Unusual find in my change

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by Vince, Apr 20, 2009.

  1. Vince

    Vince Member

    I don't usually find much of interest in my loose change but on Saturday I found something very unusual; a Mississippi State Quarter!

    Now I know you are bound to be thinking "What's so unusual about that?" Well the point is that I live in England and they are not legal tender here.

    The quarter was masquerading as a 10 pence piece.

    I now have two State Quarters in my very modest US collection, the other being Pennsylvania.

    These are much more difficult for me to get than if I lived in the US.

    I would like to get the full set, I'm sure it will take me forever.
     
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  4. Louie_Two_Bits

    Louie_Two_Bits Chump for Change

    Oh cool... Vince, PM me and I'll send you statehood quarter, and you can send me an interesting coin from your country.

    -LTB
     
  5. ice

    ice Just happy to be here

    I'll do the same send me an address and I'll send you Hawaii and Alaska and a few other circulated ones. No charge. Tim
     
  6. FentonForche

    FentonForche Senior Member

    I'm game too. Vince, if you PM me your address I'll send you several. I've probably got at least 10 that are extras from the three circulated sets that I am working on.

    And if you want to send some random British coin back over here, that's sweet, and if not, no worries. Happy to just send the quarters.

    I got a Canadian quarter with a biathlete from the vending machine at work last week. And I vaguely remember getting Canadian pennies every so often when I was younger. That's the extent of my experience with foreign change though.
     
  7. Wren

    Wren Senior Member

    it must be slightly like how we get Canadian and British Coins that somehow filter through and nobody decides to look at it
     
  8. mgChevelle

    mgChevelle AMERICAN

    yep. Probably from tourists.

    Like one time I was walking along a sidewalk and saw two Canadian coins on the ground. I picked them up and thought that that was really wierd. But then I remembered that I was in downtown San Francisco; so many tourists there, its crazy.
     
  9. hfd12316

    hfd12316 Senior Member

    I usually don't realize I have Canadian coins until the coin counter at the bank reject's them. Although I did get two Canadian quarter's last week. That was unusual. As with the previous post's a pm will get reciprocal coinage. Love the new decimal coinage.
     
  10. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    Cool find - I just got a one cent from Barbados here. It is kind of fun to get something different every now and then.
     
  11. Vince

    Vince Member

    I just want to say thank you to everybody who has so generously offered to help build my collection of State Quarters. Perhaps it won't take me forever after all.

    Can I just say to anybody that does help, that I'd really like to give you something in return. If you aren't interested in receiving some British coins from me then perhaps you would let me make a contribution to your PayPal account.
     
  12. Collector1966

    Collector1966 Senior Member

    Sounds like you came out ahead on that deal.
     
  13. Eric N.

    Eric N. Junior Member

    Hi Vince, would be happy to help...please send address.
     
  14. Vince

    Vince Member

    By Exchange Rate I'm slightly ahead.

    By gaining a coin for my collection I'm a good way ahead.

    By having a small story to tell here and the generosity of the members that has followed and the friendships I'm likely to make in the process I'm miles ahead.
     
  15. Rock Trap

    Rock Trap Junior Member

    Vince: I'm in, send me your address.
     
  16. Collector1966

    Collector1966 Senior Member

    Indeed, you've killed three birds with one quarter.

    And I might be interested in contributing to your state quarter collection :smile:
     
  17. Louie_Two_Bits

    Louie_Two_Bits Chump for Change

    Hi Vince, sent your coins this morning.

    Cointalk members helping Vince with his statehood quarter collection...I have sent the following...just so he doesn't get dupes:

    Virginia (2000)
    New York (2001)
    Oregon (2005)
    Kansas (2005)
    South Dakota (2006)
    North Dakota (2006)
    Nevada (2006)
    Utah (2007)
    Washington (2007)
    Montana (2007)

    -LTB
     
  18. bobbeth87

    bobbeth87 Coin Collector

    Nice find

    Nice.

    And I found a 1993 Brittish Penny in my changes yesterday.

    :D
     
  19. Vince

    Vince Member

    Thank you very much. It looks like my collection is well on it's way already.

    Please let me know what coins you would like form me. If you have no ideas of your own I'll suggest the new definitive set, which pieces together to make the royal shield design. It's a very interesting and popular set. I can get a set together quite easily if you'd like it.

    Of course anybody else who is helping me with state quarters can ask me for this set too - which is why I didn't post this as a PM.
     
  20. Mareesey

    Mareesey Member

    Recently I've found at least 15 canadian pennies 1 being a centennial penny and 1 austrailian penny I've also found 3 canadain nickels and 1 Canadian dime. Oh and a peso.
     
  21. Louie_Two_Bits

    Louie_Two_Bits Chump for Change

    Hi Vince,

    Wow, that would be cool! Sure, I'll take that. It's a neat set...and very creative too. The U.S. has never had a puzzle made out of coins.

    Let me know when your statehood quarters arrive.

    -LTB
     
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