whats your greatest circulation find ever.

Cam40 · June 20, 2003 2:05AM

and remember.Honesty is a virtue.

The liers of the forum should have a field day with this one.

JeffinMich · June 20, 2003 2:08AM

Probably a 64 JFK.

dpoole · June 20, 2003 2:08AM

I found a 1927-S Standling Liberty Quarter in circulation when I was a kid. It was in pretty good shape (which I promptly improved with a good scrub of baking soda

). Somebody had carved an "X" in in, though. Found a 1926-S as well, that was pretty decent. Did the baking soda number on that one too.

Wish that was the dumbest thing I'd done as a kid!

FC57Coins · June 20, 2003 3:05AM

I remember back in college finding a 1975S cent when they were going for about $20 a pop for some reason. I think I kept the cent for quite a while, but then somehow it vanished like some of my other coins did - through sales and such... I also found a 1934 Doubled Motto quarter in change once too - in about AG condition, but the motto doubling could be easily seen. I think I got about $25 for that one.

Frank

ANACONDA2 · June 20, 2003 3:08AM

1909 VDB lincoln

Rampage · June 20, 2003 3:08AM

I got a 1995 Doubled Die Lincoln Cent from Burger King in Miami. This was found only a few short days after the "big" announcement was made about the DDO getting out.

To this day, I still have it. Right now, it is at ANACS getting graded. I am sure it will not make my highest grade 1995 DDO, but that perticular coin has special memories for me and I will always keep it for that reason.

It is coins like this that make this a fantastic hobby.

Richard.

hookedoncoins · June 20, 2003 3:13AM

Either a 1945 Washington or a 1943s merc.

-Jarrett Roberts

pontiacinf · June 20, 2003 3:22AM

1982 no P dime from a coworkers change

ksteelheader · June 20, 2003 3:22AM

In a roll of circulated nickels...Ken
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onlyroosies · June 20, 2003 3:32AM

When I was a kid I found a 1909 VDB cent in a roll. I still have a feeling my dad planted it there
but he will never admit it. He use to bring home $20 worth of penny rolls for me to go through.

Shamika · June 20, 2003 3:33AM

A few months ago I found a Buffalo nickel. It's either a 1913-D type II or 1915-D. Hard to tell since the date is almost gone.

LanLord · June 20, 2003 3:34AM

My lovely wife, nearly mint state and I intend to keep her.

ccrdragon · June 20, 2003 4:18AM

A mint state 1938 Jefferson nickel in a collection jar at school. Other than that, some early date wheaties...

carterhaines · June 20, 2003 5:02AM

nothing great. I remember finding lots of silver quarters in change, when I was about 7, but I did not realize that they were silver, or very valuable so I promptly spent then. In the past few months, my best find is only a 1964 AU-50 silver quarter (which is actually in my pocket as I am writing this)

nwcs · June 20, 2003 5:05AM

All at once: 1 1964 JFK and 4 1965-1969 JFKs when I was 15 working at a convenience store.

construct · June 20, 2003 5:50AM

When I was a kid, I would find common date IH cents in G-4 sometimes. In fact, I found one in a roll of circulation cents last year. I also found a common date Barber dime in similar condition in the lunch money when I was a kid. None is as valuable as the occasional 1964 half I still find sometimes.

Wolfy00002 · June 20, 2003 5:57AM

Got this in change after I bought a Slurpee.

RNCHSN · June 20, 2003 6:27AM

I bought 8 rolls of 1/2 dollars at a local bank and found $50-$60 was silver.....about a roll of Walkers, 1+ roll of Franklins, 1+ roll of 1964 Kennedy, and a couple rolls of 40% silver Kennedy's. I think I wrote about it here a year or so ago, when it happened.

Bear · June 20, 2003 6:30AM

My greatest circulation find ,was when I discovered that my blood was still

reaching my brain.

mdwoods · June 20, 2003 6:37AM

A 1924 S Merc in AU condition around 1962. I was 9 at the time. I gave it to the owner of a small grocery store who gave me a few old
coins. Looking back, I'd have to say he cherry picked me.

Steve27 · June 20, 2003 7:00AM

As a kid, I found a 1914-D nickel in a roll of circulated nickels from the bank As an adult, I put a $20 bill into a 50C slot machine and immediately cashed-out, the result included a 64 Kennedy (tried it several other times but only came up with a 40% silver Kennedy).

k10 · June 20, 2003 7:58AM

Five years ago, I received an 1842-O seated dime in change from a convenience store.

fcloud · June 20, 2003 8:13AM

1939-D Jefferson Rev of 1938

I sent it in and it came back MS63.

Not bad

rainbowroosie · June 20, 2003 9:24AM

K-10,
Cool find.....how about a 79CC Morgan in AU....back in the pre-clad days.

Julian · June 20, 2003 9:42AM

In 1964, while working at Hot Shoppes, I found a 1942/1 dime. A couple of years ago, while going through some merc dimes, I found a 1942/1-d dime.

jonesy · June 20, 2003 10:04AM

Searched change for two years before finding at work. R7 less than 6 known!

