Somewhere this 1977D nickel was in hiding. I received in change just this morning from a 7-11 It is sharp, shiny and crisp and just had to come from a opened recent roll?? It has decent visible steps but I just can't get a good pick. I wan't to go back to the 7-11 and ask for his nickels
No, I now live mostly in a town known for alot of down and out people. Even though i'm a known customer I don't have the nerve to ask to see the change draw If I were at my home in Brookline which is next to Boston for some reason I wouldn't sweat it to ask. Iv'e had a account at my Brookline bank since the 60's when my Mom and Pops would fill the Quarter and Dime books for my college fund.. I just might ask were they get there change though?? .
Worn die strike. Saturation mark all over! More than 50 billion were minted I sure there a lot of rolls sitting in banks...
No it's on the shinier side. I'm using a cup type magnifying glass with a flashlight pointed at the side and I take pic's of the top with my cheap flip cell phone. I'l try a open pic but it's shinier in person than it looks. The steps are there, maby 5 counting the top that I see, i'm not sure just how many steps are in the dies? Not really AU quality I think, maby XF?? My high tech setup LOL!
The nickel coin, being made of a harder metal than most other coins, seems to hold up well in circulation. While it is 43 year old coin, I imagine it was out of circulation more than in, hence a better looking nickel, but NAV IMO. It's always fun to find coins like this. I was floored to find the below in circulation a couple of years ago, and no, it was not during the Great American Coin Hunt.
Yup for sure the Nickel content in the coin did it's thing, but,,,,,,,,,,,,, wow! that's a sweet find.. We have the eye or "sense" to notice a coin like that instantly in our change. That one quarter you show though is so so nice it might of just blended in. Thanks for showing it. I think I posted a while ago of similar silver quarter in my change. Kinda funny cause I found it in change from a private owned store pretty much next to the 7-11 I got the nickel from. Is it the picture, or does this quarter have a off center punch?
LOL!! You got it though, Fall River most of the time.. Don't forget Lynn Lynn the City of Sin Am I wrong though about choosing the right spot and time??
Hey I specifically left Lynn out because I used to live there, lol I still go there a couple of days a week for work. Never be afraid/ashamed to talk to the retail clerk about what change they may have in their drawer. As long as you aren’t creepy/sketchy about it, and not impeding their business, it’s not a big deal. As always, though, discretion is advised. Also, there is a church in Lynn that has a couple of stained glass windows that were designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (yes, that ASG). I’ve wanted to get inside and take a couple of pics, to post on this site, but have yet to do it, obviously.
Wow, I had to google Augustus Saint Gaudens.. Has to be beautiful. Iv'e been to Lynn for visits with relatives but it's been a long time. Also I believe a Greek Orthodox Church there a few times.. Greek Churches are very Gaudy and shinny brassy for the most part... My father was a good painter from a child. He painted alot of Icon's for Churches and also did alot of glass mosaic type portrait's of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. He would shatter and crumble colored glass and I guess fill in his charcoal sketch's and bake it in a kiln. The pic I posted of one of his works doesn't do justice, plus it's alot bigger and so much heavier than it might look. Yes thoughI just might ask the clerk at the local 7-11. He's actually the manager and we have talked a little. He's over worked and a bit stresed because he just can't keep employee's with this covid issue. He tells me they rather have unemployment now.. It would help I think to show him coin pics from my phone so he just might understand.
Wow!!! That piece is awesome!!! Kudos to your father. I just posted about the stained glass. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/saint-gaudens-stained-glass.362814/