Finn235 Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 I've noticed a sudden surge of Canadian coins through my work. In addition to the '69 quarter I snagged today, there have been numerous cents from the '80s (plus a '42 GVI cent I found a few weeks ago, and a '67 centennial a few days ago). Interesting find, since Canadian coins seldom spill into circulation in the deep south. Except for the occasional '50s nickel, things seem to be drying up. Wheat pennies are rare. '09 cents are down to 1-2 per day. Territory quarters are drying up rapidly, and I haven't seen an ATB quarter in a couple months. And speaking of quarters, I think I am going to pick up a box from the bank to survey exactly what's out there. I'll keep you posted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Looks like I'll have to take back what I said a couple days ago. This is just in my till at work today: 1950, 1955 wheatie 1963-D silver dime 1940 nickel 2009-P Puerto Rico Quarter BU Bicentennial Quarter I think some kid is going to be in a lot of trouble.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 bicent quarter, VG-Fish. First that I've received in change!! (Though I've spent hundreds myself...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted May 25, 2011 Report Share Posted May 25, 2011 '46 Lincoln - liberated from my wife's change pocket on her purse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted May 26, 2011 Report Share Posted May 26, 2011 Well I just got back from what was probably my best circulation find _ever_. I bought a six inch hoagie at a shop on campus, and was thunderstruck to get a 1944 silver quarter in my change!! The sandwich cost less than five bucks, I think this quarter made it free. (I noticed the color was off, glanced at the edge and saw no red... looked at the date and almost did cartwheels out the door. Silver quarters don't turn up that often--in fact I think it has been well over ten years for me--and when they do it seems they are always from the 60s.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Silver quarters are tricky things. I started looking for them in change when I was about 4 years old, and in all the years since then I have only ever found two--one that my friend got in change for an energy drink from the gas station, and one in my till at work. Both were XF 1964-Ds, interestingly enough. Also, some silver of my own: a nice 1962-D dime in my till yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted May 28, 2011 Report Share Posted May 28, 2011 Well I just got back from what was probably my best circulation find _ever_. I bought a six inch hoagie at a shop on campus, and was thunderstruck to get a 1944 silver quarter in my change!! The sandwich cost less than five bucks, I think this quarter made it free. (I noticed the color was off, glanced at the edge and saw no red... looked at the date and almost did cartwheels out the door. Silver quarters don't turn up that often--in fact I think it has been well over ten years for me--and when they do it seems they are always from the 60s.) I have had situations like that where I ask if they have half dollars to give me in change and then get a '64 and have to contain my excitement so they don't get the idea to save them instead of give them to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted May 29, 2011 Report Share Posted May 29, 2011 I have had situations like that where I ask if they have half dollars to give me in change and then get a '64 and have to contain my excitement so they don't get the idea to save them instead of give them to me I've had that same reaction when I got the '64 half dollar, '35-E $1 silver certificate, and '16-S penny. It's hard sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted May 30, 2011 Report Share Posted May 30, 2011 some randoms tuff popping up recently fake £1 gibraltar £1 - 2001 EF - 90% lustre 1989 1 pence 2009 10p with a die crack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 Out of curiosity, how many fake £1 coins are there in the UK? A coin as thick as a pound can never accidentally make it into circulation here in the states, but out of the 4-5 pound coins that I've either owned or been asked to look at, two of them have been fake. Are they really that common, or do Brits just like to pass off phony pounds to dumb tourists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 I have seen articles in the British press suggesting that at times 1 in 40 coins is suspect. The problem with the real coins is that they wear down pretty easily from heavy usage so that the fakes blend in well with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottO Posted May 31, 2011 Report Share Posted May 31, 2011 they are not that common, but there were enough to make the mint worried. the number has decreased recently yea the wear on £1 coins is horrid, they go so quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn235 Posted June 3, 2011 Report Share Posted June 3, 2011 I've noticed that as well, but it always seems to be the edge lettering that gives it away. The first one I saw was very sloppy; it looked sort of like a kid's handwriting scratched into the coin, and the surface of the coin was pitted and didn't have much definition... it just didn't look "right." The second one looked much more genuine, but the edge lettering was a sans-serif font... real pounds use a serif font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 Couple 2011 Shield cents - first of those I've had, and aside from that lone Parks quarter, the only 2011s I've seen yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 2005 Canada veteran's commem 25c. Not an unusual find, except that I got it in the US! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted June 9, 2011 Report Share Posted June 9, 2011 I don't usually get good Canadian quarters in the US - only the moose ones. I do find decent, and old cents though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 A circulated 1971 US quarter. Notable only because it (finally) completes a from-change collection of clad pre-statehood quarters. Actually, I'm complete through the fifty states, except for a Utah quarter from the Denver mint. The DC/territorials are rarely seen--I only have Philadelphias for four of them, P&D both for Puerto Rico only, and neither USVI--and the national parks quarters may as well not exist. Ironically, the 1971 quarter was special-delivered to my desk. I'd lost $1.25 in the pop machine; the quarter was in the refund envelope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 I have no idea how many holes I have in my SQ collection... I just didn't see many of the last few years of SQs due to the atrocious economy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vfox Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 It's been quite a while since I've posted but last night was something worth noting. I got seven silver dimes from a till last night. Definite album toning, but nothing too special about them otherwise; all roseys. But hey, $0.70 face in silver at face is something I'm stoked about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Yeah, nothing like a nearly 30x profit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikaros Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 I have no idea how many holes I have in my SQ collection... I just didn't see many of the last few years of SQs due to the atrocious economy. Even getting frequent rolls of quarters (between laundry and bus fare, I get at least a roll or two a week), anything after Hawaii is just disturbingly rare. I really don't want to have to resort to purchasing quarters from the last couple years, but it's definitely heading in that direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted June 12, 2011 Report Share Posted June 12, 2011 '54-D nickel in change at Baskin & Robbins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 29, 2011 Report Share Posted June 29, 2011 Found a 1974-S penny today. That's two S's I've found in desk change in a week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 30, 2011 Report Share Posted June 30, 2011 Can. '67 1c in BU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 1, 2011 Report Share Posted July 1, 2011 Picked up two rolls of quarters. One was of newer stuff, incl. Gettsburg (my first ATB), the other had lots of older stuff that'd been sitting around (incl. an EF '65), but did have a NMI, so I was happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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