Found in change
Jud
first one in a REAL long time. Got a 2004-S Jefferson (Peace reverse)
nickel at a local convenience store yesterday. It stuck out like a
sore thumb. Not worth much, but still fun to find. Brought back
memories of when you used to be able to find collectible coins in your
change.
Beanie
"Jud" <numis...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I get the Jefferson commem nickels frequently in change.
Ocean in View seems the most common and the buffalo the least.
Bremick
"Beanie" <b...@ea.ne> wrote in message news:ilqefa$n86$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
I very seldom see any of the "new" types of nickels at all. I have seen far
more of the new "shield" Lincolns than the previous commem reverses. And it
may seem odd, but I still get more pre-state quarters in change than state
ones. I've yet to notice a National Park one. Glad I live in a time warp.
Beanie
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I haven't rec'd a Nat Parks quarter in change yet but I do get plenty of state
ones and pre-state ones.
What I don't see much of is the Bicentenial quarters, although I did receive one
fairly recently.
I also see more of the new shield cents than the 2009 commems.
I rather like the shield design. It looks especially nice in frosted proof too.
Haven't gotten a wheat back cent in quite some time either.
I see one dealer in Coin World is offering $1.50/roll, sight unseen and he
offers ridiculously low prices for the other items he wants, which leads me to
think Wheaties have to be worth at least 5 cents each, if not more.
OTOH, I know that even non-collectors horde them, plus there were billions of
them minted, so how rare can they be?
Jud
cents, 6 National Parks Quarters, maybe a dozen or so D.C. and
Territories Quarters since they came out. They just haven't found
their way up to mid-coast Maine. I find a wheat cent every now and
again, maybe 15-25 per year. About 6 months ago I got a silver war
nickel in change, and remember remarking to my girlfriend that it was
worth about a dollar. Now, it's closer to 2 dollars.
Just for fun I started collecting P & D States Quarters out of
circulation after they stopped minting them, and am still missing 18,
all of them Denver mint, although I did get a Utah D Quarter today. I
wonder how many more years it will be before I complete that
collection. Brings me back 50+ years ago when I first started
collecting coins out of circulation.
Jud -Old Codger-
Bremick
Sounds like a fun way to pass the time for those of us who miss the old time
collecting challenge. Probably completing such a set would be only for self
satisfaction, but I'd bet it still would be hard to just go spend them once
the set was completed. (I suspect you could get more than "face" for the
set on eBay.) Also, when you reach that point where you only need a couple
more, it might be hard to resist stopping by the local coin shop and paying
fifty cents apiece for them, rather than wait x more years to find them in
change.
oly
> "Jud" <numismat...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I've recieved all of the ATB Quarters in change during the last three
weeks, two Hot Springs, two Yosemites, one of each of the others
including one Gettysburg.
I've also recieved several U.S. Virgin Islands Quarters during the
same time period.
So maybe some improvement in the economy (not huge, but noticeable) is
loosening the new coin channels...
oly
Jerry Dennis
Nice find. About two weeks ago I pulled a 1944-S War Nickel out of my
pocket. When I was grabbing coins for change the color hit me, and I
knew I had silver. I flipped it over, saw that big "S," and almost
wet my pants. I haven't found a silver nickel in well over 20 years.
Jerry
Simple pleasures and all.
Jerry Dennis
The Scene: 20 years from now. Jud and Jerry sitting on a porch.
It's a warm summer evening.
Jerry: Damned coin collectors today; they think they got it rough.
They don't know what rough is. Remember back in 1999 when the State
Quarters came out? Everybody trying to get them all, Ps didn't make
it to the West Coast. Ds didn't make it to the East Coast? And what
about that clad garbage they passed off as money back in 1965? I tell
ya, kids today don't know s***.
Jud: Ah-ya.
Jerry
Trying my best Maine-er accent.
Jerry Dennis
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Either that or the economy is so bad people are spend their newly
minted "collections." As for my circulation finds, STILL two DC-Ps,
one PR-P, and nothing more for 2009, 2010, and/or 2011. But I can
still get all the Presibux I want.
Jerry
Justt picked up Andrew Johnson Ps.
oly
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I just got five each of Millard Fillmore, James Buchanan, Abraham
Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, all "D" mintmarks. 20 coins for a $20
FRN.
