Can confirm.
Sauce - look at US $$$ coin inventory.
Try to find a silver, pre-1964 coin in the wild.
You can't. Drop a $20 at a coin laundry or car wash. Not a silver quarter will be found. GUARANTEED.
It all started in 2016. Silver coins were mined out of the currently available inventories in anticipation of today's events.
I’d imagine there’s still plenty out there, sitting in people’s coin jars at home. And the “mining” has always been occurring. I remember back in the 80s and 90s looking for silver coins. I still come across one or two silver quarters a month. I pay cash for most transactions so I see a lot of coins.
I was at my local bank yesterday and asked my friend that works there if they have silver dollar rolls available. They quit stocking those last year for this exact reason. Dudes like me who were mining dollar and quarter rolls looking for constitutional silver.
She said she hasn't seen hardly any constitutional ‘come through’ in a year … and she looks because I have been telling her to be in the lookout, and to exchange her non-constitutional for any constitutional that comes across her window.
I think estate sales might be the only chance of finding silver coins that aren't possessed by dealers or other collectors already. The odds of someone spending one somewhere is so low that I think the time spent to go through hundreds of rolls of coins would be better spent working at minimum wage somewhere.
Nah, before that... I was playing quarter bulldozer machines just looking for those over ten years ago. I've kept quarter rolls handy to trade at stores when the cashier opens any rolls that have some. Paid off not too long ago, we bought all the rolls they had and have the cashier a tip. Keep your eyes open, there are some still out there.
Can confirm. Sauce - look at US $$$ coin inventory. Try to find a silver, pre-1964 coin in the wild. You can't. Drop a $20 at a coin laundry or car wash. Not a silver quarter will be found. GUARANTEED. It all started in 2016. Silver coins were mined out of the currently available inventories in anticipation of today's events.
I’d imagine there’s still plenty out there, sitting in people’s coin jars at home. And the “mining” has always been occurring. I remember back in the 80s and 90s looking for silver coins. I still come across one or two silver quarters a month. I pay cash for most transactions so I see a lot of coins.
I haven't seen a silver quarter for years. I do still find copper pennies, though, and I squirrel them away.
I was at my local bank yesterday and asked my friend that works there if they have silver dollar rolls available. They quit stocking those last year for this exact reason. Dudes like me who were mining dollar and quarter rolls looking for constitutional silver.
She said she hasn't seen hardly any constitutional ‘come through’ in a year … and she looks because I have been telling her to be in the lookout, and to exchange her non-constitutional for any constitutional that comes across her window.
I think estate sales might be the only chance of finding silver coins that aren't possessed by dealers or other collectors already. The odds of someone spending one somewhere is so low that I think the time spent to go through hundreds of rolls of coins would be better spent working at minimum wage somewhere.
Nah, before that... I was playing quarter bulldozer machines just looking for those over ten years ago. I've kept quarter rolls handy to trade at stores when the cashier opens any rolls that have some. Paid off not too long ago, we bought all the rolls they had and have the cashier a tip. Keep your eyes open, there are some still out there.