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United States
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1902 IHC at change at a 7-11 Retired USAF 1983-2003
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United States
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I'm your age. I grew up in Northern California. Buffaloes were common enough. Not every day, but not that uncommon. Mercs were also seen often enough. Franklins were seen up till the mid 80's. IHC were seen very infrequently but since I saved all of them that I found, I can tell you exactly how many I found in circulation; 3. Barbers were still out there, but very rare. I have one SLQ from then. And a half dozen walkers from then. Lastly 5 silver dollars. Though I they were more common and it was just that I never had much money at that time, and a dollar was a lot of money for a kid in the 60s and 70s. Heck you could still buy GSA dollars then, for that matter. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Born in the early 60's. Remember getting Franklin and WL halves (got one of each this year also!), dateless SL quarters, Mercury dimes, Buffalo and V-Nickles (got my last V nickel in 2009 or so!), Indian and wheat cents. Canadian (lived near the border) a couple George V (dateless) quarters; all dimes quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies from Geo VI-Elizabeth II. I never found but one Geo V nickel - never a Geo V penny. Oldest bills were 1928. |
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United States
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My wife manages a convenience store and a couple years ago she brought home 2 Indian Head cents and 1 Liberty nickel (not at the same time). These would be just from either the cash drawer or from rolls they received from their supplier. I guess there are still a few out there. |
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United States
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Around 1989, my wife at the time insisted on eating at Long John Silvers. I went along for the show. I paid for her meal and stuck the change back into my pocket. After leaving the restaurant, we stopped at a convenience store and I pulled out my change to round out my bill. To my surprise the Long John Silver had given me a 1913S Buffalo nickel. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I remember Mercury dimes and Franklin's as well pretty frequently. I forgot about this series and find it hard to call them classics because I remember seeing them so often. Probably the only reason I considered a Buffalo nickel was that it has been mentioned before I posted |
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 United States
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With the exception of two or three dateless Buffalo nickels, all of my Classic US coin circulation finds were actually roll finds. |
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Valued Member
United States
442 Posts |
a couple years ago I went to the movies with my parents and my dad handed me this penny and said "i cant read this what is the year on it?" I went home searched the penny front and back it was covered in dirt and grim but after 10 min I found the date it was a 1859 IHC which is what had started my interest in coin collecting and under all the dirt and grim is a beautiful IHC it must have come from a collection because it is near unc but has the nasty dirt covering it :( |
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United States
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The only classic coin I have found in circulation was a 1944 Mercury dime in the reject bin of a coinstar machine. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2362 Posts |
Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith Edited by cipster
11/27/2012 2:02 pm
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United States
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As a youth of the 80's, wheat pennies and Buffalo nickels were about the seemingly rarest things we came across, and my mom was into saving them. There was some old timer at the local swap meet with a table full of old coins, most of wich I didn't pay much attention to. If I only knew then... |
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United States
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I haven't searched half dollar rolls for a couple of years but I had found a couple of Barbers. Just recently I got a 1922 Peace dollar from one of my favorite banks for finds. Found a 1907 Indian cent with a hole in it a couple of weeks ago. They are out there, you just are not very likely to have them handed to you in change for your morning coffee. They reside mostly in bank deposits from older people and the reject tray of Coinstars. |
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Canada
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Once in a great while a silver coin. But a few times a year I still get wheat cents in my change.
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 United States
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I still do get a few wheaties every year, though I don't consider them to be "classic"--they are Lincolns, after all. When I was young they were pretty easy to find. I remember a friend of mine thought the wheat stalks looked more like feathers, and referred to them as such.
Every year or two I also find a silver Roosy or Washington. But again, they're modern coins, not classics.
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United States
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I work in a gas station and with the exception of my IHC and the V nickels I purchased from Littleton (I know, I know . . . it was a set of three classic coins for $5, lemme 'lone), almost all of my US coins are from circulation. Just today I brought home an AU 1971 Ike, two Jeffersons (1947 and 48), and a 1939 Lincoln. I know these are not classics, but the fact that all of them came in one day and I don't consider this unusual should speak volumes. In the last year I've gotten over 40 pieces of silver (including two Mercury dimes and a Peace dollar a customer tumbled out onto the counter that I proceeded to purchase from him for $10), three buffs, two IHC, 13 silver certs (five given to a coworker, so I still have 7) and ALMOST got two Franklins (another customer snatched 'em up before I could), along with quite the set of LWC, all out of my drawer. I also have stories from my coworkers: One brought me a Morgan that some folks on the forum might remember helping me grade, one found an entire roll of silver dimes "normal ones, Mercury dimes and ones with some guy on them" (Barber, I'd bet), and one of my coworkers who's been doing this for 10+ years said someone once handed her a "funny-looking bill" that turned out to be even older than a silver cert; I don't know what it was, but daaaaaaaaang. And then, of course, my mom has the granddaddy of them all: an 1849 California gold piece handed to her in exchange for a copy of The Amazing Spider-Man in 1982. |
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