Interesting Find From Circulation

It may be in uncirculated condition, but a proof can't be "MS". "MS" is a grade description, "Proof" is a method of production description, and they don't both apply to the same coin.

If it really is a proof, I sure hope you didn't rub that stuff off.[/QUOTE]

 

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Watch this space.... I had some awesome finds today- still sorting through all of it!

Rachel

 

OOOOOOooooo!!!!!!!!!!! The anticipation is killing me!!!!!

 

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My mistake I stand corrected.

The coin is shiny like it was polished but I believe it is a proof, no signs of abrasion. I am happy I found it even if it is not a proof. Look for a new thread sometime with pictures of it.
See I knew if I brought this thread back to the front it would be used. Don't let this thread die people ! I think it is kind of like its own forum now.
Digger

 

See I knew if I brought this thread back to the front it would be used. Don't let this thread die people ! I think it is kind of like its own forum now.
Digger[/QUOTE]


If I remeber right, the Found In Circulation thread on the old CW forums had close to 1000 replies. I can't remeber how many pages. I always enjoy reading what others find out there. Always kind of gives you hope that "it" is still out there. I'm on a dry spell right now .

 

It was also heading towards 100 pages. I'd LOVE to see this one get that far.

 

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I just found this definition in a glossary.

Mint State - Describes a coin which has never been circulated. Thus, the coin has no wear. A mint state coin may still be weakly struck, and therefore lack the detail of even a lower grade coin. All mint state coins have some imperfections if you study them hard enough. The term "mint state" may also correctly be applied to coins that were struck as proofs.

Yes I did rub that stuff off but it was well lubed with soap and water. I used the fleshy part of my fingers too slide this stuff off, not fingernails. I don't think I did any damage.

 

A few years ago, I gave my family a toy slot machine for Christmas. It was an instant success and everyone dug into their pockets for pennies to give it a try. My mother-in-law pulled out a bunch and ran them through the machine. I was next, won a jackpot and noticed a number of wheat pennies dated in the teens and 20s including a 1909 VDS (no S), but no duplicate dates. I asked to see all her pennies from her change purse and there were even more, maybe fifteen in all. I asked her where she got her change and she had no idea since she had been Xmas shopping all over the city. I surmised some kid had raided his father's coin collection and spent them for Xmas presents or whatever. None were key dates, but all were VF+ circulated condition. I think I still have some.

I still find an occasional wheat cent or silver dime or quarter and pull them out of circulation. Now if I could only get in line behind some little old lady who just spent a pile of Morgan for groceries...

 

All right! Sorry to keep y'all in suspense so long, but I had to finish going through the change at work. This was a pretty good day- especially when you consider that a silver dime was the least exciting of my finds... Here goes:

$2.02 in wheat cents, including two steel cents, one 1956-D with a clipped planchet, and many better dates- 1914, 1918, 1919, and a bunch from the 30's.

Six Indian Head cents: 1891, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, and 1904.

One dateless Shield nickel, I don't remember ever seeing any of these in customer change before.

The previously mentioned 1951 dime.

Here's the real kicker, and the whole reason I found all this stuff to begin with. I was running some change through the counter to bag it up for deposit when I noticed the counter making a funny noise. I opened it up and fished out two Canadian cents. Doesn't sound like much, right? They are large cents dated 1893 and 1859!! How cool is that?!? After finding those, I decided I better take a closer look at what I had sitting around and started finding all this other stuff!

Rachel

 

Last week I found a 1946 Quarter in a local mini market change

 

Kyra/Rachel, pardon me for asking, but in what type of business are you that you find so many old coins? It's been decades since I've found any Indian head cents in circulation (early 1960s maybe?), let alone shield nickels or large Canadian cents. Nowadays, I'm happy if I find an occasional wheat penny or silver Roosevelt dime.

Fred

 

I have been going thru Kennedy 1/2's from my bank and I got a bicentennial 1976-s. The down side is that a lot of these coins have been thru the slot machines from the casino. It has several nicks in it, but still a pretty coin that went into an album.

I have also pulled several silver Kennedys and also a 2002 -d. Somebody got into dads coins I think.

 

I will add the 1915-S that I recieved in change the other day at a local quick Mart, I posted a not so good pic in the main forum.

 

Isn't that akin to an alcoholic working at a bar? (j/k Kyra!!)

I haven't been at this for long, but I have found a couple of older nickels (1941 and 1947). I also decided to pull all of the state quarters for my collection only from circulation, just because I'm weird like that. I have found very nice examples of almost all of them, and I always check my change for better examples of the others.

~neuron

 

I had just returned some nickels in exchage for another $100 worth at a bank and they had no half dollars and no more nickels. So I ditched the coins in my car and walked across the street to a bank that I had not been to in years.
I had already asked for $100 in nickels and then struck up a conversation with the adjacent teller about half dollars, cause the teller I was in line with had only 1 roll. When she claimed to have $80 worth I quickly changed my mind and then a third teller coughed up a roll to make it an even $100.
I just now found a 1964 Kennedy Half dollar MS-63+ in a roll. I also found a 1965 Kennedy Half a few rolls later in MS-63. Thats 3 silver and 1 clad in about a week. Actually I haven't looked at any rolls since the 2 1952 halves last week. I just don't get it! but hey, who's complaining!


That still doesn't beat the time I got 3 rolls of clad with a couple 64's in MS-64+ in the mix. That happened to me 5 years ago.

I still have to search the nickels in hopes of finding Indian Heads.I found almost 2 dozen of them a few years back and now, nothin. I have found none since I began searching this winter, and only 2 wartime nickels.

Happy Hunting
Digger

 

I recently resumed collecting after a 25-year hiatus. We have one of those 5-gallon glass jugs into which we throw loose change. Over the span of a few evenings, I looked at every single coin in there, probably $500 worth of loose change.

I found 5 wheaties and a 1946 Roosevelt dime in there. Nothing else of much interest.

Since I was going through the collection anyway, I decided to pull out the best example of everything in there to fill out my collection. That was time-consuming as well.

 

1976 JFK Half from Bank Drive Up. AU

 

I found a 1967 Mexican cincuenta centavos in a can of quarters. My high school Spanish was a few years ago- how much is that? Not too exciting but it's the only thing worth reporting that I've found this week.

Rachel