It was at a bank I was examining last two weeks; they seemed to be
interested in getting the coins out to the public, but they had less
than two rolls of each on hand and they didn't have all the
Presidents, not by any means. The bank had three offices, so maybe
they had to spread their coins over three locations. Kinda odd.
oly
Jud
quarters, but just Presidential dollars and anything 'quirky'. We
don't trade full rolls anymore, but just 5 coins each, my 'P's' for
his 'D's', and to cut down on postage costs, we only do it when all of
the current year dollars have been released. Still, he sent me a roll
of UNC 2010-D cents and I sent him a couple ATB quarters that
miraculously appeared. I have just started seeing some 2010-P dimes in
circulation, but still no nickels.
Nostalgia time: I remember when I first started collecting (1955) my
parents would get me a roll each of pennies, nickels, dimes, and
quarters for me to pick through on Friday nights. I could only keep
the ones that I had holes for in my Whitman 'push-in' folders. I would
regularly upgrade the ones I already had as well. 'Mercury' dimes were
plentiful as well as 'Buffalo' nickels. When I got the occasional roll
of half dollars, Walking Liberty halves were also just about as common
as Franklins. I did find a number of Standing Liberty quarters,
although they all were in pretty sad shape, including a lot of 1917's
that I couldn't read the date, but kept them anyway hoping for one of
them to be a 1916. I also did find a few Indian Head cents and 'V'
nickels in those rolls, but that was rare. I also kept silver war
nickels, 1943 steel cents, and any coins with a 'S' mintmark.
Ahhh, those were the days! So many different coins in circulation. I
guess that's why I am in favor of the States Quarter program, along
with the Territorials, ATB, Lincoln cent varieties of 2009, and the
Presidential dollars. Without them, kids these days would have a
pretty boring time. I think it was a shot in the arm for numismatics.
Jud -Old Codger-
Beanie
and Buffalo nickels.
I was able to fill a lot of the holes in my blue Whitman books from circulation
finds.
Mercury dimes, SL quarters and Walking Liberty half dollars were still in active
circulation, as were Morgan and Peace dollars.
A half dollar was a lot of money to a grade school kid in those days, so I
really couldn't afford to collect halves.
Even quarters put a strain on my meager budget in those days!
Halves circulated freely in those days but not at all today and I often wonder
why that is.
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Jud
> Halves circulated freely in those days but not at all today and I often wonder
> why that is.
Yeah, half dollars were common, but worth a hell of a lot too! My
first job in 1965 was at minimum wage, $1.25 per hour, $60 per week,
$50 after taxes. It has been my contention that we used halves in
commerce right up until 1963. After the Kennedy assassination
everybody wanted Kennedy halves, even standing in line to get them. As
we all know, 1964 was the last year of silver coins (not counting the
40% Kennedys) so people not only hoarded Kennedy halves, but knowing
that silver coins were going bye-bye the following year, all silver
coins started disappearing very quickly in 1965. Because the 1965-1969
(and the '70-D) Kennedy halves did contain 40% silver, they also
quickly disappeared from circulation. That means that from 1964-1969
people just didn't use half dollar coins, they hoarded them. That's
how long it takes for people to forget about using them. At least,
that's my opinion!
Jud -Old Codger-
Bremick
"Beanie" <b...@ea.ne> wrote in message news:iltc0b$1g9$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
> When I started collecting coins in the 1950s, I concentrated on Lincoln
> cents and Buffalo nickels.
> I was able to fill a lot of the holes in my blue Whitman books from
> circulation finds.
> Mercury dimes, SL quarters and Walking Liberty half dollars were still in
> active circulation, as were Morgan and Peace dollars.
> A half dollar was a lot of money to a grade school kid in those days, so I
> really couldn't afford to collect halves.
> Even quarters put a strain on my meager budget in those days!
> Halves circulated freely in those days but not at all today and I often
> wonder why that is.
Maybe because half dollars seemed to have practical value; you could buy
lots of neat stuff with a one back then. Two weeks allowance for me in the
early fifties. Two Saturday matinees, five comic books, ten candy bars,
fifty gum card packs, etc. Today the half would just be one more coin to
toss in a change jar at the end of the day. Trying to ever overcome its
current "novelty" status would be like putting toothpaste back in the tube,
IMO.
Beanie
When I lived in NYC in the 90s, I used to get a roll of half dollars every week
at the bank.
After harvesting whatever silver coins there were (usually a couple of 40%ers
and an occasional - very occasional - 90%er), I'd hand out the rest to the local
panhandlers over the course of the week.
The panhandlers used to ask for a quarter and were more than happy to get half a
buck (enough then for a cup of coffee or a donut).
Now they ask for a dollar (good luck on that, guys!)
Bremick
"Beanie" <b...@ea.ne> wrote in message news:iltmck$v01$1...@speranza.aioe.org...
The one thing a dollar might buy today in NYC is two rolls of pennies. Or
maybe not.
oly
Geez Louise, I got a 1977-S clad proof quarter at the donut shop late
this afternoon.
