Junk box finds for this week (post yours).

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dcarr
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edited September 5, 2026 11:42PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Post your junk box finds here.
To qualify, the coins have to be found in a batch of loose (naked) coins, or old 2x2 holder coins, offered at a relatively low fixed price per piece.

Here are some of my recent. I spent a little time this week at a couple different local coin shops.
One had Indian-Head/Bison nickels, loose in a bowl, for $1 each.
Another had .900 fine US coin priced at "melt" value. Both shops let customers pick through the bins.
This is what I came away with:

Nickels:
1926-S (key date), 1927-S, 1938-D/D (EF45).

Dimes:
1926-D, 1941-D (AU53), 1945-S (micro s), 1945-D (unusual mint mark position), 1955-S (brilliant unc.).

Quarters:
1915-S (semi-key date), 1937-D, 1943-S.

Half Dollars:
1917-S (reverse side mm), 1918-S, 1919, 1943 (MS62), 1949-D (AU55), 1964-D (proof-like).

Dollars:
1886-S, 1904 [P].

Here is a group shot and some close-up:




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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Love the quarter Harlequin I like 👍

  • cameonut2011
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    @dcarr said:
    Post your junk box finds here.
    To qualify, the coins have to be found in a batch of loose (naked) coins, or old 2x2 holder coins, offered at a relatively low fixed price per piece.

    Here are some of my recent. I spent a little time this week at a couple different local coin shops.
    One had Indian-Head/Bison nickels, loose in a bowl, for $1 each.
    Another had .900 fine US coin priced at "melt" value. Both shops let customers pick through the bins.
    This is what I came away with:

    Nickels:
    1926-S (key date), 1927-S, 1938-D/D (EF45).

    Dimes:
    1926-D, 1941-D (AU53), 1945-S (micro s), 1945-D (unusual mint mark position), 1955-S (brilliant unc.).

    Quarters:
    1915-S (semi-key date), 1937-D, 1943-S.

    Half Dollars:
    1917-S (reverse side mm), 1918-S, 1919, 1943 (MS62), 1949-D (AU55), 1964-D (proof-like).

    Dollars:
    1886-S, 1904 [P].

    Here is a group shot and some close-up:




    It’s a sad day when many dealers would consider those junk. Well done.

  • dcarr
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    @cameonut2011 said:
    It’s a sad day when many dealers would consider those junk. Well done.

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    Thanks,
    I understand that not every coin shop owner has the time to sort these things out.
    But someone had to throw the coin into the bin in the first place. If I was tossing Walking Liberty Half Dollars into a "junk" bin, I think I would notice one that is apparently uncirculated.

    Coin shop owners are sometimes not as savvy or knowledgeable as their customers. That can provide some opportunities.

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  • mr1931S
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    The '26-S nickel is a really nice find out of a junk box. Doesn't belong in a junk box with it's full date and half a horn on the Buffalo showing imo.

    "Two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe; and I'm not sure about the universe."
    -Albert Einstein-

    Mistakes are natural. But repeated mistakes without reflection are something else. That may be the “stupidity” he was referring to. In research, he admitted uncertainty openly. “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” This shows humility. Even a Nobel laureate accepted doubt. That humility makes the quote less cynical and more observational.

  • mr1931S
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    Several months ago I bought a few Walking Liberty halves out of a dealer's 90% junk box. One of the halves I bought out of that box, for a little above melt, is a 1917-D obverse, full rims, with no PMD. Fully good condition, in other words.

    "Two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe; and I'm not sure about the universe."
    -Albert Einstein-

    Mistakes are natural. But repeated mistakes without reflection are something else. That may be the “stupidity” he was referring to. In research, he admitted uncertainty openly. “If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” This shows humility. Even a Nobel laureate accepted doubt. That humility makes the quote less cynical and more observational.

  • Harlequin
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    @johnny9434 said:
    Love the quarter Harlequin I like 👍

    Thanks, it was the only early year in the bin, everything else was 1960's 😎

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  • Meltdown
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    No friggin way you scored a 41 over 1 in that lot. That is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

  • PerryHall
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    @Meltdown said:
    No friggin way you scored a 41 over 1 in that lot. That is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

    42/41

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  • GaCoinGuy
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    Had to zoom in, but when I saw the 42 Merc, I figured that had to be the one. And in decent condition to boot!

    imageimage

  • cmerlo1
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    I just posted about this one in another thread- I bought it loose with a few other coins. No idea yet on who it's from or if it has any value:


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  • tokenpro
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    As noted on the other thread, Lyman and Thurman were die sinkers from the 1880's on in Lynchburg.

  • Meltdown
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    @dcarr - That's seriously 2 needles in a haystack kind of odds correct? I've done my fair share of pawing through 90% mercs for 20 years looking and have not found one yet.

  • USMarine6
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    @dcarr said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @Meltdown said:
    No friggin way you scored a 41 over 1 in that lot. That is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

    42/41

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    Not only that, but TWO FOR THE PRICE OF NONE (an unexpected bonus - only one side of the coins was shown in the auction) :)


    YOU SUCK!!

  • dcarr
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    @USMarine6 said:

    @dcarr said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @Meltdown said:
    No friggin way you scored a 41 over 1 in that lot. That is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

    42/41

    .

    Not only that, but TWO FOR THE PRICE OF NONE (an unexpected bonus - only one side of the coins was shown in the auction) :)


    YOU SUCK!!

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    Awesome ;)

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  • pcgsregistrycollector
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    @USMarine6 said:

    @dcarr said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @Meltdown said:
    No friggin way you scored a 41 over 1 in that lot. That is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

    42/41

    .

    Not only that, but TWO FOR THE PRICE OF NONE (an unexpected bonus - only one side of the coins was shown in the auction) :)


    YOU SUCK!!

    +1 on that my brother! @dcarr great score!

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  • mach19
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    @pcgsregistrycollector said:

    @USMarine6 said:

    @dcarr said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @Meltdown said:
    No friggin way you scored a 41 over 1 in that lot. That is incredible!!!!!!!!!!!

    42/41

    .

    Not only that, but TWO FOR THE PRICE OF NONE (an unexpected bonus - only one side of the coins was shown in the auction) :)


    YOU SUCK!!

    +1 on that my brother! @dcarr great score!

    I wanna say years ago there was a thread on You suck !

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