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  • davewesendavewesen Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Quite a few commemorative half dollars circulated. It would have been interesting to get one of those in change.

  • renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This, in change, in the cello. Circa 2008.

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,091 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Canadian Dime love token. I got many Canadian dimes in my store, so I just put it in with them and when silver when sky high in 1980 I sold them all. Wished now I had kept the token.
    Jim


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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

    I got a 1963 Canadian cent a few years ago in change. The coin itself wasn't shocking. The fact that it was in BU condition certainly was.

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  • NeophyteNumismatistNeophyteNumismatist Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In change, a W quarter and well circulated wheat cents.

    I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.

  • RobertScotLoverRobertScotLover Posts: 973 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1929 $50 bill in pristine condition other than it was just folded prior to receiving , so it had two new creases.....dam

  • 124Spider124Spider Posts: 964 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In 1970, I got a 1909 VDB Lincoln cent in change, still is decent condition (VF). Not particularly valuable, but pretty exciting at the time.

  • semikeycollectorsemikeycollector Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In change, a blank blanchet cent. At a toll both a walker, in a roll a few 1938-s nickels and a 1909 vdb cent. People my age have found Standing Lib quarter, would have died for one of those

  • OnWithTheHuntOnWithTheHunt Posts: 1,235 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1925 Standing Liberty quarter with a hole in the center from bus fare when I was a kid. Realized years later it was a lead counterfeit. Still have it.

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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,558 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1967 lead quarter and a Henning nickel.

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  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In 1984 at a courthouse cafeteria in Santa Ana, California I received in change a 1924 D Lincoln cent that would likely grade F12 or F15.

  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,339 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 12, 2024 6:24PM

    I found a Liberty Nickel in one of the cash tills a couple years back.

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