09sVDB · June 20, 2003 10:20AM

$100 face of WLH's bought at a bank for $100.

koynekwest · June 20, 2003 10:22AM

Back in the mid '60's, my dad, while bartending, was given an 1875-S 20c piece by a sailor who thought it was a "Canadian quarter". Although I didn't personally find it, I did end up owning it. Later, in the early '70's, someone came in and spent 4 rolls of Barber dimes. Personally, I suppose it would have to be a 1980 Doubled die obverse Lincoln that ended up MS63RB a couple of years ago, though I do remember the days when you could find high grade Buffalos and early date Walkers in circulation.

CalGold · June 20, 2003 10:27AM

I could say a 1929-s nickel or a 1917-s dime, but that would not be very interesting at all so, I'll tell you about a 1918 nickel I found.

But back in the 1970s I was driving with some friends to a wedding in North Carolina. We had a few six packs with us and after the while we had to make a pit stop along the side of the highway. I remember kicking away some debris-- looked like there may have been a car wreck there a while back-- and I found a nickel half buried in the dirt. I wiped it off, and it was a Liberty head nickel, with the big V on the back. I had never seen one of those in circulation, so I thought it was a real cool find. It looked like it had very little wear at all but had dirt caked on it and looked like it had been lying there for years. Looked to me like the date was 1918 but there was some dirt in the date so the last digit might have only looked like an 8 –it could have been a 3 or something plugged with dirt. Anyhow, I stuck it in my pocket. About an hour later we stopped for gas and were all kind of hungry and there were some of those snack vending machines. And one of them had moon pies, which cost about 15 cents back then, so I dug into my pocket for some change and bought a moon pie. Later when I looked for that nickel, it was gone, so it must have gone into that vending machine.

So what was the date on that coin really? Who knows. Is it a true story? Who cares. It sure beats telling about some 1929-s nickel or a 1917-s dime.

CG

coinkat · June 20, 2003 10:31AM

When I was in High School working at a fast food hang out, I found a 1926-s Lincoln in the low VF range.

Cam40 · June 20, 2003 10:35AM

Bear- That the best circulation find ever!!!!!!

Not a huge coin but I,m pretty proud of a 1894 IHC I found in a roll from the bank.
Its BN but would eaily grade an EF if not AU, IMHO.

jimtre · June 20, 2003 10:43AM

Hey This might not be a great find but In 1993 we took a trip to Spain. Flew to Madrid and tooka plane to Barcellona.

As we were getting the rental car I saw a small metal box in the weeds behind the car. I picked it up and it had some french coins in it. They looked cruddy but what the heck. I stuck them in my pocket.

A couple of nights later we were in France and my brother and I took a walk. Just for kicks we stopped in this local Pub for a beer. So I puuled out this tin can and asked the bartender if we could use these. He reached over and took the amount he needed for the beers and there was money left and later we had another beer still using the coins from the tin can.

As I said it wasn't much of a find but it was fun. It was obvious someone taking the plane didn't want to mess with coins.

Here's to Ya!

Jim

RGL · June 20, 2003 11:27AM

I'm with pontiac ... a 1982 No-P strong strike Roosie dime that now resides in a PCGS AU-58 slab. It was a coin that helped retrigger my collecting after many years of inactivity (college, marriage, job, kids, etc.)

ARCO · June 20, 2003 11:39AM

I was at the checkout counter of convenience store back in 81' or so when I looked down and saw a big fat, crisp twenty staring me down. This is when $20 meant something, an more so to a kid that made fifty cents allowance a week!

As a kid That beat any old coin found in circulation.

Tyler

cladking · June 20, 2003 1:29PM

I've mentioned most of the great moderns I've found in circulation so here's
a story of the best classic I ever found: I was helping a buddy who was very
overworked by working the register at his convenience store. This was 1974.
A customer came in and gave me a dollar and a few coins for a small purchase.
The dime in the lot was an unc (yes unc) 1935 dime. It was not only unc but
was a minor gem with FSB. I asked the customer about it but he insisted it was
just a dime and he knew nothing about it.

I sold the coin in 1989 for a fairly good price. ($15 or so).

GAT · June 20, 2003 2:15PM

WWll silver Jefferson's and a Red BU 1939-S Lincoln from the local Walmart 3 years ago.

foodude · June 20, 2003 2:48PM

A die trial Lincoln Cent. I found it in circulation over 20 years ago

, but I'm not sure where I put it.

ursabear · June 20, 2003 3:20PM

My greatest find was a super-duper grease-filled strike of a Virginia SQ. It was cool enough looking to bring $20 at open auction, raw, with a starting price of .25.

millennium · June 20, 2003 3:25PM

My best circulation find was a 1972 DDO cent in my Dad's change jar..
My best coin finds were a 1901 O Barber Quarter AU and a 1907 10 Dollar gold piece with a metal detector. among others....

SethChandler · June 20, 2003 3:28PM

I found exactly a total of five silver dimes. (4) 1964's (1) 1960. They are very important to me. I've been checking my change since I was five.....this is the cream of the crop.

Seth

JohnsCoins · June 20, 2003 8:35PM

I found a 1997 double ear Lincoln cent a few years ago. I also found a double Monticello 1939 Jefferson nickel about 10 years ago.

John

Glencanyonexplorer · June 20, 2003 11:32PM

About 15 years ago I was riding my ATC in the desert when I heard my tools fall out the storage box when I was picking them up I found an old penny,stuck it in my pocket.When I got home I cleaned it off and it was a 1909 s VDB it's not in very good condition but I still have it !

whats your greatest circulation find ever.

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