Your most interesting coin spills / pocket spills
Göttinger
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I always have been interested in coin spills, especially with a nice variety of different coins in them. They show you wich different coins actually circulated side by side, even if they belong to totally different coin series or even different currencies (for example a early 1800's coin spill in the USA could simultanuously contain US, British, Spanish and probably even other foreign coins).
What were your most interesting coin spills? Either because of the large variation of coins (or lack of variation) in it, the large date span between the individual coins or other aspects wich are interesting to you.
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I like coin spills, mainly because they often give a good idea of when the coins were dropped.
All of my coin spills are listed in my primary thread on this site, although the following come to mind immediately as favorites:
Worn Barber quarter with a 1945? wheat cent
Pair of late Indian cents with a pair of early wheat cents
Trio of Mercury dimes
I once got three Mercury dimes, two silver Roosevelts, and a 1940s nickel (not a War nickel) in the same spill. The latest date was in the early 1950s. Similarly, I've found spills containing an Indian cent along with some early Wheats. Another time it was a Buffalo nickel, a Merc dime, and a silver Washington.
A friend of mine once dug a high grade 1798/7 large cent in the same hole as a contemporary counterfeit 1775 British halfpenny!
I got 3 walkers in the same hole in an old picnic area from the early 50s. Always check your digs multiple times all 👍
(The owner also said there was nothing in there)
Best coin spill for me was at my local fair grounds ... I dug 4 barber quarters and a beautiful 1919 standing liberty in one hole.... BTW The well is still on line .... It will happen !!!
Twice I found spills of 3 Washington quarters. Once in my backyard near an old entrance to a barn that used to be there. Someone torched it back in the 70's so it is mostly rubble there but I knew where the entrance was and have pulled some nice stuff from around there including my avatar. Another spill was out in a field near my house where there used to be a two giant pair of highway signs (billboards). Just below them were 3 Washingtons in one hole. For those that don't know, Maine is one of the few states that have a law that now bans billboards. It does make driving a bit more scenic around here.
Jim
I found 26 Indian Head pennies and the clasp of a coin purse, little leather left also in one hole. They were from 1880 to 1906. Because of the leather coin purse they were in they came out in very rough shape. No other denomination involved, just cents. It was at a long forgotten fair ground. It would have been fun to know the story of the loss. A disappointed person who had saved up for the fair or ???? Anyway, my largest haul from one hole.
While we're on 3s I got 3 walkers in one hole in Connecticut in the old polish picnic grounds that was forgotten about. The sad thing is that there's 2 houses there now. Its a good memory