I do, I have carried it in my wallet for about 10 years now. I brought it with me to show my Great Grandmother. I liked it because it was made the year she was born, in 1905. Now that she is gone, I keep it in memory of her.

It is a 1905 Indian cent, it is not a fancy piece, but rather well circulated and shows from having been in my wallet for so long. Now this year would have been her 100th and this coin is now 100 years old.

No I keep spending them. . .

I used to carry a 1974 Ike but I don't go anywhere anymore.

I keep a WLH in my pocket all the time. Hasn't really started to get extra wear yet (only been two months). Interested to see how the old coins wear compared to modern coins. My other pocket contains a Kennedy Half of roughly the same grade.

I do have a "coin" that I carry around with me in my purse at all times. Its not a spendable coin. Bobby's grandma gave it to me....its an angel coin.

They come and go. Currently, I carry a one-ounce silver round commemorating the Texas Rangers, in a plastic "airtite" case. I carry it when I am on patrol as a safety officer. It is in my top shirt pocket over my heart.

I have a sport coat with a French 5 Franc from 1830-something. The outer breast pocket of a sport coat does not get much use, of course, so the coin sits there, toning.

In my checkbook, at the top of the register, under the plastic, is a Moroccan banknote: "Bank of Maghrib." It has been there for about 10 years.

Also, right now, I have been carrying One Traverse City Bay Buck in my wallet -- sometimes it gets pretty lonely, but sometimes it has federal friends.

I carry three coins representing the three traditional mainstream coin metals.

A battered British Charles II gold half guinea from the 1670s. A low grade and counterstamped 1697 British William III Silver halfcrown and a bronze Roman Follis of the Emperor Licinius minted in the early 300 CE era.

Wonder if it will stop a bullet?

Like this one allegedly did:

CSS Hunley $20 Gold Piece

I have a box of poket pieces that I carry on and off. Many end up being given away and are then replaced with something else from the box.

Current is a Canadian Large Cent - well worn.

I carry one off and on, an 1890 UK Victoria Jubilee Head Crown.

I was carrying this around.....


But I lost it three weeks ago.

So now it's a 1962 british penny

I have a number of them that I rotate. I also lost one not too long ago up in North Dakota or South Dakota. I can't remember which Dakota it was. It was a '99 SAE that I had been carrying around for 6 years. Ticked me off.

There are the ones I use on and off.



That pic is a couple of years old and the SAE is no more. I am also not sure where the Kennedy, the SBA and the Sackie are but I think they are still around the house somewhere.

I've got a 2000-P Sacagawea that I carry around every day now for about 4 years now. I want to see how it wears down, and not much is happening besides turning brown. Think I need to throw a couple more coins in the mix, and wear her down.

I have shoe wheaties! One wheatie each in ma penny loafers. Every time I get new loafers I have to transfer the pennies. Been wearing those pennies about 20 years now.

Same. 2-euro cent, Sacky dollars, whatever it is, I always end up spending it when I'm not paying attention to my change.

I don't, I sometimes think I should take one of the barely recongnizable uncleaned slugs and see if carrying it makes any improvements.

I carry at least one Ike, sometimes more, a Belize dollar, and of course no self respecting aviator would be without his Air Force Sqd coin (a challenge coin)-every squadron has one.

Ciao, and Hook 'em Horns,
Capt-AWACS, All red-heads are nuts

I have been carring a '76 Ike for the last 18 months. Ever since I dug it up with my detector. It has lightened considerably.

Theres a pic in Omnicoin.
http://www.omnicoin.com/coin_view.aspx?id=896417

Yes!, A Morgan Dollar money clip. I just gave it to my son, had it for years.

An 1842 large cent. Surfaces are somewhat pitted so I'm trying to wear it down so it looks better.

I usually have a couple of halves in my pocket which I spend pretty regularly (I like supporting the underutilized denominations), and occasionally I carry another more interesting coin with me. I just spent a few days down in Louisville on business and was carrying a 1924-S Peace dollar in my pocket while I was there. Now it's back on my desk.

I have a bunch of silver coins I rotate into and out of my watch pocket: 1925 Lithuanian 5 Litai, George III sixpence, 1925 Latvian 2 Lati with three crosses cut into the obverse, Walker half w/date missing, typeI SLQ w/ date missing, various young head Victoria silvers, all worn nearly smooth, and a dozen or so others from various periods of history.

