Circ rolls-noticeable change in dates

[hasfam]

Since returning to the hobby I have definately noticed a change in the date offering in circ. rolls. 10 years ago a roll would have about a third of the coins dating pre-1970. You could always count a a scattering of wheats and maybe an indian head every 5-10,000 coins. Now your lucky to see one pre-1970 lincoln in every 3-4 rolls. They are seemingly becoming more rare. Never thought to keep or horde them but am thinking maybe I should.
I can't help remember back when I first starting looking thru rolls. Sometime in the fall of 1969 my mother brought home a shopping back full of lincoln rolls, flopped them on the table and said "come on kids, were going to look at these pennies and find that 1955 penny worth a lot of money" We had no clue what she was talking about, but our mom was like Lucy. Always up to some crazy thing. So for a couple of months my sister and I searched 1000's of pennys. Even then, almost every roll had a few wheats. Of course we moved to the nickels to find the 3 legged buffalo. That was harder because there were only 3 or 4 buffalo nickels in each roll. Some were better though and you would find maybe 10 in a roll. Obviously we never found anything but my sister and I started our whitmans then. My sister still has hers. If I only knew then what I know now!
Rock

[eagames]

Hey Rock,

I think I started at the same time, maybe in 1970.

It only took a few rolls to get a bunch of wheats! Good thing I did not find more because stupidity took over and I would erase them with pencil erasers to make them look new. da!!!!!!! I also remember mom was saving the silver coins but my sister found her quarters and snatched them to use in the apartment candy machine until mom noticed and told her she had spent her silver quarters.

Also remember in 73 I tried to get more rolls and was dissapointed they were solid BU rolls of 73-s and spent them right away. Who needs these modern ones!!! The next year I started saving BU rolls of each year.

[hasfam]

LOL. I did the same thing with the pencil erasers. Why do you think I had to start my collections over so many times? I had the weirdest looking coins in my books from all the strange things I did to them to clean them and make them shiny. Again, I decided to buy the book(s) first then start my collecting again in 1997. Almost 30 years later. Better late than never. I had put a way a bunch of new 1982 rolls, the befores (copper) and afters (zinc) because my coin collecting friend and I thought that history was in the making. Had to spend them all a few years later for food for the kids. (hard times). I remember opening the rolls in 85 or 86 and the zinc coins all looked ruined and funky.
Rock

[Earwig]

Ive noticed that last summer circ rolls were 50/50 copper zinc the last box i got had about 20 percent copper. I think everyone is pullin the copper out just like i do.

Eric