Post Your Change Jar Finds

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COTW - I disagree. That ear detail makes it look more like a F-12 or even F-15. I think those wheat stocks just have too much dirt on them.

F details IMHO.

For thanksgiving, I went up to Bellingham (a small city near the Canadian border) to visit my family. My grandmother hosts it every year, and while I was there, I got permission to search through a small jar of change. There was nothing picture-worthy, but I got a wheatie (1946), two Canadians (1940, 1970) and a handful of copper Lincolns. I also got permission to search through my grandfather's HUGE bowl of cents next time I'm at his house (he gives them out to kids on Halloween).
When I arrived in Bellingham, at Squalicum Marina, they had a change machine by the marina office. I fed the machine $11 and searched through the quarters later. I wasn't getting anything, but then I picked up the very last coin and this is what I got:





I put in another $7 the next day, but with no luck.

A rough looking proof, but still a nice find.

One of my good friends owed another friend $35 and paid him with a ziploc bag of change today. Taking out the toonies and loonies, I got approximately $20 to look through. Not sure if it came from a jar but it counts. Here is a breakdown.

5 pennies - 2009, 1961 . American: 2012, 1984D, 1979D
38 nickels - 4 nickel (10.5%), 3 cupronickel (7.9%)
50 dimes - 10 nickel (20%). American: 2006D
53 quarters - 5 nickel (9.4%). American: 1985P and a nice 1969D

Yup, it counts. Nice spread.

That was a nice surprise.

Yes. Yes we will.

Nice find!