How many folks actually find mint errors/rare coins in pocket change?

jessewvu · September 10, 2011 12:04PM

I found a 1998 wide AM in my pocket change the other day, in MS condition. I put it in my wallet so I could put it under the Dinolite when I got home. Well, I forgot about it for a few days and when I went to check, it was gone

. I'm pretty sure it was the first neat coin I have ever found in pocket change besides silver.

How many people have actually found something, besides silver, worth something $15 or more in pocket change? Silver doesn't count

llafoe · September 10, 2011 12:10PM

With the economy the way it is... ALL my pocket change is rare!

JamesMurray · September 10, 2011 12:12PM

If roll searching counts i got a 1970 S small date confirmed here on the forum not so long ago.

TheCoinGeezer · September 10, 2011 12:13PM

Got an major off-center Lincoln cent in a roll search.

LanceNewmanOCC · September 10, 2011 12:20PM

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unc wheaties

transitional reverses

wide/close am

all from pocket change
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of course my stories arent as good as the last generation because i'm 33 and by the time i enter the ball game, a lot has already been picked
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still a few things around though

Harry779 · September 10, 2011 12:41PM

i have found quite a few wams,transitionals,DDR and DDO coins.
i search alot though

coinman420 · September 10, 2011 12:42PM

a couple i have found.

TexasNationals · September 10, 2011 12:48PM

I found a 1939 DDR die #1 Jefferson nickel in change that slabbed PCGS-XF-45, and several 1950-D Jefferson's. My biggest score was a 1995-D DDO Lincoln Die 1 in AU-58, probably worth $150 or so.

rec78 · September 10, 2011 1:38PM

I don't remember ever finding anything in regular pocket change except for one 2000 wide am cent. All my other finds have been from searching rolls.

GrumpyEd · September 10, 2011 1:52PM

Found many varieties from searching rolls. From actual pocket change maybe only silver war 5Cs and wheats.

ProofArtworkonCircs · September 10, 2011 2:11PM

I have found 1969D-1972D type B quarters in circulation and way back when I got 1972 Ike type 2's from the bank.

frnklnlvr · September 10, 2011 9:56PM

Here are some of my finds which are a combination of pocket change and roll searching.

1972 1c DDO3
1994 1c DDR FS-039.9
1998 & 2000 WAM

1991-P 5c clip
2005-P 5c OIV 45º CCW rot. dies

1989-P 25c 135º CW rot. dies

1979-P $1 Wide Rim
1979-P $1 clip
2007-P $1 Adams rotated dies - 60º CW, 90º CW, 140º CW & 120º CCW

Here's a really cool 1984 $1 Mexican DDR I got in change a few months back.

SaorAlba · September 10, 2011 10:55PM

I found a cent with a double clip about three weeks ago. I find single clips from time to time, but this one has one large clip on the lower right, and a small clip on the upper left.

ricko · September 11, 2011 12:35AM

Other than a couple of blank cent planchets, no real errors in change. Have found (in the past) many older coins (V nickels, Columbian halves, commemoratives etc) in change on my paper route when a kid. Cheers, RickO

pontiacinf · September 11, 2011 1:01AM

1) 1982 no P dime
2) 10+ wide rim near date sba's
3) 2000 wide am's

Priest · September 11, 2011 1:08AM

Years ago I did find a 25 cent peice with about a 180 degree rotation, I belive it was a 1985 P in low AU.

19Lyds · September 11, 2011 2:16AM

After the Connecticut State Quarters were released, this one showed up in the cash register of my company's cafeteria.

lordmarcovan · September 11, 2011 2:21AM

I found a modern (1990s) Jefferson with two clips, once. I guess that's probably worth more than $15. They weren't enormous clips, but they were noticeable. More than just a little bit of missing rim.

Oh, yeah- back not long after they came out, I had a VA quarter missing quite a lot of its legends due to grease filled dies. A very dramatic example of such. Think I got $20-something off eBay for it. ($28?) I guess I can't really count that since it was my buddy who found it and sold it to me, though.