Interesting Find From Circulation

1986-S Statue of Liberty commemorative half dollar. Appears to be a proof containing no silver.

Willie (The Ghost of)

 

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Do you mean it's copper-colored, or it's missing the copper layer on the rim?

 

If your are referring to the above, it appears to be this coin.

>>Coinage of the Statue of Liberty 50-cent pieces, designated by some as "Immigrant half dollars," was accomplished at the Denver and San Francisco mints in a procedure identical to that used earlier with the 1982 Washington commemoratives. Coins with Proof finish were struck at the San Francisco Mint. Statue of Liberty half dollars were made of copper-nickel clad alloy consisting of two outer layers of 75% copper and 25% nickel bonded to a pure copper core.<<

Willie

 

Seriously, I have been thinking for quite a while that the very best marketing strategy a coin dealer could deploy would be to give away albums, perhaps to those who buy a certain modest dollar amount, express an interest in certain type of coin, flash a big roll of bills, etc., etc. Holiday presents. Has anyone heard of that?

Willie (The Ghost of)

 

Today I got:

1959 Penny (D)
1956 Penny (D)
1953 Nickel (D)
2003 Chucky Cheese Token.

 

I was dumbfounded today to find an 1887 Indianhead cent ,change from a bag of cornchips of all things.
Redbook is $2.50c in G-4,havn't found one of those in over 25 yrs,i couldn't belive my eye's.

 

I actually got 17 Silver Wartime nickels out of a roll at work this morning! And nice pull on that Indian silver surfer!!!

 

My jaw dropped yesterday when I got a 1919 Buffalo nickel in my change. It has a nice clear date, probably VF. It is the oldest coin I have gotten from circulation in a number of years.

 

I found an older Whitman folder (the blue ones) at a used bookstore for 50 cents that had 20 silver Roosevelt dimes still in it in VG to XF condition! I'd say I made a fair profit there!

~AJ

 

WOW.

That's insane.
That means that, in theory, this coin has been in circulation for 118 years (!).

anyways, great find!

and great find to Lowell who found thte 1919 nickel!

 

Bronze Indian Head Nickle

I inherited a small coin collection from my Dad and came across a bronze colored Indian Head nickle in the collection. It is a 1926 coin and I'm very curious why it is the color that it is. Does anyone have an idea? Let me know. Rick

 

Thanks,i get excited if iget a wheatie or a silver roosevelt, but this just blew me away because like Magman said this thing's been floating around for 118 yrs.
It's not often you get to add a 118yr old coin to your collection for free,
I put it in a 2x2 and scanned it,check it out....I photograded it at G-4
which is valued at $2.50 in redbook.

 

That so awesome.

I found another penny, i knew i had another one, it got lost in my pocket - it was found in the wash:
Penny, 1951-S

 

Well, today i bought a few things, and got a 1944 penny in my change.

nothing much, but always nice to find the older stuff

 

Got home an hour ago from WalMart, and was looking through my change when I found something really different, which I can't identify.

I have my World Coins book loaned out, and don't have a clue what I have.

So, not only is this "Interesting," but I would sure appreciate somebody identifying it. I would guess it's Scandinavian, but I don't know.

1977. One side has a crown, the letters CG, and the Roman Numeral XVI. Other side has 50 Sverige Ore.

Thanks for any help.

 

Try looking under Sweden - that should be 50 Ore.

 

I just pulled a Fine 1937 Quarter out of the change machine at work.

 

Yep, Sweden.

Thanks for the help.

 

I went through the rest of the quarter bag and pulled an AU 1964.

 

1943 steel cent.

Haven't seen one of these in years.

When I was young, they would appear in change regularly, however this is the first one I have seen in years.

My guess is that it came from someone's collection.