Circulation find
Mr. Jaggers
Probably a Fine, tops, but it's the first I've seen in the wild in decades.
James
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Wow... that is simply amazing... congrats!
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Edwin Johnston
stonej
Cool find. I got a 1992-P Kennedy half dollar in change at a gas
station recently, nothing special about the date
but getting a half dollar in change isn't common these days.
som...@some.domain
lorinc...@yahoo.com
wrote:
> I received a 1943-P "silver" nickel in change at WallyWorld this a.m.
> Probably a Fine, tops, but it's the first I've seen in the wild in decades.
>
> James
I got a war nickle in change from a vending machine 5 or 6 years ago.
Worn, but indentifiable. My dad has hundreds of them in mason jars,
but that is the only one I've seen, as you say, "in the wild." I was
thrilled.
-beaumon
Mr. Jaggers
Already checked. Normal date. But thanks for the suggestion.
James
Bill Krummel
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
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You need to have unlimited access to three cash registers. I would make a
guess that I find 6-12 war nickels a year just from counting the three tills
every night.
Bill
som...@some.domain
part of a collection. still haven't found the overdate.
Mr. Jaggers
I would have considered that a dream job when I was about 14.
James
part...@yahoo.com
Cool! My latest circulation find was on New Year's Eve, I received
an Australian 5 cent coin in change while buying a last-minute bottle
of champagne. Most recent silver was a 1962 dime a few months ago.
Never received a war nickel in change yet, but occasional silver and
foreign coins still make checking my change worthwhile.
-Robert A. DeRose, Jr.
Mr. Jaggers
One more thought: When you're going through the tills and you find a number
of "interesting" coins, don't you wonder how many more might have been given
out in change or exchanged by your employees?
James
Bill Krummel
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
Yes. I don't think so much of employee exchange, since over the years I
have had but one young numismatist who worked for me. And, I have
entertained many office visits when an employee has brought me a coin from
the register that they thought was different and perhaps I would be
interested. Mostly foreign coins and I have a pile of common foreign at
home from these visits. Occasionally I am handed a coin or coins that I had
purposely sold to the drawer, hoping to catch a non-collector's attention.
My daughter is my assistant manager and she is not a collector but does know
about silver coin and does save for me silver that she spots, an infrequent
occurance.
I do think of the unnoticed stuff that must get handed out as change that I
would have liked to have kept, but I doubt it would add up to much.
Occasionally I see some unusual combinations of coins and realize a
collection has been spent at face value (e.g., I might see in one register a
49-D Jeff, a 47-S Jeff, and a 41-D Jeff, all in VF-XF) and wonder where the
better dates are at (50-D Jeff). My eyesight sharpens in those instances.
Bill
Mr. Jaggers
I'll bet it does! I don't know why, but I still look at my change, knowing
full well that the probability of finding anything significant is terribly
small. Coin life is good!
James
mazorj
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
When I was working cash registers in my youth, if I got a half-dollar
coin and it wasn't silver, I fobbed it off to the next customer who
needed change. Ditto for $2 bills. They're an annoyance for most
stores.
Mr. Jaggers
> "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
> news:glfgp...@enews2.newsguy.com...
>> Bill Krummel wrote:
>>> "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
>>> news:gld3n...@enews2.newsguy.com...
>>>> I received a 1943-P "silver" nickel in change at WallyWorld this
>>>> a.m.
>>>> Probably a Fine, tops, but it's the first I've seen in the wild in
>>>> decades. James
>>>
>>> "but it's the first I've seen in the wild in decades."
>>>
>>> You need to have unlimited access to three cash registers. I would
>>> make a guess that I find 6-12 war nickels a year just from counting
>>> the three tills every night.
>>
>> One more thought: When you're going through the tills and you find
>> a number of "interesting" coins, don't you wonder how many more
>> might have been given out in change or exchanged by your employees?
>
> When I was working cash registers in my youth, if I got a half-dollar
> coin and it wasn't silver, I fobbed it off to the next customer who
> needed change. Ditto for $2 bills. They're an annoyance for most
> stores.
I shall betray my age by observing that during my youth, all half dollars
were made of silver. It wasn't until you young whippersnappers came along
that it was otherwise.
James
Peter
> "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
>
> news:glfgp...@enews2.newsguy.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Bill Krummel wrote:
> >> "Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
> >>news:gld3n...@enews2.newsguy.com...
> >>> I received a 1943-P "silver" nickel in change at WallyWorld this
> >>> a.m.
> >>> Probably a Fine, tops, but it's the first I've seen in the wild in
> >>> decades. James
>
> >> "but it's the first I've seen in the wild in decades."
>
> >> You need to have unlimited access to three cash registers. I would
> >> make a guess that I find 6-12 war nickels a year just from counting
> >> the three tills every night.
>
> > One more thought: When you're going through the tills and you find
> > a number of "interesting" coins, don't you wonder how many more
> > might have been given out in change or exchanged by your employees?
>
> When I was working cash registers in my youth, if I got a half-dollar
> coin and it wasn't silver, I fobbed it off to the next customer who
> needed change. Ditto for $2 bills. They're an annoyance for most
>
> - Show quoted text -
You might have hated me. I took my paycheck with me downtown to the
US Treasury and cashed it for all the $2 bills it would buy. I then
tended to pay cash for what I needed.
mazorj
"Mr. Jaggers" <lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com> wrote in message
Harrumph! I was well into my teens when clads came out. Be careful
who you call a youngster, grampaw! I still have my buggy whip
somewhere around here and I haven't forgotten how to use it.
