Mark Stilson Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 2011 and finally got a 2010 state parks quarter. Grand Canyon. Forgot Republic of Honduras 2005 50 centavos. That I noticed when he handed it to me but figured what the hey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepreach Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 2009 Thai 5 baht, great find in change for a coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 1948 S Lincoln cent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Finally got another one of the '09 SLQs -- the Northern Mariana Islands: I get a roll or two of quarters every week for bus fare and laundry, and these suckers just are *not* turning up. I still haven't seen a State Park quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 I was doing the ritualistic asking for Ikes, $2 bills and pre-1970 halves at the banko yesterday and the teller said she did have one pre-1970 half but that it was "dirty, and you probably won't want it" Oh not a problem, me thinks, I will just take it anytheways an do with it what I please, hmmn thinking along the lines of Pink Floyd's song "I need a dirty woman". Yep, narsty toned 1964 Kennedy - $12.76 worth of fine American silver, worth 24.50 times what I paid for it. God, I love America, and I love doity coins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 1982 20p..... in EF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 2009 P dime. First I've found in circulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 The 2009 coins seem to be increasingly difficult to find in circulation these days. I expected them to hit circulation en masse once the novelty of all the new designs wore off, but the number I see on a daily basis in my till seems to be slowly dwindling. I still have not seen a single '09 cent with the "Presidency" reverse, and probably never will... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 The 2009 coins seem to be increasingly difficult to find in circulation these days. I expected them to hit circulation en masse once the novelty of all the new designs wore off, but the number I see on a daily basis in my till seems to be slowly dwindling. I still have not seen a single '09 cent with the "Presidency" reverse, and probably never will... The only '09 cents I've found on the street have been literally on the street -- lying on the sidewalk or in the gutter -- and of that, only two. I still haven't got any in change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 I've gotten plenty of 2009 and 2010 cents, but not a single 2011 yet. I have not seen quarters dated after 2009, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Today we were on our way home from a shopping trip and drove through the drive thru at McDo's to get a drink. My wife's decision. Anyway I was going to give her some pocket change to pay for the drinks with - but was sluggish getting it out before my wife handed the clerk a $10. I am glad I didn't give her the change, because in the change back I got a neat find - a lightly circulated with still quite a bit of the original finish 1943 steelie - rust free! First time I have ever gotten one that looked fairly new and not rusted out to a bronze colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 I got a Zachary Taylor dollar the other day in change, but needed it for bus fare. It was pretty beat up anyway... alas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamFLight911 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Today we were on our way home from a shopping trip and drove through the drive thru at McDo's to get a drink. My wife's decision. Anyway I was going to give her some pocket change to pay for the drinks with - but was sluggish getting it out before my wife handed the clerk a $10. I am glad I didn't give her the change, because in the change back I got a neat find - a lightly circulated with still quite a bit of the original finish 1943 steelie - rust free! First time I have ever gotten one that looked fairly new and not rusted out to a bronze colour. nice got a UNC 1943-S sitting at home in a plastic case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 American Samoa quarter today, and Guam, but I already have Guam. Still never a '10 quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 American Samoa quarter today, and Guam, but I already have Guam. Still never a '10 quarter. Still haven't seen a National Parks quarter of any type in change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 I have seen them (and occasionally I'll get a 2009 cent), but it's extremely infrequent. I am sure I haven't seen all that have come out, either of the DC and territories or the "America the Beautiful" quarters. The mintages have dropped drastically in the past few years, between the economy and the novelty wearing off. Bascially (to borrow a line from The Incredibles), ever quarter issued is "special" now.... so none of them are. The general public (which hugely outnumbers us obsessive-compulsive collectors) is suffering from "quarter fatigue" and frankly, so am I. When I read somewhere that the mint has the legal option to *repeat* this "national parks" program and have it run into the 2030s, I let out the loudest "sigh" in history, wondering if I will die before the mint issues a "normal" quarter again. IMHO the ATB program is ruined from the outset by rigging it so every state gets to put something in... it's an attempt to deny the fact that some states simply do not have any natural/historic feature worth putting in a national park, and many others have multiple such. Hence we will be seeing national seashores and the like before too long, while something as magnificent as Grand Tetons or Mesa Verde or Sequoia gets short shrift. We've already had one mere national forest, though it was saved from being laughed to death by being the one surrounding Mount Hood! You probably didn't realize that that quarter was commemorating Mount Hood National Forest, did you, and not the mountain itself? They left off "National Forest." Well, at least Mount Hood National Forest actually has trees in it unlike many Western National "Forests" that are in the middle of some desert. I can't wait to see a treeless "forest" on a quarter. Good news is those states are the ones that tend to have actual national parks in them, so it's unlikely even if the program repeats. Now the good thing is... these low mintages represent a potential buying opportunity. 20 years from now it will be excruciatingly difficult to find these coins except by going to a coin shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Retired a circulated 1946 nickel today; nothin' else interesting recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 1992 irish 5p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 1992 irish 5p Nice find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamFLight911 Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 A co-worker returning from vacation gave me a $50 Peso coin Commemorating the Monument to the Boy Heroes Sigh its silver might as well spend it Since I'm leaving to Mexico on May 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 I received a 1952-S Roosevelt dime in change tonight from my favorite Asian deli. Probably XF or so and my birth year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted May 12, 2011 Report Share Posted May 12, 2011 68-D Half in change the other day when I asked if they had any halves. I do like getting silver whenever possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dockwalliper Posted May 13, 2011 Report Share Posted May 13, 2011 Not in circulation but I dug a 1911 cent the other day. Not too often do I get 100 year old coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted May 15, 2011 Report Share Posted May 15, 2011 That was weird. Got a roll of quarters for bus fare and laundry at the grocery on my way in to work today, stuffed it in my pocket, didn't think anything about it. Got home, took a look at it and saw a *lot* of shiny, mint-fresh edges, and I'm thinking that out of all those, there has got to be at least one National Parks quarter. I now have $7.25 in mint-state 2004-P Florida quarters. I mean, these have clearly never seen circulation, beyond that necessary for a machine to put 'em in a clear plastic roll. Heck, they're better'n what I already have in my album! Gotta be one of the weirdest pulls I've ever had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stilson Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Got a Belgium 50 centimes and a 1956 D wheat cent in change in Las Vegas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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