ScottO Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 another 2008 royal arms £1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 At my coin club meeting last night I got 2 Susan B Anthony dollars and a Harrison dollar and promptly spent them as quick as I could today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Fairly busy month for circulation finds. A few weeks ago, I picked up 800 nickels from the bank in two batches. The first batch had some pretty sweet catches, including a gorgeous 1941 nickel (I posted it in the main coin forum... thedeadpoint estimated it at AU-58) Plus a circulated 1989-S proof. The second batch was relatively poor, with just a couple nickels from the late '50s. Found '45 and '46-D wheat pennies. Nothing too special. Another AU+ '59 memorial penny (several small blemishes, but an overall brilliant red tone). My third '68-S penny--the rarest business strike in the series! Well, minus the '70-S small date... Three cabin pennies and two log splitter pennies. A handful of star notes and small portrait bills. And THE BIG ONE... A 1936 Walking Liberty Half! Sadly, this was given to another cashier, and I wasn't able to talk her into letting me trade her for it. I will hopefully be buying it off of her for about $5 in a few days (she wanted to show her husband). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Oh! Almost forgot... I didn't find this one, but a friend of mine gave it to me from circulation... a Quarter Balboa from Panama, 1996 masquerading as a quarter in her cash drawer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Wow! Nice haul, Finn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Neat find on the Balboa, the Panamanian currency is still pegged to the dollar, and I believe most of their coins are still minted here, I know I have a bunch of cents, nickels, dimes, quarters and halves, and they are all identical in composition to our coins. I really like the old silver Balboas, I have a half a roll of BU Balboas from 1966, each one contains 26.73g of 0.900 fine silver, just like a Morgan or Peace dollar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Three 1 kopek, and one 2 kopek coin in on ground finds yesterday. I have 50 or so 1 kopek coins, and I would think about 40 of them are finds lying on the ground. There are nearly 8 of them to a US cent, and I wonder why they make them, because when they are given in change, they are mostly cast off. I find them on the ground in supermarkets, near bus stops etc. My four year old daughter and I have been in a competition to find money lying on the ground, I have found by far the most coins, but she has found the most value, usually 10 kopek coins. Curiously here in Ukraine they make three coins that are worth less than a cent, 1, 2, and 5 kopeks. And most people don't even seem to like them or want to use them. They exist only because like in the USA stores price stuff like 4.99 hrv per etc. At least petrol is in even hrv/kopeks, like 6.80 per litre. They make 1 hryvnia coins, and I have a few that I have bought from registers, but they usually are never given out, much like the Sackie/Prexibux, they exist but are NOT used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabbs Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 There are nearly 8 of them to a US cent, and I wonder why they make them, because when they are given in change, they are mostly cast off. Probably for the same reason why low value coins are still around in the US and most euro countries. People don't really use them, and by and large they're a nuisance, but when you suggest to round totals, they start complaining ... Found a few €2 commems dated 2009 in circulation. Well, five so far AFAIR, and three different types. Christian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 Only one of the really low value coins I have found is dated before 2006, the one is dated 1992. In fact most of them are either 2008, or 2009. So it tells me they are filling landfills, jars etc. I remember a few years ago some of the 1990's dated kopek and 2 kopek coins were made of aluminum, and were even more unpopular. When you have aluminum coins you know you have scraped bottom, much like E. Germany did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 a DNA 2003 £2... under 4 million mintage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 2, 2009 Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Yesterday only two 1 kopek coins, but I spent most of the day in the Leninskyi Raion district administration building, so I was a bit out of commission. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Got my hands on 54 log splitter pennies today. One roll and four from another one that had been broken between the cashiers. Traded a worn-out dollar bill from my pocket for the roll of log splitters and a '74-D half dollar. Not a bad trade, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted June 4, 2009 Report Share Posted June 4, 2009 1998 jersery 20p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Found a 1942-P mercury dime last night at work. It's been a while since one of them came through! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Great finds everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Found four Ukrainian coins in the Boryspil airport this morning, also found a British penny, the first of the new type introduced in 2008 that I have seen, curiously a 1964 US cent, and a Russian 50 Kopek dated 2009 on the floor from just walking around waiting for someone to arrive. Seven coins in a couple of hours. Not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 5, 2009 Report Share Posted June 5, 2009 Found four Ukrainian coins in the Boryspil airport this morning, also found a British penny, the first of the new type introduced in 2008 that I have seen, curiously a 1964 US cent, and a Russian 50 Kopek dated 2009 on the floor from just walking around waiting for someone to arrive. Seven coins in a couple of hours. Not bad. You know...I think you've found more change on the ground there, than I've ever found here in the States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Got a 1934 Richmond(E) $20 note last night. It's in Vg or so, so it's not really worth much over face, still very cool to find. I'm still debating if I want to rerelease it or try and make a few bucks...meh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Found a wheatie yesterday. Haven't looked to see what the date is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Got a 1934 Richmond(E) $20 note last night. It's in Vg or so, so it's not really worth much over face, still very cool to find. I'm still debating if I want to rerelease it or try and make a few bucks...meh. Give it to someone who appreciates it. I don't like releasing notes because they just end up shredded. Wait, want to use it as a prize for the "thread of the month" for June? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtryka Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 I would use it in the short snorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Got a 1934 Richmond(E) $20 note last night. It's in Vg or so, so it's not really worth much over face, still very cool to find. I'm still debating if I want to rerelease it or try and make a few bucks...meh. When I get those old notes like that I save them for emergency money, I have quite a bit lately because of the economy, people seem to be spending these more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 A couple slight oddities. A Philadelphia log cabin cent. Our area is served by the Denver mint. So it has traveled pretty good. Unless its a left over from someone ordering them and breaking rolls out local. Next not very much of an oddity considering the normal durability of zinccolns. A log splitter with the copper already peeling off. Slight bubbles under the plating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreasureGirl Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 DH and I went to the casino last night and I hit some random "Cash Out" buttons with only a few cents on them, thinking I might get some log splitters in exchange at the end of the night. And I did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 Got a 1 Hryvnia coin in change, a brand newish Volodomyr Beliki coin from 2006, the first time I have ever been handed one in change without having to pester the cashier to get it. Maybe I am making some progress here. OTOH I made a decision to not save other than stuff like the above from change anymore. I piled up about a 2 kilogramme bag full of coins, but they are a pain, so I am doffing them off to little old ladies with collection cups here in the city. Lots of people lost their pensions after the USSR crumbled, and never got another pension from Ukraine, so they beg to get by because they are too old or infirm to work. It is not like the USA where there are people that can work out begging, here they really have no other choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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