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So if you think you have a rare wrong planchet error, you bounce the coin on a table?

 

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Found this real old penny in a roll today! Wish it had a MM

 

When I see a coin from the teens, I still sometimes find myself thinking "wow, that's almost a hundred years old!"

 

No I flick it in the air with my thumb and catch it like a 1930's gangster, cigarette and fedora not included.
I guess you could drop it on a hard surface, but that would just potentially damage the coin and the table.

I have never once found a wrong planchet error, and the odds are slim to none for finding one in the wild. If I came across an absolute mint condition coin that I suspected might be a planchet error. Then I may rely solely on a scale. But when the difference in weight can be a few tenths of a gram off and the coin has some wear, I am more inclined to go off sound along with weight.

 

GF picked up 2 rolls and I picked up 2 rolls. Halfway through her first roll I have 3 looks at a W (and 1 from Walmart) andI pulled out this S proof Block Island. The photo shows some rim issues on the reverse, but in hand the luster is TREMENDOUS on both sides. Also, while all the W's have a 2 million mintage this one is only 634,936. Any other finds I will post them. 5 looks at a W in the first roll and I pulled out a near mint Glacier as well. More finds coming.

 

Going through her second roll pulled out another S proof Apostle Islands. Mintage only 618,253. They made reg business strikes of both these, but the luster is too strong they are proofs.

 

Going through her 2nd roll pulled this S proof Fort Moultrie 654,516 minted.
I've gone months, years, without hitting an S. They don't have the mirror finish, but the luster and details in hand are just too powerful for a regular business strike S. Which would still be 800,000 mintage on these.

 

Been a bit slow on silver finds in half dollars. The last 5 box hunts has only yielded,
2-40% silver
2-proofs
1- 1935 George IV One Penny (2nd one in 2-3 weeks)
Not sure what this "gold colored" looking bicentennial is about.
Still saving NIFC's I find, not sure why though.

 

That Bicentennial coin looks like a gold-plated coin that's circulated enough to wear through some of the plating. Pretty sure that's exactly what it is.

 

Great, thank you for the information.

 

A dozen nickel rolls at a local Florida bank
First 5 rolls, 5 Buffalos
No name on the wrappers
Now to search the rest

 

And 2 more Buffs
So 7 total in 13 rolls
Nothing great but 5 cents each

 

Found this 1986 S commemorative half dollar today. Nice little surprise, didn't know it existed. Also found 4-40%ers.

 

Recent dime box hunt.
1959 Rosey
1997 PTAS coin is from Spain from best I can tell. Never seen one of these before. The black portion is not a shadow, it's staining on the coin.

 

I got cheated out of a dollar!!
Just kidding, all though worthless pretty much, I kept these Hop Along Cassidy Good Luck tokens. These were not in same box, they were actually found a couple months apart. Pretty interesting to find these especially considering how little they weigh, seems like the machine would have rejected them. Never know what will turn up in a roll.

 

Yes, it's from Spain, but not just any coin from Spain, it's a circulating commemorative coin! PTAS is short for Pesetas.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces783.html

Once I found a plastic dime in a roll of cents!

 

Who was that guy. Movie star?

 

William Boyd is the actor who played Hopalong Cassidy in an old Western.

 

Today’s find

 

Good golly, what does what's left of that coin weigh?!