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Valued Member
United States
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Last week I noticed I had a dollar bill in my pocket that had a star at the end of the number. This turned into 3 days of currency and coin collecting reading online about all kinds of various things. I'm a big collector of things, not sure why I never considered coins. For me the idea of finding rares and errors, interesting serial numbers on bills, etc., in everyday circulated money is really cool.
I work at a restaurant so starting this past Monday I began going through most bills that pass through my register daily looking for fancy serial numbers or errors, as well as looking through all change for rares and errors.
To supplement, I'll be strap searching 100 singles 4-6 times a week from the bank as well as hopefully 10-15 rolls of pennies. I'll post here weekly my finds in case anyone is interested.
Looking forward to chatting with you guys and seeing/posting some cool stuff!
This weeks summary:
(1) 1940 nickel
(1) 1957 Canadian Dime (the week's highlight haha)
(66) copper pennies
(3) Canadian copper pennies
(5) $1 star notes (none rare)
(3) $1 trinary serial numbers
I realize most of those are just spenders, but until I can start to amass a collection of real stuff worth keeping, this will keep me feeling a sense of accomplishment
Enjoying myself so far!
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Moderator
 United States
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Hey, that's what it's all about :)
Have fun and welcome to the CCF!
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 I agree, it is really cool to find interesting coins or serial numbers in your every day change. People are still finding silver certificates in circulation. Like you, I'm keeping some not-very-special notes and coins until I get better ones. So happy hunting and good luck! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Working at a cash register is something many collectors like myself would just love to do. The possibilities are endless in what you may find and those finds only cost face value so you won't have to worry about ever having paid too much. Coin and currency collecting is a fun and very addictive hobby once the bug bites. So, just have fun and enjoy your new hobby. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had been collecting coins for a while, but never currency. Then just like you, I found a star note in my change one day. So then my currency collection was born. Although I don't have any great bills, it gives yet another thing to look at in my change.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for the warm welcome guys... so far I've been saving copper and wheats and throwing everything else back. There are so many error and variety coins from the zincs that I don't know really which ones to look for! I was thinking just 92 Close AM and 98-00 Wide AM. I think a lot of the doubled dies are tough to spot and a novice such as myself would have a tough time finding them... thoughts? |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I've been keeping all the 2009 Lincoln cents that I come across -- unless they are really crummy.
I've also been keeping the westward journey nickels.
If you don't have a book on error coins, take a look on the bay and see what kinds of error coins are selling. Most of the errors are too tiny to see easily -- at my age, anyway. But you could pull those years and examine later.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sweet, one perk of a register job.
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