What coins do you check your change for?

RyGuy · October 24, 2008 2:19AM

As I'm sitting here at work, I began to look over some change I received back from a vending machine and checked for "modern varieties" or what have you and began to wonder if I'm missing anything? Is there something that I could have received back in change and not been aware? Some of the obvious ones to scan for are:

2004-D 25C High/Low Leaf
1982 10C No Mintmark
1995 1C Double Die
1984 1C Double Die
1983 1C Doulbe Die
1972 1C Doulbe Die

These are all I can think of off the top of my head, so what am I missing guys/gals?

Ryan

Preussen · October 24, 2008 2:24AM

Prussian Thalers

-Preussen

OPA · October 24, 2008 2:26AM

<< Prussian Thalers

-Preussen >>

U need a time machine & a different country...

NHSBaseball · October 24, 2008 2:30AM

I check for anything "unusual".

Something I noticed and was thinking about while looking through my change a week or two ago was how many coins I had at that moment that If I posted to the boards would be considered and labeled "AT".

For some reason I had some pretty colorful change that day, and that was the first thing that popped into my mind as I looked at a Purplish Lincoln cent in my pocket.

OKbustchaser · October 24, 2008 2:32AM

The ones that add up to the amount I am spending at that moment.

coincollector1989 · October 24, 2008 2:54AM

All of what you have listed RyGuy, plus RPM on anything pre 1980, 1998 Lincoln wide/close AM

BECOKA · October 24, 2008 2:59AM

I gave up after a couple years of not finding anything.

RyGuy · October 24, 2008 3:18AM

<< I gave up after a couple years of not finding anything.

>>

Just think of what you may have spent now since you stopped looking!~

TwoSides2aCoin · October 24, 2008 3:25AM

any anomaly out of the norm is what I check my change for.
People look at me funny when I show up at the laundromat with one of these on my head

tahoe98 · October 24, 2008 3:29AM

i look for these and then some

TwoSides2aCoin · October 24, 2008 3:31AM

<< i look for these and then some

>>

Thanks, I bookmarked this useful page.

PerryHall · October 24, 2008 3:31AM

I stopped checking my change a long time ago. I found it to be a waste of time.

RyGuy · October 24, 2008 3:33AM

^ Great reference!

metalmeister · October 24, 2008 3:48AM

95% copper Cents I throw in old coffee cans. I think I have a few hundred pounds

next to a pile of old clean.
copper pipe.

I spend all Zincolns

RyGuy · October 24, 2008 3:51AM

What was the last date 95% copper Lincolns were produced?

Walmann · October 24, 2008 4:10AM

Most of those previously mentioned also the 80 D/S Lincoln, state quarters without mintmarks, 69-S DDO Lincoln , and error coins in general.

Twosides2acoin and friends caught at local laundromat

dan8402 · October 24, 2008 4:14AM

<< What was the last date 95% copper Lincolns were produced? >>

'82 I believe.

lasvegasteddy · October 24, 2008 4:19AM

1992 p/d close am.......................1c
1998-1999-2000 wide am............1c
1983 ddr.......................................1c
1984 ddo (doubled ear)................1c
1995 ddo.......................................1c
speared buff's...............................5c
1982 no p.....................................10c
wisconsin high/low leaves............25c
pre 71...........................................50c

just a basic list there as lincolns make a long list

meluaufeet · October 24, 2008 8:44AM

For some reason I always hope I get some silver in change... which hasn't happened for years. Change just goes in a cup. and I'll look over them when its full.

But recently I'll look for foreign, as it happens once a month or so... last one was a 2008 Canadian 25 cent olympic (ski-jumper) a few days ago; pretty cool imo; I had no idea they were doing a series for the Vancover Olympics.

My eye-sight isn't as good as it used to be...

But I always take a quick look at serial numbers on currency before spending them... I'm not even sure why... but if its good enough to make the coolnumbers website gallery, or star notes or older bills, I'll keep them. Maybe someday I'll meet somebody that collects them, and I'll just trade them off for face. Until then, I keep telling myself to buy a cheap picture frame and hang them on a wall.

Earlier this week I got a dollar bill with #19750721... if that day has any special meaning to anyone here... let me know and I'll mail it to you.

PrivateCoinCollector · October 24, 2008 9:00AM

<< I gave up after a couple years of not finding anything.

>>

Now here is a smart man.

ILikeMercs · October 24, 2008 9:01AM

I don't check, but I listen.

CoinJunkie · October 24, 2008 9:02AM

Nothing really. About the only thing I even notice is the odd Bicentennial quarter,
the reverse of which I've always kind of liked.

ricko · October 24, 2008 9:11AM

I scan for anything unusual... mercs, buffs, wheats.... unusual appearance... and spend it if nothing jumps out. Cheers, RickO

coinman420 · October 24, 2008 10:05AM

<< Most of those previously mentioned also the 80 D/S Lincoln, state quarters without mintmarks, 69-S DDO Lincoln , and error coins in general.

Twosides2acoin and friends caught at local laundromat >>

i`ve never seen a statehood quarter without a mintmark. can you elaborate? pics???

shirohniichan · October 24, 2008 10:07AM

<< 

<< What was the last date 95% copper Lincolns were produced? >>

'82 I believe. >>

I check for 1982 and prior cents (they look better after going through the penny-stretching machines). When I'm north of the border I look for any loonies, twoonies, and 5 and 25 cent pieces I don't already have plugged in my Whitman folders or other albums.

bestmr · October 24, 2008 10:36AM

Anything that catches my eye with a quick glance...wheat penny, WWII nickle, anything silver and state quarters for my mom.

