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| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 12/15/2007 : 15:34:59
A few things first....I never pay with exact change and 90% of the time I pay in cash. I separate my daily pocket change.
A few days ago a lady in front of me in line dropped a nickle. I picked it up and offered it to her. "Keep it," she said. Okay in the pocket it goes. I get home later that day, separate my change, and low and behold her nickle is a 1944 D silver war nickle. Cool I say to myself. Further searching reveals a 1941 wheat penny. Not bad for one day worth of pocket change.
Anybody else find anything cool in your pockets? Around here I usually get a little silver every year. This year: 3 90% Washington quarters, 4 90% Roosevelt dimes, and counting this nickle, 3 35% War nickles. Numerous wheats as well, no exact count as they just go into the "wheats" bag. Some Canadian cents, nickles, and a few quarters, one of which is silver.
I'm going to continue to post my pocket change finds, and I encourage you guys to do the same. Thanks.
Deal
p.s. I will exclude the regular Cu pennies found in my change as those are every day things. |
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| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 11/30/2008 : 15:23:32
My girlfriend insisted on Wendy's for lunch. Reluctantly I went along. Glad I did. A '64 Roosevelt back in change. A lot of my good finds have came from fast food restaurants that I didn't want to go to. Oh well, it all counts. This year has been okay for me as far as wild silver finds. Keep 'em coming I say.
Deal |
| Hirbonzig |
Posted - 11/28/2008 : 21:25:18
While going thru my cup holder full of change in my truck I found a 1963 dime stuck to a 1978 cent. The cent was covered in a copper oxide slime that was very tar like. I'd like to harvest a ton of this slime to wave over bags of halves to get the silver ones to stick to the slime! |
| highroller4321 |
Posted - 11/27/2008 : 09:24:22
I found a 1960 Silver dime on Tuesday! |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 11/26/2008 : 23:57:37
quote:
Originally posted by jin.coy
Today I found a 1925 wheatie in coffee change.
Remember I am in Canada.
That's awesome. They CAN grow wheat up there.... I saw a '45 S today in a take-a-penny tray. So I took it.
Deal |
| jin.coy |
Posted - 11/06/2008 : 15:39:17
Today I found a 1925 wheatie in coffee change.
Remember I am in Canada.
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| eharrison |
Posted - 11/04/2008 : 03:54:49
While not exactly a pocket change find...While riding my bike about a week ago my eye caught what I thought was a nickel but when I went to pick it up I found that the coin was 5 cent 2005 Bahamian coin. I was sort of confounded by it's being in the gutter, I mean really?
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| gothboi30 |
Posted - 11/03/2008 : 21:49:41
Found 35 cents today and got a '56d wheatie in change at Baskin-Robbins  |
| gothboi30 |
Posted - 10/29/2008 : 18:00:30
Deal- it's ok, legacypac already replied to my question about the '99 UK penny. It's copper plated steel. Pre-'92 pennies are the copper ones, apparently. |
| MatLock |
Posted - 10/28/2008 : 22:47:57
4 weeks ago I had found a 57-D wheat penny in a take a penny bowl but it was all polished. Still cool. |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 10/28/2008 : 20:22:11
gothboi30, sorry I don't know much about U.K coins, but as stated in another thread there are now a few members from across the pond that could possibly help. natsb88, a silver find always makes for a good day. And a wheat to boot!
Deal
p.s. What's so special about a '78 D? Am I missing something? |
| natsb88 |
Posted - 10/28/2008 : 19:45:13
My father got a '46 dime and a '49 wheat in his change the other day. No complaints here |
| gothboi30 |
Posted - 10/28/2008 : 19:30:55
Found a '78d US penny today, and a 1999 UK penny as well.....;anyone know what it's made of/cu%?? |
| gothboi30 |
Posted - 10/23/2008 : 08:12:08
Found a nice, shiny '55d wheatie in the subway turnstile just his morning; it's in pretty good condition. Also found a 2000d dime. |
| DesertTumbleweed402 |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 17:34:28
1938 and 1955 S penny in change. |
| Computer Jones |
Posted - 10/12/2008 : 12:38:12
I found a 1945 S in the take-a-penny tray when I was buying plumbing parts yesterday. |
| DesertTumbleweed402 |
Posted - 10/02/2008 : 21:13:39
I got a 1954 dime in change at Office Max this past Monday. |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 10/02/2008 : 17:50:53
I got a double whammy today. I received a '47D back from the BBQ place at lunch, and I found a '43 in the "take-a-penny" container! First steel cent I have found in one of those. It's a little rusty but nice none the less.
Deal |
| ME CO |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 08:26:34
Not cleaned. That is how she looks. I'm still waiting to pull a gold coin, reject tray or coin roll either way LOL. HH all, Mark |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 06:27:48
Nice. I picked up a half dime yesterday, though not in change! Did you clean it or was it that nice?
Deal |
| HoardCopperByTheTon |
Posted - 07/23/2008 : 00:14:09
Very nice 3 cent nickel. I have never gotten one of those in change. Folks back in the old days had problems distinguishing them from dimes because they were about the same size.. the mint never learns. I have one of these in my collection that has a big "3" punched into it.  |
| ME CO |
Posted - 07/22/2008 : 23:13:21
When I go to dump halves I always have 4 zincers and 2 dimes in my pocket to throw in, reason being I always get back 2 dimes (no silver yet) and 4 cents (coppers sometimes). Anyways I always check the reject for coin, I have gotten a silver dime twice that way, and more coppers than the tellers give ME. Last month I was going about my business and when I checked the reject there was a few coins in it, I scanned them and put them in my other pocket. I noticed I got an 1872 something but didn't recognize it so I thought it was foreign. Well here's a couple of pics. HH Mark
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| Ant |
Posted - 07/22/2008 : 12:26:39
Yesterday my husband got back one of those "gold" plated quarters in change at Target. It's just a regular quarter, really. I think places like the Franklin Mint put them out and sell them in sets.  I consider that to be defacing money for profit. Is it? |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 09:28:53
quote:
Originally posted by Gr33nday43
I found a V nickel in change, it was given to me at mcdonalds. It was in G-4. Pretty rare coinsidering that they are so old! Doesn't that rank up there with finding an indian or flying eagle?
Sweet find indeed. Never got one in the wild before. Congratulations.
Deal |
| Gr33nday43 |
Posted - 07/20/2008 : 00:39:30
I found a V nickel in change, it was given to me at mcdonalds. It was in G-4. Pretty rare coinsidering that they are so old! Doesn't that rank up there with finding an indian or flying eagle? |
| NotABigDeal |
Posted - 07/19/2008 : 16:15:25
I got another '63 $1 bill today. One is an "A" series, the other is a "B". I have some older fifties and a couple of older hundreds, all pulled from circulation. Seems to be an epidemic....
Deal |
