Bugo's Finds of the Day

During the last two shifts, I've found a large date 1960 cent, a 1968-S cent, a 1970-S large date cent; 1971-D (3), 1974, 1974-D, and 1976-D half dollars, a 1972-D Ike, and a Series 1976 $2 bill.

 

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In the last few days, I've found 1959-D, 1970-S (2), and 1972-S (2) pennies; 1940 (2), 1947-D, 1948, 1948-D, 1951, 1952-D, 1957-D 1959-D (3), and 1960 nickels; a 1964-D dime; 1976-D (2) half dollars, and a Series 1963B $1 bill. My coworker found a dateless buffalo nickel, a 1950-D quarter, and a 1996 Canadian $2 coin and I bought all three from her.

 

Congrats on the finds, especially the silver dime. Be sure to check the 64-D for errors/varieties. TC

 

I cheated again and went to the coin shop yesterday, I bought 51 wheats including 1912, 1916, 1918-S, 1920x2, 1923x2, 1925x4, 1926, 1927x2, 1928x2, 1929x2, 1930, 1934x5, 1934-Dx2, 1934-S, 1935x2, 1935-D, 1935-S, 1937-D, 1939x2, 1939-Sx3, 1940, 1940-Sx2, 1941-S, 1943-D (unc), 1949, 1949-Sx2, 1951-S, 1953-D, 1954-D, 1954-S, 1957-Dx2; a 1929-D and a 1973-S unc proof nickel.

 

You're allowed an occasional "cheat day" - and besides you still "found" them...!

 

The local coin shop has a box full of wheats. I just randomly grab the wheats and when I get home, I look at the dates.

 

Well, at least you found the box..!

 

I bought 20 rolls of pennies to go through today. In the second roll I went through, I found this gem. What do you think it would grade at? It's not in bad shape at all for being 105 years old and still in circulation. I'll report on the rest of the roll once I go through it in the coin searchers thread.

 

Over the last few days I've found the following:

pennies:

1929-D
1937
1956
1957-D
1958-D
1960-D

nickels:

1940-D
1942-S war

dimes:

1959-D

halves:

1972-D
1979-D
1984-D

bills:

Series 2009 $1 star note
Series 1985 $5 bill

Canadian pennies:

1975
1982
1993

unknown 1990 coin of Asian origin

The finds of the week are obviously the silver nickel and the silver dime. Here are some quickie snaps:

1942-S war nickel:





1959-D silver dime:





The nickel is probably an XF or a low AU while the dime is AU, verified by the local coin shop. Both coins look better than the pictures.

 

With as many coins as you find, what do you do with them? Do you keep them all? If so, you got a pretty valuable collection I would think and a heck of a way of finding items!

 

I buy everything interesting that I find. I take the rarest, oldest, and most interesting of them and put them in cardboard holders and put them in my coin books, and put the more common ones in medicine bottles.

 

I doubt my collection is worth very much, to be honest. I don't have any high dollar coins and most of them are circulated. The coins that I have that are worth the most are probably some Morgans and some peace dollars.

 

double post (thanks dialup!)

 

Well, I'm sure it's valuable to you...

 

It has great sentimental value to me. First, I inherited much of my collection from my grandparents. Second, I've been collecting since I was a little kid so I've had many of my wheats and old Jeffersons for 30 years or more. Third, the coins I find in circulation are special to me. I think of it as a treasure hunt, and a circulation find means more to me than a coin I bought at a coin shop or off of ebay. I found the coins in circulation, and retired them from duty, and possibly saved them from the smelter. I compare searching coins to gambling, but a whole lot cheaper and more fun.

 

And therein lies to "raison d'etre" for the entire hobby!!

I'm collecting to provide my grandson (and any other grandchildren) something of a legacy...

 

Awesome thread, keep posting those finds! I work a part time job at a deli after my full time job once in a while where I can search the register and buy coins. All I have found in the last year or so was 2 silver dimes a war nickel and a handful of wheats. When I worked there full time many years ago I did have someone pay for something with 4 silver quarters and I was thrilled!

 

Well said, I don't have any high dollar coins. My collection is worth well under $1000 and is mainly circulated coins (I have a lot of wheats and 1938-1960 nickels) but the sentimental value makes the collection priceless to me. I don't collect for investment. I collect because it's fun. I especially enjoy finding coins in circulation, whether it's at work, in change, in a Coinstar machine's reject bin, or coin roll hunting. It's about the thrill of the chase. It's a treasure hunt. It's like gambling but much cheaper. It's about the rush of finding something like a V nickel or a VDB penny. Buying coins online or at a coin shop is fine, but nothing like finding them in circulation.

 

I haven't found a whole lot lately. I was off for a week, and I transferred to a new store and have only worked overnight shifts. I've found 1942 and 1951-S wheats; 1947 and 1960-D nickels; a 1980 Canadian penny; and a well circulated but still neat Series 1969C $10 bill. My mom found me a Series 1990 $20 bill in decent shape. You forget how handsome those old bills are when you're used to the butt-ugly new designs.

 

Here are a couple of cameo proof Kennedys that I received in the mail today: a 1987-S and an Early Release 2014-S Ultra Cameo.