RWB · October 24, 2008 11:42AM

I always check for gold coins, but have never found any....

ProofArtworkonCircs · October 24, 2008 2:53PM

I check for proof artwork on circulation strikes. This would include the 1998, 1999 and 2000 wide AM cents and the 1969 D, 1970 D, 1971 D and 1972 D type B quarters. Lately it is an exercise in futility. I am more apt to find a silver coin in the process. For awhile 35 years ago I averaged one type B quarter in about each 4,000 quarters. Also, I stood a good chance of finding a 1972 T 2 dollar back in those days.

I also keep an eye out for what I call the type M quarters of 1969 D, 1970 Philly and 1970 D. Type M is another originally proof only artwork used on most of the 1968 S proof production. The D's I look at and spend again unless exceptionally healthy.

micmt · October 24, 2008 3:58PM

The best time in finding great cherries in coinage was when I worked at a gas station while in college and could get a variety of coins in the change. I remember a few Merc Dimes with glue on the back. I played don't ask don't tell on those

coppercoins · October 24, 2008 4:09PM

<< i look for these and then some

>>

There are a number of corrections to be made to this list. Many of the values are unrealistically low, others are too high. Some things have been left off, others added that shouldn't be.

First, the 1970S DDO cent is worth many thousands, regardless of grade.

The 1971 DDO is worth $100+...not $25. An MS65RD example would sell for in excess of $300.

There is no such thing as a 1972 'poor man;s double die' - There are ten different known dies and all show doubling in the motto save one...and that one's scarce.

There is no 1980 S/D - it was a D/S and has been debunked and de-listed by every major variety source. That pretty much crashed their value.

The 'no VDB' cents have little or no following. No sense bothering with them.

Might as well not bother listing the 1958 DDO. It was a clandestinely made DDO with only two examples known. Finding one in change would be as close to impossible as finding a 1933 double eagle in change.

Off to bed...just too many inconsistencies to list.

BillyKingsley · October 24, 2008 4:21PM

I check everything-I collect by date/mintmark and 95% of my collection has been pulled from change. I am constant looking at what I have and if it is a very good quality coin I'll save it even if my excel charts say I don't need it. Then, I will compare it to the example I have saved in my collection. If they are both quality examples I drop one into my secondary collection (which is my trading stock or also if for some unknown hope-it-won't-happen circumstance damages the coin in my collection, I pull that one out of my back up collection.

If one of the coins doesn't meet my standards (which are rediculously low) or I find one that's better, then the worse of the two gets dropped into the spending jar, which now weighs about 20-25 pounds. Most of my collection was pulled from it in May of this year!

I am always looking for silver coinage, I have hardly any for my collection and can't afford to buy more at the highly inflated prices most people are charging. I have found a handfull but not too many-considering I have only been looking since May though I think I am doing OK. 3 dimes, one nickel and no quarters have been found by me. I have found 3 wheat cents in the month of October 2008 alone, and my best circulation find was a 1919 cent that is in about uncirculated, but completly brown. There are no scratches, no detail lost and the rub is only minor. I am guessing that it came out of a collection and found it's way into circulation-there is no possible way this coin has been continually changing hands for 89 years!

ibzman350 · October 24, 2008 9:38PM

<< Prussian Thalers

-Preussen >>

My grandparents can help you out................................Oh, wait!............. you would need Opas' time machine for that..........

I look at the quarters for the D mint mark to place in my circulated Whitmans.

Herb

Preussen · October 24, 2008 9:44PM

<< 

<< Prussian Thalers

-Preussen >>

U need a time machine & a different country...

>>

Hey, I never said I found any, but I can still check

-Preussen

291fifth · October 24, 2008 11:40PM

Wheatbacks. Don't ask me why. I found a 42-D last week. That was the first wheatback I had received in change in several months.

garsmith · October 25, 2008 12:41AM

errors

mkman123 · October 25, 2008 2:24AM

I used to look for silver coins in change but would like to check for DDOs, etc but the chance of even finding one sets me off and I just toss the change in a big buckets. You guys think I might have 58 DDO or 69 DDO in the change bucket???

tahoe98 · October 25, 2008 2:34AM

<< 

<< i look for these and then some

>>

There are a number of corrections to be made to this list. Many of the values are unrealistically low, others are too high. Some things have been left off, others added that shouldn't be.

First, the 1970S DDO cent is worth many thousands, regardless of grade.

The 1971 DDO is worth $100+...not $25. An MS65RD example would sell for in excess of $300.

There is no such thing as a 1972 'poor man;s double die' - There are ten different known dies and all show doubling in the motto save one...and that one's scarce.

There is no 1980 S/D - it was a D/S and has been debunked and de-listed by every major variety source. That pretty much crashed their value.

The 'no VDB' cents have little or no following. No sense bothering with them.

Might as well not bother listing the 1958 DDO. It was a clandestinely made DDO with only two examples known. Finding one in change would be as close to impossible as finding a 1933 double eagle in change.

Off to bed...just too many inconsistencies to list. >>

............you may be correct. but if you find any of those "incorrect ones" i'd save them and investigate to confirm the claim. i try and do that with most things i read and hear about.

Swampboy · October 25, 2008 2:45AM

I look for Lincoln variaties, small s 70s, wide AM's etc plus all wheats. Also, and this is totally geekish,
I save mark free circulated memorials with pleasing color.
I also check all Wisconsin 25c. Why not?

I know some would consider this a tremendous waste of time
but I'm hoping to kick with time to spare.

What coins do you check your change for?

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