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 Posted 08/11/2014  2:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaytR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Fascinatig stuff , was the 2p still shiny ?
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 Posted 08/11/2014  5:48 pm  Show Profile   Check NumisRob's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add NumisRob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
DaytR - Yes, it still had a bit of lustre around the lettering and in the lower parts of the design.
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 Posted 08/15/2014  2:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaytR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This morning I came across this lovely 5p, I spotted it just as was about to step on it .... judging by the damage I figure it was there over night ,its still in decent shape ....


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Interestingly enough, on the subject of 5p coins, the last 24hrs has been incredible - yesterday I found six abandoned 5p coins (shown below) in the self service checkout change receptacle ,

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4 x shiny new 2014 coins and one was a 2013 and one was circulated but still a bit shiny 2012 ....



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 Posted 08/15/2014  2:39 pm  Show Profile   Check NumisRob's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add NumisRob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Weird - I found a shiny 2013 5p on the floor of the gents' restroom at my workplace today.
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 Posted 08/15/2014  2:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaytR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting stuff, given the location I am wondering how did you pick it up ?
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 Posted 08/15/2014  3:52 pm  Show Profile   Check NumisRob's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add NumisRob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Interesting stuff, given the location I am wondering how did you pick it up ?


In a bit of tissue paper, then I rinsed it in the sink. It looked pretty clean actually and was nowhere near the actual lavatory.
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 Posted 08/16/2014  10:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moralclimate to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Wrong thread surely, shouldn't this go under 'Sewer searching'?
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 Posted 08/25/2014  1:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaytR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What a wet day it is today , but good things tend to come on wet days ......

The shiny penny was next to huge puddle and even with the dull light I couldnt miss its shiny gleam , then around 4 minutes later just by the road was the 20p. Its my first 2014 20p, ironically , and it has been driven over a few times (see reverse around the lettering "Twenty" and below the bottom lions leg)


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... at least its no longer lonely out there in the wet cold .
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 Posted 08/30/2014  1:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaytR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I came across this 2010 dated 5p on a busy road while going past a green painted cafe I sometimes go past.The obverse was more or less perfect but the reverse was less than nice (see image below)

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........maybe someone dropped it after one too many latte`s


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 Posted 09/06/2014  3:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaytR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A 50p

A came across this one by an odd coincidendence, there was a lady unloading heavy stuff from an automobile and the pavement in that part of town was narrow so I decided to try and go round her and .......bingo ! I saw somwthing on the road . I figure this one was there for less than 4 hours as it hadnt been driven over hence its immaculate shape....




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 Posted 09/09/2014  12:45 pm  Show Profile   Check NumisRob's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add NumisRob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yay! I picked up a 1983 £1 coin from the road as I walked home from work this evening!

It was in good shape and had no obvious recent damage, so it can't have been there long!

Off-topic, but earlier today I was getting some paper clips from a stationery cupboard at work and thought I could see the edge of a coin stuck at the back of the drawer! I managed to extract it - and am now the proud owner of a 2004 East Caribbean 5 cents!
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 Posted 09/10/2014  4:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaytR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I picked up a 1983 £1 coin from the road as I walked home from work this evening!



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I managed to extract it - and am now the proud owner of a 2004 East Caribbean 5 cents!


Well done, that is superb
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 Posted 09/12/2014  10:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Silver Handle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Found this today. Quite a few 64's , none so elegant.

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 Posted 09/12/2014  11:38 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chequer to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I found this on a road near the entrance to a secluded beach in an industrial section of the city. It's a little bent too. 1974 copper Canadian cent.

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 Posted 09/13/2014  1:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DaytR to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
interesting stuff Silver Handle & chequer

I got a good haul off the road today



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After an inspiring afternoon I came across the 2011 penny (on the left) in the middle of the main thoroughfare and picked it up while traffic whizzed by , barely 10 minutes later I got the 2001 penny (in the middle)by an adjoining road ......then while crossing another thoroughfare , right in the middle I sp0tted a small round silver looking round object (the 2013 5p on the right) and I knew it was something familiar !

Looking from left to right -as the day went by the road coins I picked were getting better looking anyway I am loving this Extreme coin collecting





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