Sorry, but I don't understand that... There are €uros in the USA in circulation?

Marvin

Yes, there are. I got a 2 Eurocent from Germany, mintmark J in a roll of coins about two months ago.

Previously I got a 1 Eurocent from France last year sometime.

The most unusual find this year is the 7 sided 20 pence from the UK in a roll of nickels.

Yeah, it's not that are supposed to be there, its just some make their way in now and again.

Some fit vending machines, parking meters, etc. and can be a real headache for vendors.

Mexico, 2004, One Peso bi-metalic coin.

About the size of a nickel.

Tuesday night I got a 1945 and a 1947-D cent in change in the same transaction. After asking the cashier to check for more, they were the onliest ones.

Even though it is easily determined whether or not this is the BIG ONE, my heart always races for a moment or two when one of these turns up in change. I found this one in a Have A Penny/Take a Penny tray today at the local gas station. I traded for it of course.

Nice trade.

I'm surprised that I don't find much in the cash drawer at work. I would say that the majority of purchases are credit or debit cards, and the cash flowing in consists of lots of $20, 50, 100 bills.

The only things I've found since July have been one 1948 Lincoln and a 1945-S Jefferson(in horrible shape).

That's how it was when I worked at Domino's about six years ago. Nothing but credit/debit cards and checks. Rarely would someone pay in cash other than my dad. Couldn't imagine how it is now. Heck, even my parents are thinking about debit cards. Everything they purchase is through checks while I deal only in cash.

Latest find was a 1963 Roosevelt in VF that I ended up losing a day later. It's either around the house or my cat ate it.

I guess you'll be cleaning the cat box for the next few days.


Got a '64 Rosie in the CoinStar last Saturday.

Although I may be a slightly obsessed collector, by no means will I did through cat poo for a '63 Roosie.

Now if it was a Morgan dollar and a cow ate it......where's my gloves?

Erica's sister gave me a 1942 Mercury Dime she found while working. It's in fine condition.

Keep an eye on the cat.

This time I was smart and put it in a 2x2. If the cat can eat a 2x2 with staples and coin, more power to him.

I just don't want to be the cat in 24-48 hours.

Ooh! 1949-S nickel found in brother's pocket change.

It's in good hands now. I need it for my album.

I got a S. Korian 100 WON in the CoinStar this week.

Last night I found my first BLANK lincoln cent....woot!

i got a turkish 50 yeni kurus instead of 100 fils in change 2day(its bigger then the 100fils thats how i knew after i put the coins in my pocket i try to see their size not to get embarresd and check in front of the cashier)

I looked through a bunch of halves last week and although I found no silver, I did find a cruddy 1986-S proof and a 1917 British Large Penny.

That's a bigtime ripoff. (not so much for value, but being intentional)

I really have the yen to go and get a bunch of halves to look through. No time right now but the desire is gettting stronger everyday.

I plan on doing some roll searching this break. I have one burning question for the roll searchers out there:

What is the best combination of rolls to get for a given amount of money?

In other words, suppose I want to only spend $20. Should I get 1 roll of quarters, 1 roll of dimes, 2 rolls of nickels, and 2 rolls of pennies? What combinations do you sort through/recommend?

After Xmas I may shell out for more than $20 giving me more options.

Thanks,

George

Spend $25 and get a box of pennies, contains 2500 coins. About 500-700 of them should be bronze, about 10-15 s/b wheats. Nickels are also good to search. Dimes and Quarters, forget about it. Halves can be good if you can find them, you can even get Walkers, Franklins and silver Kennedy's.

Speaking of that.

I just found a 1943 and 1943-D aluminum cents! Nasty looking things but still a cool find.

Finding an al cent is way cool! Zinc cents are pretty neat as well.

Got a 2003W $1. Pretty scruffed up, looks like it's been liberated from a PL set a few months earlier.

Searched some cents today. I didn't specifically buy rolls to search but my cent coffee can was overflowing, so I rolled a few. Looked at a bit over 800 cents and found:

183 copper and 600 zinc.
Two coppers were wheaties (1955 & 1958-D).
Out of 30 1982s (D and P), 28 were copper.

Found a couple of filled mint marks and the only other notable find was a very brassy looking zincoln - shown here next to a typical 1994. Caught my eye right away.


Weight, however, is right on target with the zincoln (2.46 gms). Maybe I will do a specific gravity test, but I think it is just a zincoln that, somehow, got a weird color.

Dad got a 1956-D wheatie in change today.

I got a 1957-D wheat in change yesterday.

Yeah I'm an idiot. Was reading a topic ON aluminum cents. Brain said STEEL, hands said aluminum, brain said "looks good".

Derrrrrrr

If I remember correctly, there are some "brass" zinc'ers that are the result of zinc getting into the copper for plating, resulting in a brass plating.

Hmm interesting possibility - I wonder if there is a way to definitively tell if that is the case with this coin.

Surface conductivity measurements anyone?

How do you suggest that "Surface conductivity" be measured? Using a decent Ohm meter, I can not distinguish copper from copper-plated from potentially brass plated - all give readings near .1 on the lowest scale, as I would expect.

Did a little bit of digging and ccg's memory is correct as Ken Porter's site sells some of these and shows a letter from the mint acknowledging that zinc can be inadvertantly dissolved in the copper plating rendering such a color (link here).

CopperCoins says that there is virtually no way to distinguish a brass-plated cent from one that has miscolored due to other contaminants.

Certainly there is a way of detecting the content of the plating, but I do not have easy access to any destructive flame mass spectroscopy whatchyamhiggie.

I shall keep thinking about this.

I've got access to equipment that can measure the conductivity of the plating on the surface. It doesn't penetrate the material too far.

Also if you want to get really nutty, electron microscopy can easily determine the surface's composition.

Of course, it's all a bit overkill don't you think?

Was able to pick up 11 rolls (at face value) of 1964 Kennedy Halves that were in my local bank's vault since 1964 in a box. There were more rolls total but I was able to get 11 for myself. I feel very lucky to have part of a "hoard" even as small as this one...

Small find! ? Excuse me! For $110 you got coins worth over $1100. Sorry doesn't qualify as a "small find", but congratulations are in order for a major find!

For the first time ever, I have a find.

I dont have pics of it but I got a 1926 lincoln in change the other day.
I would grade it maybe F-8 but it's a find none the less.

a 1933-D wheatback in change....not picked out of a register for once lol. Kinda ugly, maybe a AG/G since its a little pourus.

Your not going to believe what my daughter pulled out of one of the machines at chuckEcheese today.

You're right. I don't believe it. You have a daughter.

He kills with suspense.

Yes. She's 1 year older than you and has 3 Brothers.

touche

Found this badboy in one of the registers today.



1963A star note

Wow DW I see the seed planted for your daughters soon to be voluminous coin collection

That has got to be one of the all-time great finds. Did she want you to send it to me?

Good going that's a terrific note.

Every now and then she brings me a foreign coin, interesting token or older coin. This time she knew she had a goodie, she called me in the middle of her shift.