I'm hoping to add a medieval English penny to my pocket piece collection sooner or later, just got to find a nice battered Edward I penny.

I have something similar I carry in my purse. A friend sent me an angel coin with my name on it and I have cerried it in my purse ever since I got it.

I've been carring a 2000 Sackie for about a year. I think they look better with a little wear. The details grab some dirt & show up better.

I've been carrying an old 5th Infantry Division challenge coin for years. Fortunately it is not negotiable or it would have been spend long ago.

How strange am I--nobody else does this?!? Used to be all the rage to have pennies in your penny loafters.

Hmmm...seems some of us are a little superstitious, huh?

Anyone have some updates on their pocket piece? Lose it? Spend it? Get a new one?

My 2006 ASE has only left my pocket to switch from pants to pants. Starting to get some scratches from banging against the rest of my change. The "frost" or whatever the finish is called is starting to go away.

Still got my BiCen Ike but I added a Commem Medal that I came across a few months back. I origionally found the medal in the street by my home 30 years ago, it was new then but really scratched and dinged up. Its been in a box in my closet since. When I came across it again I recalled GPNYCs post here and thought that a little wear might improve this piece too. Its a 175 yr anniversary of the city of Baltimore medal.
Some of the sharper dings are starting to wear.

I carry a Bicentenial Ike and a 2000D Kennedy, I tried to add a 2006 cent... It was lost quite quickly.

-Bobby

I just added a bicent Kennedy today. It had a rather large scratch across the obverse, figured it would wear down and not be noticeable after a few years.

I carry my Bicent Ike because when I was young and dumb I used it as a Pog Slammer. For those of you that don't know what that is, I basicaly used to throw it at the ground on a daily basis. Needless to say the edges were pretty jacked. After having it as a pocket piece for only a couple months the edges have started to smooth nicely.

-Bobby

I never thought of using a nickel dollar as a slammer, that would had been pretty cool. I just used those brass/steel ones. (Or ocassionally, a heavy plastic one)

In my earlier posting I had said that I lost the 2004 ASE pocket piece, well, I found it in my couch sometime in February.
In the absence I started using a 1986 unc Liberty silver dollar.

This is a piece I wish I had not kept as a pocket coin and just stashed away.

Me? No. My last roommate, however, carried a Peace dollar he'd gotten from his father, and had a pair of 1943 steelies in his penny loafers.

Gave my large cent away and haven't replaced it yet. I'll have to go to the pocket piece box.

I bought this coin badly abused and it crossed my mind to use it as a pocket piece...



Except, it's a heavy one ounce coin that I wouldn't really like to carry around in my pocket...

It's not so bad. I have about 1.4/1.5oz in my pocket right now. It evens out with my wallet in the other pocket I guess

Yes, I updated with a couple of Peace dollars. The first was a '24 plain I bought from someone and stuck in my watch pocket. I had a great day's sales with that one in my pocket and started taking it with me every weekend. Then I got a '27plain Peace dollar and it has brought the same kind of luck.

Nice image. I've had a few similar pieces, including one of the Ascension. Nice coins.

I have a 1998 £1 coin attached in a clip to my key ring. (it's needed everytime we go to the supermarket to release a trolley) Does that count?

counts for me

I have something like that too:

It sure does!

Interesting we don't have those in the US (or not in any market I've been to). Probably save a whole lot of cars from door dings due to shopping carts. My car is a like a magnet for those.

My SAE pocket piece went through the washer the other day in my work poants. lol

What is that thingy? Bee-oot-ee-full!

They are now selling tokens to replace the £1 needed for the trolleys, in the name of charity. Who knows, they may become collectable in the future!?!

They definitely are collectable in the Netherlands.

Some stores have their own token, which you can purchace there. But, most are being given away by other companies, as promotional material.
They have the size of a €0.50 coin


There's already a website dedicated to them (in dutch...)

On the entry page, click in the top menu "Algemeen" (Common) and then "Fotogalerij" (photo galery )

There's also a whole trading section on this site, a store where one can order tokens (they have a selection of more than 100 tokens from The Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom)