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That was a pretty blah 2 boxes of quarters.
If anything, I think it helps that I live in the Baltimore/DC metro area. Lots of people and lots of coins

 

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Starting off with the proof there basically non existing in my area that one looks like it was recently cracked out of a set and your W mania.

 

With all that being said one of my favorite things about using the DC Metro was the rows of change machines at almost every station. On my first trip to DC back in 2014, I found a little over $50 in loose change just by checking the machines.

 

When I went to school in DC and rode the metro every day, I found so much change. It was awesome.

 

I get quite a few proofs. Some nicer than others. Most have definitely seen some circulation. Today's has some unfortunate scratches in the fields.
I get the same "W"s all the time it seems. AMP, TGP, and the occasional Lowell and RONR. Most of the rest are few and far between...or in the case of the Bats, non-existent in my area.

 

Simple words of wisdom: always check the coin return slot.

 

Well it could be because I like older coins when I pulled this beauty not to long ago out of a roll i was holding my breath for that D which didn't come true.

 

That's still a great looking buff!

 

Just wondering how come the OP is here but not really active?at least checks in on what an amazing thread this has been 44-45,000 posts going on 16 years.

 

What's so terrible about that? Save 'em for a couple of years, or a few years, and then sell 'em for multiples of face.

Today I got a few cool things anyway. In ten rolls of dimes, I found three silver Roosies including a relatively key 1955 (didn't check the mint mark yet - it's pretty beaten up), and a silver Canadian 1946. And yet - no 2009's!

I got a couple of 1999 SBA dollars as well as a few dollar coins not released for circulation. Does anyone know why so many dollar coins ostensibly not released for circulation find their way into circulation?

 

They get inherited, or stolen, or lost and found. Someone takes them to the bank, or spends them, or takes them to a coin dealer who says "they're worth a dollar apiece".

 

Also, 1999s were intended for circulation:

The United States Mint announced the unusual move on May 20, 1999 which was necessary to ensure the availability of dollar coins for circulation until the launch of the Sacagawea Dollar in the following year. Apparently, the entire stockpile of coins that had been produced in 1979 and 1980 had finally been exhausted due to increased demand from mass transit authorities and vending operations.

https://susanbanthonydollar.org/1999-susan-b-anthony-dollar/

 

Seems like this happens a lot. I imagine that to buy these coins from the mint, you're paying substantially more than face. It kind of sucks to have them spent at face after that.

This I already knew. It was just the last date I didn't have. A couple of weeks ago, I found a 1981 at a bank, and those weren't issued for circulation either.

 

The case of nickel poxlol.

 

Whoa! Is that just toning, or actual texture (raised or lowered areas)?

 

Meh, better than being tossed in the trash, which is the eventual fate of a lot of other "collectibles". But anybody buying from the Mint and expecting to get their money back out of the coins later is extremely likely to be disappointed.

 

Have a question have any of you found say a flying eagle cent or say anything special like seated coinage doing regular bank CRH.Im talking about like recently not a decade or so ago.

 

Nothing truly special but overall a good day.Some nice old Canadian cents especially that young Victoria bust.

 

Seated halves don't fit inside modern half dollar rolls so this fact makes them even less likely to be found in the wild, sadly. I managed to buy 3 seated halves for a reasonable price from a local guy I found using cl one time, but otherwise I've no other seated coins in my collection.

I've found 3 barber halves in the wild. One of them was the only silver in 6 boxes of halves I bought in a small Montana town...very odd. Yellow and white NF String wrappers by the way, for those who keep track of such things like I do. Those 6 boxes were the only boxes I have ever agreed to buy and pay the $7.50/box delivery fee. I swore I'd never pay another order fee, and I haven't since then...hundreds of boxes later.

 

The addiction deepens. I found a few NIFC golden dollars, as well as a 1979 SBA wide rim and a 2004-S Sac (proof, but circulated).

Now my dollar coin white whale is the Cheerios Sac... there have to be ~5,400 of them out there...