Got this Buffalo Nickel today in change from the store.. 1923

I can't believe people spend old money....

 

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We will have to change your name to eagle eyes. You are doing so well.

 

Believe it or not many people hate coins, old or new, and can't fathom my (or our) passion for numismatics....

I showed several a Alexander the great Tet and they spent about a millisecond gazing at it before going back to the recent topics on 'Entertainment Today'...

Although they seem to like the Morgan Silver Dollars LOL

 

No their kids do ....stealing grand dad's coins. Or the kid shows a buddy hey look at what my dad has..... next thing ya know Johnny buddy is spending dad's 1937 3 legger .
I saw these kids one day trying to put Morgans in a coin star machine. Like duh!

 

I agree that it's crazy what people spend without concern.

 

I wish I could find these everyday. As Paddy mentioned, unfortunately a lot of older coins we find in circulation were probably stolen from collections and used for quick money at face value. Thieves don't have time for numismatics, and they're often jonesing for that next round of Schlitz Malt Liquor.

 

I think about this a lot.
I wonder if this same thing happened in the 1940's - except it was seated and Barber coinage getting spent?

 

My girlfriend worked as a cashier at a supermarket when she got this 1902 V Nickel. She switched it out for a modern Nickel and gave it to me. I put it in a bezel and wear it all the time. She also saved about 60 Wheat Cents from the register!

 

Yep, that's so true. When is the last time you saw a Super Model holding a coin?. I bet if somebody hired Victoria Secret Models to show off coins at an auction or ANA convention ladies would wonder what the heck and may get interested in coins. Just a thought, hey you never know!!

 

I like your idea. Now if you can just convince Candice Swanepoel to get in front of my camera and model for me, I promise you I'll stick a coin in her hand.

 

If any Buffalo were a "spender" that one comes pretty close consider the corrosion/verdigris on it and no date. Regardless, I'd swap a "Return to Monticello" Jefferson for it in a heartbeat.

 

That's great that you share your opinion with us.. but do you have to be such a partypooper? BonnieSue is new at collecting coins and she is excited to find such an old item no matter what condition it is in. Don't you remember the feeling of excitement when you acquired your fist old coinage? I do!

 

I'm an 'old dude' at 64 and I still remember being fascinated at finding an old Indian cent or a buffalo nickel....back in the '50's you could still find an amazing number of 'obsolete' coins in your change....Ah, the good old days LOL

I'm told my grandfather, deceased before I was born, collected coins a bit from change received as a 'trolley car driver' ( anyone know what that was??? LOL), but one of his children---my aunts and uncles--relocated them and spent them on candy and comics .....I always wonder just what he had....probably a lot of barber nickels and dimes....not to mention liberty quarters.....

 

Nice find. It's getting harder and harder to find any old coins in every day commerce anymore.

 

its hard enough .. just to find a copper pre 1983 penny...I did get a fine 1919 penny at Safeway last week

 

When we were kids my little brother could not resist the call of a good candy bar and he often financed his habit by raiding my coin collection. A few years ago he brought me about $3 in silver dimes saying he knew those didn't fully cover all of the coins he stole as a kid but wanted me to forgive him 55 years plus after the fact. I did, but I still chuckle about it till this day when I think of it. Thanks for a smile in this thread triggering the memory.

 

When I was 13 I had a paper route. When I made my weekly collections I would be paid in silver certificates or cash consisting of quite a few Indian Head or FE Cents; Liberty or Buffalo Nickles; Barber, Washington or Standing Liberty Quarters and Walkers or Franklin Halves. At the time, these were just the coinage of the day and were worth exactly the amount stamped on them. It's a waste of time now thinking about what treasures may have passed through my fingers but I'm sure there were a few.

As an aside, one of my customers showed me the excited cowboy on the SLQs. Does anyone here know what I'm talking about?

 

I sold the Grit newspaper when I was a kid. There were 3 little old ladies on my route who were born in the late 1800's who had a can on top of their wood stove and would pay me with old silver coins (talking about the 60's here). The house they lived in was originally a hotel and they moved in in the 30's and took in orphans. It was a treasure trove for me as I had just started collecting. So I got really lucky filling in spaces on my early series.

 

OK, show us (if it is allowed).

 

I don't wanna be a downer cause this nickel is a cool find but it looks like a 1933 instead of a 1923 just from what I see in the pictures.