Bugo's Finds of the Day

I worked the overnight shift, and spotted a few interesting coins and an interesting bill: 1944-D, 1944-P, and 1960-D pennies; 1940-S, 1947-P, 1952-S, and 1960-D nickels, and a Series 2013 $5 star note.

 

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Tonight's finds: 1944-P, 1958-D, 1958-P, 1959-D (2), 1959-P, and 1960-D pennies; 1940-P, 1948-D, 1954-D, and 1957-D nickels; and two bicentennial half dollars, one P and one D. I also spotted a Series 2004 $20 star note, but I didn't buy it.

 

Looks like your job pays extra (in the coins you find). Nice.

 

Tonight was a great night. I spotted a 1946-P wheat penny, Denver-minted Lincoln Memorial pennies from 1959 and 1960 (2), a 1968 Canadian penny, a 1941-P nickel, a Series 2006 $1 star note, a Series 2013 $5 star note, and the find of the night: a 1961-D dime. Man do I love finding silver.

 

Nice finds so far! ⭐⭐☀⛅☁⚡☔

 

I have to admit, I'm sort of jealous you get to find so many daily.

 

Don't be too jealous, because my pay isn't very good. Being able to search for treasure is my favorite part of my job, and if I couldn't do it I would probably find another job.

 

Another slow night: 1959-D penny and a Series 2003 star note in rough shape.

 

The last couple of shifts were kinda dry but I found one gem. I spotted a "1952-2002" Canadian penny, a 1955-P and a 1960-D nickel, a 1972-D half dollar, and the find of the week, a 1960-D dime in good circulated condition. And you all know how much I like cheap silver.

 

Spotted tonight at work: 1945-D penny, 1960-D penny, 1947-P nickel, 1957-D nickel, 1960-D nickel, and a well worn Series 2003A $1 star note. When I got home, I realized I was out of Coke so I stopped by the little bodega by my apartments, and the guy who works nights had 2 half dollars for me. He saves them back so every time I come in there I ask him if he has any stuck back for me. He placed the coins face down and I looked at one of them and thought "that looks suspicious..." and when I turned it over, sure enough it was a 1968-D. This was the third silver coin I've found this week (1960-D dime, 1964-D quarter). I love silver.

 

Very nice bugo! Silver is awesome. I love it when I get it in my change, which is not as often as I would like . But when I do find it that makes it better . Keep up the good hunting buddy.

 

I neglected to mention that I sort of found a 1964-D quarter last week. The other clerk gave a guy his change and I heard that sweet, sweet silver song jangling. I looked in his hand and spotted the offender. The obverse is toned, and the reverse is mostly that bright silver color. I told him I'd give him $2 for it, and he accepted. When they were walking off the guy said "it's worth $5, I just sold it because I knew how badly he wanted it." Cool of him, but he's a bit misinformed about silver quarter prices. I wish I had known that quarter was in that drawer because it would have been more rewarding if I had found it in the register.

 

Total melt value for the silver quarter is at $3.64 as of this writing. May have higher market value depending on condition.

Another nice post bugo. I like the way you wrote, "sweet silver song jangling" and "looked in his hand and spotted the offender". That was well worded. Keep up the good hunt friend.

 

Tonight I spotted only one interesting coin, but oh, was it a gem. I opened a bank rolled roll of 50 pennies. I found 49 post 1960 pennies of assorted dates and conditions (mostly ugly zinc pennies) and one treasure: a 1893-P penny. This is the first Indian head cent that I have found in circulation and I can now scratch it off my list. The obverse has a stain at the bottom but the reverse is in excellent shape. The horizontal lines in the top of the shield are easily visible, and you can even see the smaller vertical lines between the bigger lines. Not bad for a 1 cent investment.

 

Tonight's finds: 1927-P, 1953-D, 1955-D, and two 1959-D pennies, and two star notes: a series 2006 $1 and a series 2003A $5. The $5 is in rough shape.

 

Hello bugo! Nice finds!

That's funny that you found a 1959 cent today cause I did too! Mine was minted in Philadelphia however. I found it at the supermarket on the soda shelf. It was strange that it was on a shelf and not the floor. It was as if someone placed it there for me to find. Right next to the Coke Zero that I went to grab.

The coin has been well circulated. It has greenish oxidation on the obverse - typical of copper. The reverse has darkened areas. I wonder how many hands have held this coin in its 55 years of existence? (photos below)

 

I find 1959-1960 pennies all the time, mostly 1960s. I have a large medicine bottle half full from collecting them in the last 5 months alone.

 

The last two days I've found 1946-D, 1951-D, 1959-D (3), and 1960-D (2) pennies; 1939-P, 1949-D, 1954-D, 1957-D, and 1960-D nickels; and a 1990 Canadian nickel.

 

The last few days have been fruitful: pennies from 1941-P (2), 1944-P, 1945-P, 1951-D, 1952-D, 1957-D (2); nickels from 1944-P, 1946-P, 1958-D, 1959-D, 1960-D; and Canadian pennies from 1984, 1993, and 2002. Also, a guy I work with who knows I collect coins was working at another store and found me a 1941-P Mercury dime. I drove by the other store and swapped it out for a plain dime. Today my coworker came in and I gave him a $5 bill. I'm sure the coin isn't worth that much but he did something really nice for me and I knew he was broke so I did something nice for him. The 1944-P war nickel is the third silver nickel that I have found since I've been at this job since March.

 

Thanks. My mind has been blown by what I've found in less than a year in a podunk store. Imagine if I was able to go through all the change that say, a casino, runs through in a night.

I sit and wonder the same thing when I see old circulated coins. I look at the date and imagine what things were like that year. In some ways I prefer circulated coins to uncirculated ones.