My only attributed coin so far 0

[Robert S. Lahti]

Chicago, Illinois Currency Exchange, receiving change at the counter. Chicago Ave, two streets from Michigan Ave.

 

 

Edited January 27, 2022 by Robert S. Lahti
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[Just Bob]

While I hesitate to do anyting to encourage the incoherent ramblings of your other posts, I do believe in giving credit where credit is due. You have obviously spent many, many hours searching for the tiniest anomaly. In this case, it apparently paid off. Congratulations. Your name and your discovery are now recorded for posterity.

[RWB]

Good for you! Keep looking for these and similar errors, just be a little more circumspect in your discoveries, please.

[Numismatic, A.A.S.]

Could there be an estimate of survival? DDR-009 40-S ?

[RWB]

Well, you might try checking all the nickels you can get from a local bank and see how many 1940-S coins you find. The quantity found divided by the quantity examined will give you the percent of 1940-S nickels in circulation in your local area....OR....your could memorize  the characteristics of Mr. Lahti's discovery and cherry pick dealers at coin shows.

[Numismatic, A.A.S.]

On 1/27/2022 at 11:03 PM, RWB said:

Well, you might try checking all the nickels you can get from a local bank and see how many 1940-S coins you find. The quantity found divided by the quantity examined will give you the percent of 1940-S nickels in circulation in your local area....OR....your could memorize  the characteristics of Mr. Lahti's discovery and cherry pick dealers at coin shows.

Just recently on the CAC Forum this was mentioned, as a collector you can study a series and learn more than dealers about it and build a great collection. Sometimes I give up on certain ones for many reasons and purchase. Everybody does it different. 

[RWB]

There are examples of this kind of circulation review in some back issue of The Numismatist.