What Is Your Best Find?

VOTE! The find of the decade! Not only that, it was one of the first few found. Wasn't it like #3 found?

i found a 1944 D/S Coneca: OMM-002 in a 1000 Wheat penny lot I bought in 2008 on ebay in 2008, I've since sold it for $175 to another collector

i am not a big fan of buying lots from anybody on ebay any more

i have found alot of nice stuff over the years, but that is my rarest find

SDcoinguy It was a 1909D gold half eagle in a quarter roll. I remember the day well guy infront of me at the bank wiped out all the cwr of cents and nickels so I bought all the halves and about $100 in quarters. I don't usually search halves quarters or dimes and when I do look only for the silver and obvious anomalies. The teller even mentioned that the one roll of quarters seemed different, I told her I didn't mind and went home, that roll had about 10 actual quarters, a couple of 1 euro coins(slightly smlr than qtr), several 50L coins (slightly lgr than qtr) a half dozen slugs that looked to be from old electrical boxes and the gold half eagle coin(slightly smlr than qtr). After finding it I went back but the bank was closed and I didn't get a chance to visit again for about a week. It is now my second favorite bank.

BT It was the second found and I agree the find of the decade, but it is a new decade :)

Kie

About 20 years ago I found a VF 1955-S dime in my change. I was so shocked, I dropped it on the floor.

Most exiting had to be my 1970d half dollar. For any half hunter that elusive 70d may not be the most expensive find, but very rewarding.

Also found $206.50 face value in 40% halves from a bank near my house. That helped pay the bills!

My 88 rdv-006 from rolls. Then a gift from my ex girlfriend that bought me 2 rolls of Indian Head cents. They were all heavily circulated, but about 25 different dates. Very cool. I was stoked to get them.

1) 1923s SLQ in VF for $1, in a dealer's junk box several years ago. His main business was and still is RAM mint products and stamps. At the time, I wasn't into American, and it was certainly not his speciality either. At the time, I didn't know what I was buying, and he didn't know what he was selling.

2)1827 British copper penny in good fine for $2. Very scarce in Australia, but very rare in Britain in top grade.

3) A 1964 British penny, for $1, fully struck up in uncirculated, but thin and only 70% of the correct weight. Unlisted for this date, as an underweight error, but later dates known. I have since found out exactly how and why mint officials produced my coin.

All three came from dealers' junk boxes.

4) Colourised NCLT $1 coin pulled from circulation.

5)Paid $900 10 years ago for an Aureus of Augustus, from a dealer who used to work for Seaby's in London. Good fine condition.