Recent change find!

slipgate

GoldenEyeNumismatics

cool! I know a guy who found a 1984 Double Die cent yesterday.

carl

Try to imagine how many people over the years have looked at that coin and just passed it on. Nice find.

DrPerry

Looks like somebody needs a dip



LOL

aus3000tin

I was in Atlantic City back in July.
I went to James (?) Salt Water Taffy Store and purchased a box of taffy.
I gave the clerk (who was a Russian immigrant) a $20.00 bill and she handed me back change.
In the change was a 1945 Silver Washington Quarter in xf condition. Nice!!!

I work in a hotel in Pennsylvania at the front desk.
I see lots of change.
Just this week I asked for a roll of quarters from the Manager on Duty for the Front Desk. The roll was wrapped in one of the funny plastic containers. As soon as the Manager handed me the roll within seconds I shouted out hey there's silver in there. It turned out to be a 1963 Silver Washington Quarter.
I asked the Manager to see the other rolls, but no luck.

I have come across some other coins:

1900 P Indian Head Cent
1918 P Lincoln Cent
1938 P Buffalo Nickel
1942 P Silver Jefferson Nickel
1964 P Roosevelt Dime
1964 P Washington Quarter (story above)

I have also received countless numbers of silver Kennedy Halves.
I usually take a few dollars from home in case I need to exchange for these finds.

Considering I have worked in the hotel for about 13 years and have come across only very few coins of value, it is quite interesting though.
I actually get excited when I find something.

Thanks,

Chris

kevinstang

Always a good day when you find silver in your change

Weiss

SCORE!

Barndog

I got a VFish 1957-D Roosevelt Dime today in change at breakfast. That's only the seventh silver coin I've gotten in the past year. Always a pleasant experience, even if the value is negligible.

Conder101

<< <i>Try to imagine how many people over the years have looked at that coin and just passed it on. >>


Almost zero. That coin has NOT been in circulation for years. If it had it would be qorn down to Good or worse (look at a typical 1965 quarter. Silver is softer and would wear even faster.) Also note that the tarnish in this coin is not worn off of the high points of the coin. This coin circulated briefly backin 1964/65 and then got pulled into a hoard where the worn areas tarnished a darker color than the rest of the coin. It probably got put into a coinstar machine just a day or two ago and has probably not passed through more than just a few hands. More than a half dozen or so and that dark area around the ear would be gone.

Why is it everyone who finds an old coin in circulation thinks it has been circulating ever since it was struck?

Barndog

<< <i>Why is it everyone who finds an old coin in circulation thinks it has been circulating ever since it was struck? >>


My mom called it wishful thinking.