bankers to shift quantities of unwanted
coins between themselves and to be able to avoid ordering from the FRB
to avoid those service charges.
I would suggest that you offer the banker something to cover those
service charges and then they might be more willing to help; but then
I surmise that you don't want to pay more than face either, so that's
hardly an idea worth suggesting.
We are getting all of the circulating commemoratives now in change,
here in Central Illinois, on a more and more frequent basis. The 2009
nickel and dime aren't out there yet, and the Lincoln Log Cabin cent
is still tough.
I saw two or three dozen rolls of Denver mintmarked "Guam" quarter
dollars at $13 per roll at the Springfield coin show last Sunday and
there were seemingly no takers.
oly
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> "les.peters+c...@gmail.com" <les.pet...@gmail.com> wrote in message
They dispense the current quarter, Presibux, and Sacabux (three
machines side-by-side).
Les
me: http://life-of-coins.blogspot.com/
stringer for: http://news.coinpudate.com/
Mr. Jaggers
> On Nov 11, 12:17 pm, "mazorj" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote:
>> "les.peters+c...@gmail.com" <les.pet...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:6b55c860-0423-4123...@u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> ...
>> < I am beginning to think I need to schedule regular trips to the
>> Mint's offices in DC to access their change machines to get my new
>> coin fix.
>>
>> "Change machines"? Do they dispense specific coins, the way you can
>> buy stamps from the machines in post office lobbies? Or would these
>> just be bill-breakers next to the food and soda machines?
>
> They dispense the current quarter, Presibux, and Sacabux (three
> machines side-by-side).
The one-and-only postal machine in the North Lugburz office was yanked out
several months ago, apparently never to be replaced. 8>(
James the Lacrimose
David Farmer
you enjoy visiting your favorite dealer (friend), I enjoy visiting my (now)
friend the bank teller and enjoy getting the coins at face value!
Dave the CHEAP
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The Lone Poster
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The PO got rid of them because they had more personality than the typical PO
clerk...
Mr. Jaggers
Actually, the clerks at the NLPO these days are much friendlier than the
ones that were there just a few years ago. However, the clients in line
ahead of me are much, much dumber, and recent operations manuals now require
the clerks to accommodate their every concern, plus bring up concerns that
those clients didn't have when they walked in.
James the Foot-Tapper (but not Wide of Stance)
mazorj
On Nov 11, 12:17 pm, "mazorj" <maz...@verizon.net> wrote:
> "les.peters+c...@gmail.com" <les.pet...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> ...
> < I am beginning to think I need to schedule regular trips to the Mint's
> offices in DC to access their change machines to get my new coin fix.
>
> "Change machines"? Do they dispense specific coins, the way you can buy
> stamps from the machines in post office lobbies? Or would these just be
> bill-breakers next to the food and soda machines?
> They dispense the current quarter, Presibux, and Sacabux (three
machines side-by-side).
Cool!
Bruce Remick
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
How true! Our local postal clerks have been going out of their way to be
friendly, even when asking that same tired litany of obligatory questions
every time I mail a package. I notice the same about customers lately,
especially those who expect clerks to help them wrap and tape packages at
the counter while the people behind in line shift from one foot to the other
and roll their eyes, and vice versa. The fact that the PO recently removed
the prices for their multitude of service options on the big wall signs
behind the counter probably added to the customer confusion. With time
approaching for friends and relatives to be mailing packages to loved ones
overseas in the service, I expect the confusion to multiply.
Mr. Jaggers
Next thing we hear at the PO line will be "Do you want fries with that?"
And that additional decision will be too much for an awful lot of people,
who will stand there and hem and haw for an extra two minutes each.
James the Impatient
oly
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> > "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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> >> The Lone Poster wrote:
> >>> "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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Have you ever seen "The Krusty Krab" training film episode of the
cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants??? SpongeBob's dense friend, Patrick
Starr, places an order with Squidward - it is a classic.
oly