I must have been there right after the person who spent it, it is
still MOL pristine.
First time I've gotten a proof coin since I lived in Jacksonville,
Illinois (which means before mid-1995). Maybe the third or fourth
proof coin I've ever encountered in change.
Is RCC magic??? Could somebody please find a Charles II Five Guineas
in change and then maybe I could too???
oly
Jerry Dennis
May be. And it's contagious. Last week my son (Kennedy halves and
Prezibux collector) gave me an MD-S proof Statehood Quarter that he
found in the register. He said it caught his eye because it was
really "shiny."
Jerry
Seriously infected with RCC magic.
mazorj
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Unfortunately, the only "RCC Magic" I've been able to perform is turning
shiny new dollar coins into muddy, corroded disks by carrying them in my
pocket. :-[
I'm always astonished when a proof strike of a coin shows up in circulation.
What's with that?
I can understand breaking rolls and bags of uncirculated coins either to
"spread the joy" or as a variant of raiding the piggy bank. But except for
rare mint errors, proofs go out into the world encased in special Mint
packaging. Any doofus can see that there's something special about them,
even if they have no idea what "proof" means. The original collector/owner
knows that he can get quite a bit more than face value even from a rip-off
dealer. So any proof strike out in the wild must be the result of stupidity
or desperation in the extreme, or it was stolen and cracked open to buy
crack.
- mazorj
"The proof is in the pudding? What idiot put it there?"
Bremick
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You know where to buy crack for a few coins?? Must be an "introductory
offer".
oly
> "Jerry Dennis" <JDen1...@aol.com> wrote in message
Donuts are a form of crack here in Springfield - remember Homer
Simpson???
oly
mazorj
"oly" <oly...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> I can understand breaking rolls and bags of uncirculated coins either to
> "spread the joy" or as a variant of raiding the piggy bank. But except for
> rare mint errors, proofs go out into the world encased in special Mint
> packaging. Any doofus can see that there's something special about them,
> even if they have no idea what "proof" means. The original collector/owner
> knows that he can get quite a bit more than face value even from a rip-off
> dealer. So any proof strike out in the wild must be the result of
> stupidity
> or desperation in the extreme, or it was stolen and cracked open to buy
> crack.
>
> - mazorj
> "The proof is in the pudding? What idiot put it there?"
<
< Donuts are a form of crack here in Springfield - remember Homer Simpson???
<
< oly
Yeah, and I feel Homer's pain. In my youth I could easily down half a box
in one sitting. An hour later, I could finish off the other half. Which is
why I avoid them now except on rare occasions.
Not that I would, but if anything were to tempt me to spend some proof
coinage, it would be for donuts!
Token On-Topic Note: How about a commem coin to the donut? Of course it
would have a hole in the middle!
Beanie
Lard Lad is now featured in the opening sequence of The Simpsons
oly
> "oly" <oly2...@aol.com> wrote in message
They could do a commemorative coin for the centennial of the World War
I "Doughboys" - I think World War I solidified the concept and
practice of donutry in the American pysche and experience!!!
oly
mazorj
oly
===========================
One online dictionary speculates that "doughboy" as slang for a soldier
actually goes back to the buttons on Civil War uniforms, though WW1 did
elevate the term to the national lexicon.
If there's an identifiable individual who invented the toroid form and/or
the phonetically simpler spelling of "donut" for this delicacy, I say give
him his own commemorative stamp, too.
Jerry Dennis
> I'm always astonished when a proof strike of a coin shows up in circulation.
> What's with that?
<snipped for brevity>
> - mazorj
> "The proof is in the pudding? What idiot put it there?"
Sadly, there's one way that I have personal knowledge. Back in the
mid to late 1970s my brother-in-law (pre-teen back then) had a proof
set (I don't know the year, but there was an Ike in it). Back then,
his now-deceased grandfather was an alcoholic and "needed" a drink.
He found the proof set, broke it open, and ran to the local pub,
spending all of it.
On a lighter note, my son also got a 1972-S Ike in the till about ten
years ago. He showed it to me, asking if it was anything special
because the color looked different. I told him somebody opened an
uncirculated silver Ike package and spent it. He still has it, and
I'd grade it about an AU-50. Yes, it saw some circulation before he
got it.
Jerry
How come my kid gets more good stuff than I do?
oly
The out-of-package 40% Silver Ike really out to be sold in the current
market.
Take the proceeds (and some other money) and have a nice evening at an
Italian restaurant or pizzaria.
Use the Ike money towards the wine.
oly
oly
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"really ought"