Why people are hoarding 2009 coins

I have been coin roll hunting for a little while now. But Its really hard to find 2009 Nickels and Dimes.

Big deal right? Its not Silver just a clad coin right?
Wrong!

Yes these coins are clad, but May 1 of 2009 the us mint stopping minting circulating coins.

Mintage numbers for Nickels

39.36 Million Denver, 39.84 Philadelphia for a total of 79.29 million . The US Mint hasn’t had numbers this low for circulating Nickels since 1951, Wow!!!

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What about the dime?

The mintage number for the dime was 49.50 million Denver and 96.50 Philadelphia. The last time the mintage was this low was 1955. Maybe I can go back with Doc and Marty and pick some rolls? Ok that was a stale joke..

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Yep. I look through my change daily. I about a year i think i found maybe a dozen total. Good luck

I didn't know about this fact. I'm going to search my American coins jar and try to find one.

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Thanks for letting us know! Will definitely be on the lookup for these before I throw them into my jars.

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