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Find at work today, someone paid with it apparently: 2025-P Kennedy half dollar. Maybe not the biggest deal but I'm never going to not get excited at the sight of a half dollar in circulation!

 

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From change from my lunch: 2026-D Liberty dime

1 closer to finishing a roll's worth!

 

I don't think/haven't seen any 2026 coinage just yet. Even the 2025 coinage has been sparse...at least for putting together a solid roll of higher-grade circulation finds.

 

To date only 2026 coinage I found in circulation was the new "Emerging Liberty" dime. Not only have I not seen the first quarter of 2026 yet, I still haven't found the last quarter of 2025 yet (Althea Gibson).

Today I did find a 1976-D bicentennial quarter though, so there's that. Still easier to find quarters from 50 years ago than quarters from this year or last year!

 

Yes...it is interesting how the last few years, coinage for the year was late in emerging in circulation finds for me. I say this, but had I been the CRH enthusiast of old, I'd probably feel differently about it. However...too much to do...so I delight in @Inspector43 and his CRH finds on the oldies-but-goodies! Someone has to be hitting the jackpot somewhere!

 

I believe the Coin Stars and other cash-for-coin machines are contributing to the scarcity of newer coins. More "old" coinage is being recycled back through the system and decreases the need for the newer minted products.

This would also contribute to more of the early/mid 20th century coins being found in rolls, particularly the Brinks and Loomis types that consist heavily of the recycled coins.

 

Kind of both a good thing and a bad thing, I suppose. Bad in the sense it makes it harder to find recently minted coins, but good if you're roll hunting for older stuff.

 

Jackpot today, 3 finds!
2025-P half dollar
2023 Dominican Republic 25 pesos (it's slightly smaller than a half dollar, and I'm guessing that's what it probably got mistaken for)
and a 1943-D silver war nickel

 

A good day of finds. I’ve been in a drought for a bit. I was getting a few LWCs from my local Dunkin but now it’s a rare event these days. Mostly dimes and quarters and the occasional nickel. Making my prime areas of interest (cents and nickels) leaner than I hope for.

 

Correction: 1943-P, but still, silver's silver lol.

 

Thought I found another wheat penny today, but... on closer examination, it's actually a 1958 Mexican 5 centavos. Still a neat find!

 

I picked up a Bicentennial quarter the other day from the local Dunkin that was AU. I suspect that someone spent a mug of retained finds…like I did a few years ago ago.