Interesting Find From Circulation

Got some more good stuff at work today!
15 more 40% Kennedy's
2 !964's
1995 S Proof
1996 S Silver Proof

Now that I've actually seen a silver proof I understand how easy it is to tell them from the clad. Like the silver vs clad bussiness strikes, all you have to do is look at the edge. I can't believe how many proofs i've found in circulation. I guess some people just don't appreciate beautiful shiny coin!

 

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I only have $2 so I can't even afford 1 roll

 

UK 10 Pence 1992

About the size of a quarter.

 

Got a 1 Venezuela Bolivar in a roll of quarters from the bank.

 

My run continues. Untill the instance mentioned above I had never found a silver nickle in circulation,. However I am glad to say that this ocation marked a series.the day after getting the 1939 I got a 1964 from a gas station. The very next day I recieved another 64 from Office Max. that made 3 in 3 days. I thought that was weird so I asked my local cealer about it when I stopped in his shop that afternoon. He didn't comment on my luck but he did informme that he buys silver nickles at about 10 cents a peice.

He then proceeded to check me out as I was buying some proofs and supplies. I then made a comment that I would never be able to run a business, especially a coin business because I would not be able to part with the change. He chuckled and handed me my change. Apon inspecting it I found a 1941-D nickle. So now I am at 4 silver nickles in 3 days all found in change recieved at different retailers.

I don't know about anyone else but I find this to be weird.

 

Today I found a AU 1998 wahington quarter and a MS62 Rosie from 2002

 

Silver nickles were made from 1942-1945 however not all 1942 nickels are silver. All silver nickles have the mintmark above Monticello's dome on the reverse.

Charlie

 

I guess he was trying not to burst your bubble. 1964 nickels are not at all scarce in circulation, even these days. This is because that year was one of the largest (if not the largest) minting of nickels ever. I believe the combined mintage from Philadelphia and Denver was 2.8 billion--about 10-20 times the norm from that period (I don't have any reference books at work, but I think the numbers are close enough). I assume this was because people knew that silver coins were being phased out the next year, and the mint was producing the only coin that people wouldn't hoard.

 

Additionally, the 1964 and the1964D are about the most common nickel around. You should find those on a VERY regular basis. The 1939, and the 2 1964's are NOT silver.

 

I just searched 4 rolls of Sacagawea dollars. I found a worn 1989 "Loonie" Canadian dollar , but no Cheerios reverses.

Charlie

 

Doh! Guess I should have look them up before getting excited. One question though. How come the buffalo nickels show so much wear and the current ones don't?

 

Because buffalo nickles were used more/there older

 

Back when the older Buff Nickels were out a nickel could do a lot more than it can now...what can you buy with a nickel...back then you could do a lot...it was used lots more than now....also people think that these new Buff are rare and going to be worth something so they save them....
Also its not the same design...the new ones have a longer life I think...

Speedy

 

The new ones are getting hoarded; 90% of them havn't seen circulation yet, I personally have a roll of them

 

I'm not sure about the 90% but I wouldn't doubt it at all---people seem to think that they will be worth something...there are sooooo many of them...I don't think that will happen....in fact...when you think of a coin that changed for a short time like this...the 1976 Quarter for one...they never have gone up in value...another one that was only around for a time was a 1883 NO CENTS nickel...they are low valued and you can get a nice one for under $15....

Speedy

 

Yeah, lol

 

I was going through my change today and found a 1954-D dime.

 

I never find things in change, well except a few silver things here and there. But this week in the change issue in a pepsi machine, I found a Singapore 10¢! Not worth anything (1987)! But I had to laugh. Some kid prolly tried to run it though and then gave up and left it. I showed it to one of my colleagues and he was like all, oh that's worth something! I just smiled. Yes, it is. About 10 Singaporian cents!



vger

 

Neat things turn up in or around vending machines. Many months ago at school a friend of mine found a 100 won coin from South Korea in the coin return slot. A few months before that at school I found a 1952 dime in the return. I was very happy and amazed. What happened was it wouldn't register with the machine and to my benefit the person just left it there for me to find.
Also a while ago outside of a store I go to there are some vending machines and a large split in the slabs of concrete where the slabs meet up right in front of them so I often find change in them. Well on one occasion I found a coin from Belgium in it dated 1991 which was odd since those coins don't circulate any more on account Belgium is on the euro coinage system.

 

searched 29 rolls of nickels today-found...
1948
3 1957-D
1947
2 1970-S
1953-D
1940-D
2 1969-S
2 1968-S
2 1954-D
1946
1942
1942-P
1953
1952
1958-D
1952