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Valued Member
Canada
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Can't recall about my Canadian coins, but the other day I went to the post office to buy stamps and got a 1943 US steel penny in my change. Didn't realize it until I got home. At first I thought it was a dime.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Went through a box of cents, the other day, and found a 1920 Canada cent, along with 10 Wheats, 7 King George's  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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I got 1906, 1903, 1904 indian heads and a 1919 us penny!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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SNOWMAN, hi, just wondering if you still have that 1936 Canadian dime?
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Valued Member
Canada
94 Posts |
I found a 1914 American dime in a box of coins. It's one of the coins that has inspired me to start coin collecting.
My father used to put all the interesting coins he found in a box as well, so I have some pretty old coins in there that I am currently cataloging, such as a large cent from 1918 IIRC and a deux francs French coin from 1923. I don't know if these count though, as I technically found them in a box of change but they were already places there by someone else!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My oldest finds: Penny: 1890 indian (roll). Nickel: 1939 jefferson (roll). Dime: 1943 mercury (found in hallway). Quarter: 1962 canadian (change). Half: 1955 franklin (bank). Dollar: 1979 SBA (bank). |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I waited 4 days for the banks open so today I got 2 pennies boxes after look trough 1000 coins only found 1959 ms 60 plus a1951 and a au 1956 and 2 Canada pennies is so little for 1000 coins I'm starting to think I just find a bank where someone dump his coins it's a very sadfeeling but still have 3000 more coins to go so I hope I'm wrong and find some goodies until the end but I really want give up on these boxes damm ! What you guys use to do when you go trough 1500 coins and don't find nothing interesting ?
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Valued Member
Canada
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About a year ago I was given a 1956 quarter back as change after buying a coffee at a truck stop. Nice chunk of silver.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm not sure if I posted this before,so bear with me.It's not the oldest find in circulation.Maybe it should be under "Unusual finds in circulation/change".2 years ago while heading to algonquin for a 10 day camping trip,we stopped off at Peterborough for a quick snack at a Harveys hamburger place.I received in change two(2)1949 silver quarters.I was very surprised.Since then I've always wondered "what else was in that till?"
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Valued Member
 Canada
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omg! me, I would have told the cashier to gave me all the quarters he have! not only one but 2 at same time is quite unusual where they in good condition maybe he or she got in the way with and old roll of 1949 quaters!.. Bu! hahaha
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just received in change a beat up 1850 Liberty Seated dime. I got it at a gas station in Angier, NC when I picked up my mail. It is older than the 1854 or 1876 dimes that I got when I was a kid but that was 50 years ago. Never thought I would see another Seated Liberty in change. People just never look at their pocket change. |
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Valued Member
Canada
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1938 & 1941 Newfoundland 1 cent coins.
Found them when I was in costal Labrador community of 400 people in the 1970s. The coins just appeared in my pocket change. There was a lot of older coins there because there wasn't either bank and the money kept circulating among the people and the 5 small businesses in the community.
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United States
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