RWF
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> Harrumph! I was well into my teens when clads came out. Be careful
> who you call a youngster, grampaw! I still have my buggy whip
> somewhere around here and I haven't forgotten how to use it.
How are your shares in Amalgamated Buttonhook doing?
Bruce Remick
"RWF" <R...@200901.invalid> wrote in message
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I believe they merged with Microsoft a while back.
mazorj
"RWF" <R...@200901.invalid> wrote in message
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Better than my Enron stock.
mazorj
"Bruce Remick" <rem...@cox.net> wrote in message
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Actually, they acquired a silent controlling interest in Microsoft in
1981 and now are the holding company for half the dot-com industry.
Like the Mars Candy people, they are a recluse bunch so not many
people know about them.
Jud
While changing planes in Washington DC (Reagan National) the other
day, I saw a coin at the bottom of the escalator. Of course, I picked
it up. It is a 1999 5¢ (Euro) from France. Second tale: shipped a
package at the local USPS, paid cash and received a 1993 1/10 Balboa
from Panama in change.
Granted, not great finds, but still, enough to stir those numismatic
genes!
RWF
"Jud" <numis...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>While changing planes in Washington DC (Reagan National) the other
>day, I saw a coin at the bottom of the escalator. Of course, I picked
>it up. It is a 1999 5¢ (Euro) from France. Second tale: shipped a
>package at the local USPS, paid cash and received a 1993 1/10 Balboa
>from Panama in change.
I find foriegn coins in the reject chute of Coinstar machines in the
supermarkets around here.
Lots of Mexican, some Euro low denomination and the best find was a
British 1 pound coin.
Michael G. Koerner
Your 'Decimo de Balboa' is indeed identical to a USA Dime - Panama uses the
USA Dollar as its scrip and issues its own design coins with the same
sizes/compositions as their USA counterparts. It may well have also been
struck by the USMint, but that may depend on the year.
Does anyone have any more info on that?
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mazorj
"RWF" <R...@200901.invalid> wrote in message
Nice idea, I'll have to try that.
Aladdin Sane
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While sorting change to run through my wrapping machine, I came across a
1961-F 2 pfenning that looks in AU condition. I have no idea what its worth
but wonder how it made its way here in that condition.
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"Aladdin Sane" <jmaz...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Jud" <numis...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:b04fe327-bfb8-4a9c...@r40g2000yqj.googlegroups.com...
> Back on topic:
> While changing planes in Washington DC (Reagan National) the other
> day, I saw a coin at the bottom of the escalator. Of course, I picked
> it up. It is a 1999 5¢ (Euro) from France. Second tale: shipped a
> package at the local USPS, paid cash and received a 1993 1/10 Balboa
> from Panama in change.
> Granted, not great finds, but still, enough to stir those numismatic
> genes!
>
>
> While sorting change to run through my wrapping machine, I came across a
> 1961-F 2 pfenning that looks in AU condition. I have no idea what its
> worth but wonder how it made its way here in that condition.
>
Must be a lucky week for finds. Just this morning I was searching through a
roll of Lincolns and came across a Brascher Doubloon in what looks like VG
condition. Too bad it won't be an upgrade for the F/VF in the collection,
but you can't be lucky all the time. It's an odd find nonetheless.
(Oops. Sorry. Meant to post this to rec.prevaricator.calm)
mazorj
Well, OTOH, last week just for grins I bought a roll of halves that my
bank happened to have in the till. I've never seen a more beat-up
collection of Kennedy's in my life. No more than 5 were in good
enough circulated condition to go in some kid's Whitman folder. The
rest looked like they had been used as pucks for street hockey. Lots
of surface scratching and shallow nicks but no deep gouges or dents.
Talk about "cherry-picked"!
One thing that caught my eye was that 5-6 of them had the edge reeding
completely worn off. Not just weak, but almost entirely gone to the
naked eye. I don't collect halves, so I'm wondering if this is a
common wear pattern? They all were in the 1990-2000 date range and
otherwise looked like the other hockey pucks. Any thoughts out there
on how common this is and how it happens?
Jud
mazorj wrote:
>
> One thing that caught my eye was that 5-6 of them had the edge reeding
> completely worn off. Not just weak, but almost entirely gone to the
> naked eye. I don't collect halves, so I'm wondering if this is a
> common wear pattern? They all were in the 1990-2000 date range and
> otherwise looked like the other hockey pucks. Any thoughts out there
> on how common this is and how it happens?
Do you live in an area with a casino? Half dollars are not regularly
used in commerce, but are used in slot machines. Coins that go through
mechanisms often show a lot of wear on the edges.
mazorj
Not exactly near, but I'm in the market areas for the WV slots and
Atlantic City. I figured it might be slots wear, but are there any
post-1990 machines that take halves? IIRC halves were never very
popular even in the hey-day of coin-op slot machines. Silver dollars,
quarters and nickels seemed to dominate.
Bruce Remick
I haven't seen many slots that still take halves. Maybe it was someone who
had an older home 50¢ machine who got rid of the machine and decided to cash
in the coins it had been using.