Favorite coin given in your change?

Not that interesting but profitable

I work in Argentina every now and again. In the early 90s the peso was pegged to the dollar and US currency was accepted widely. Especially in the South. In the mid to late 90's the economy collapsed and the Peso was floated. It rapidly fell to around 3 Pesos to the dollar. You still however got US coinage in change every now and again. One transaction at Santa Cruz netted me five ones in change. I asked the cashier if she had any othe us currency and coinage in the register. I walked out with close to $20 in change. Every time I go back now I make it a point to stop in all the rural villages I can to see whats around. I don't make much but it pays for a beer every now and again.

 

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not from my change but from searching rolls few so far are

CND penny 1955 NSF Grade=VF
CND penny 1965 large bead, pointed 5 grade=VF
CND nickel 1953 NSF far leaf grade =AEF
CND Dime 1947 grade=VG

Not worth much but I really like the look of it, got a CND penny 1943 really nice black color but with the high points very clear

and just recently I got my first mint error coin, (1977 American penny, error on obs)

but my favorite find would be the 1955 NSF

 

A recently got a 1920 wheat in change. It's in good condition.

 

I should also mention that my wife once received a 1909 Barber dime at the McDonald's drive-thru, and got a 2000 1 oz. platinum piece ($100 face value) once when working at a gas station. (And now all the old CW forum folks are rolling their eyes, as they've heard that story innumberable times. But it's a true story.)

 

1948-d Franklin, 4 1934 20 dollar bills, in ef condition. A few war nickles and a 1964 quarter in BU condtion. Evrey now and then I will get 90% and 40% Kennedys as well. Just can't get those older coins.

 

i haven't found anything very interesting, I did get a old nickel about a year ago, I want to say 1892 but not sure, I don't know much about the nickels, i don't think it worth much. My favorite is getting change in coins minted at the San Fransisco Mint, Makes me glad to know there are rotten kids out there robbing their parents collection, putting them back into circulation for us.

Hope my kids never do that.

 

My oldest was a 1895 Indian head cent in change. It was in bad shape though looked like someone found it in the driveway. The rest have been rosie dimes and a couple of mercs.

 

I don't know if any of these are important, but i found 1952, '53, and '64 nickels when counting my loose change.

 

A handful of silver Roosevelts from an auto parts store. The clerk gave me 10 dimes in change, and 6 of them were silver. Also, when I was working in a Six Flags game booth, a kid walked up & started sorting through his change so he could play. I noticed that he had 2 mercury dimes & a liberty seated dime in his hand. Each try was a dollar, but I gave him 1 try for each of the 3 dimes.

 

I found a 1939 Nickel in F-XF a couple of days ago. It must have been hiding out somewhere for all of these years.

My most unusual find was a 1991-S (Proof) nickel a few months ago. While not worth more than face, I think it unusual since the number of proofs circulating is bound to be very, very, low.

 

I am so desperate to find a coin worth something that I'll go wild after finding a '58 wheatie in G-3.

 

Need more input. Just posting to keep in new post page

 

My best coin I've found in circulation was a AU 1997 quarter

 

At the risk of hinting at my age, the most interesting coin(s) I had ever gotten in change were not represented well in the list. Between my paper route and my mom's best friend being the church treasurer (who so kindly let me look through all of the church change), I remember getting (and spending) various denomination Barbers, Morgans, Standing and Walking Liberty's, Indian head nickels, and Merc dimes (I kept the few "V" nickels and Indian head cents). Of course, most of these weren't special at the time, (and there was no clad coinage), that was just what your change consisted of. I thought it was pretty neat though whenever I received one from the 1800's.