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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bugo, post: 1874682, member: 53226&quot;]As many of you know, my main source of coins is in circulation.&nbsp; I have the privilege of going through change looking for treasure.&nbsp; Three common coins that I collect every example that I can find are the 1960 penny, the bicentennial quarter, and the SBA dollar coin.&nbsp; None of them are worth more than face value unless they are NIFC.&nbsp; I just like the coins, so I hoard them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I was reading about the small and large date 1960-P pennies, and decided to look through my 1959-1960 stash and I found four small date 1960-Ps.&nbsp; Not in the best of condition, but still very cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was at work one night and saw a bicentennial quarter, and traded it out for a plain old quarter.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t think anything about it, but later on I looked at it for some reason and noticed that something looked very different.&nbsp; It had that certain hue that only silver has.&nbsp; I dropped it on the counter and it let out that tell tale 40% ring.&nbsp; I then noticed that the edge of the quarter didn&#039;t have the copper showing through.&nbsp; I posted to this very forum about it and they verified that it was a 40% silver NIFC business strike San Francisco-minted quarter.&nbsp; It has a little wear but not bad.&nbsp; It was broken out of a mint set and spent.&nbsp; The bicentennial silver quarter is the only 40% quarter the US mint has ever minted.&nbsp; Out of all my finds, this is one of my three favorites because of the oddity of finding such a coin (and the fact that it is silver).</p><p><br /></p><p>I read a few days ago about the wide rim and narrow rim 1979-P dollar coins.&nbsp; I was aware there were varieties, but this article I read got me curious so I went through my SBD collection and found one single wide rim coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s worth $60 in MS 63 condition, although mine is a higher end circulated coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s amazing what gems you can find if you get to look through lots of coins and you hoard them for years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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