I searched through 1050 pennies in the month of January (21 rolls), and here were the results!
Year Distribution
- 0 coins from 1909
- 0 coins from the 1910s
- 1 coin from the 1920s
- 0 coins from the 1930s
- 4 coins from the 1940s
- 2 coins from the 1950s
- 28 coins from the 1960s
- 80 coins from the 1970s
- 163 coins from the 1980s
- 155 coins from the 1990s
- 133 coins from the 2000s
- 266 coins from the 2010s
- 217 coins from the 2020s
Mint Location
- 927 coins minted in Philadelphia
- 121 coins minted in Denver
- 1 coin minted in San Francisco
Keep or Recycle
After the hunt, the distribution of coins is as follows:
- Added 43 coins to my coin album
- Recycled 1003 coins
- Stored 4 coins in coin storage tubes
In analyzing the data from the January results, a significant number of coins were from the 1970s through the 2020s, with a particularly high volume from the 2010s and 2020s. The pre-1970s coins are relatively scarce, with only a few from the 1920s, 1940s, and 1950s. Furthermore, in living on the East Coast, the overwhelming majority of the coins were minted in Philadelphia, with a smaller proportion coming from Denver and just one from San Francisco.
Overall though, it was a pretty solid month! I also created some charts, to look at this data visually.
With a nearly full book (the 40s on are basically done, aside from San Francisco pennies), I’ll take having a 4% book rate for January as a success!
I’m a little late in getting started in February, and with it being such a short month, I doubt I’ll hit the 1,000+ mark this month, but I do wonder if the distribution on each will remain about the same.
Time will tell! Good luck out there!
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