I Got Someone's 50 Cents Dump And A Winnipeg Dollar!

Finding anything that's not in circulation for face is great. I myself got about 60 halves and 25 dollars, all nickel, last month at a bank.

I think you're a fantastic friend... kudos to you!

Check the winnipeg dollar for it to be a double yolk variety.... and I'll have to look into the charlton to help you with the other questions you have about other varieties...

Great pick ups! I generally don't pass up on these at the banks either.. just for the novelty... I then give them to the gas station attendant or anyone else for small gratuities...

Thanks Ag! I've checked if the Winnipeg yesterday and couldn't see a second yoke. I saw a link from another post with all the reverse die varieties, I wouldn't be able to see those without magnification. My eyes are both myopic and astigmatic, so can't see close with glasses on, can't ses sharply with glasses off.
I usually go to a coin shop on Saturdays, perhaps I could ask to have a look the seller's Charlton. Won't hurt to ask

That's the reason I want to use this as a gift, the novelty value. Plus, it's alao a good size, not too small but not too big.

RoyalSilver, they didn't mint regular strike 50 cents in silver in '68. And also it's someone's dump so not really much chance finding silver. And yes, ask the bank every time you go, you might find interesting stuff. I found a crisp Devil's Face last week, so definitely ask if someone's turned in anything old

SlurEx97,

I think You did great with the coins. They seem to be hard to get there. A little easier in the US but not for Ike $$, lots of gold ones bu in mint rolls

You have a good idea for your friends grad cards. You seem like a very level headed young person. We need a lot more like you.

I have one grandson (12yrs old now) that I got into coins and it a good way to save for the college education

Well Slur.. after reading this thread I decided to go out for lunch... and stop by a bank.. .ended up picking up $19 in nickle dollars.. $1 U.S. approx $15 in .50 pieces and a multicoloured $20. Very very fun!

great haul

That's the page I was looking for, thanks kuh_85! My eyesight is now going due to myopia, I hope I won't get hypetmetropia in the future

Awesome, Ag! Talk about being in the right place at the right time Got a multicoloured $20 myself, worth face from wear, but still fun as it was my first!

garys64wildcat, it is quite difficult to find 50 cent pieces here. This is my first batch. I agree about collecting currency as a way to save up, because if you pay face value for them (as I do with the vast majority of my collection), you won't lose any money if they suddenly become non-collectible since it will always have a face value

lyradnoj, I figured that the busts will be like the ones on the RCMP quarter. I took a '81 and a '83 to compare to. If the bust looks like the '81, it's large, and vice versa. Mine is all large, someone must have sorted through them.

I checked the 72s, all of them has the S. Do all '72s have this kind of bad strikes on the crown? Mine does, here's an example I just grabbed one off the top of the pile.



By the way, found a weak strike while looking for the missing S. Look at the coronet, the mantling, torse and the crest, they look especially weak, even though the whole reverse is weak.



I did find one '68 that is missing A and almost missing I and E, so who knows what else the previous searcher or searchers missed? A huge speck of dust just had to decide to land on the coin when I was photographing it.



l had another look at the '78s and I think they're both square jewel.




I just looked up the 1979 round or pointed bust, I found pics on the PCGS site. Mine looks like they're all the same again, someone's picked out all the pointed busts. Don't know if anyone's noticed this before, but the denticle in between where II is pointing to looks a little misplaced on coins from 1979 to 1982.



And I have a feeling these two are a die match but I can't find any die chips or something to prove it, all I have are the similar hazy splotches on the left side of the coin, and the one on the left edge of the mantling. No die rotation too. Larger pics below.





The only thing I could match from the reverse is this elliptical thing. It doesn't show very well in photos, but they are identical in hand.



Larger pics of Coin 1



Larger pics of Coin 2



I can upload larger pics if anyone is curious and wants to see if it's a die match too.

By the way, if anyone wants to know what the card looks like, it looks like this, very easy to make







Edit: I found it! I found evidence for a reverse die match! Those two and four more coins have it There's a dot on the lion's left elbow you can barely see with the naked eye, and some (multiple horizontal and vertical) identical scratches in the background of the crown only visible under high magnification (I used 40x here, magnifying it by 100x will make it too dark) And I mentioned above there's a visible "elliptical thing" you can see without magnification.

Look at the lion's elbow here:




And look at the inside of the right loop in the crown. Many scratches both going vertical and horizontal, with two strong horizontal scratches. Sorry about the pic quality, this was the best I could get with that lighting.





I was doing this in the bio lab (where else do you expect to find microscopes?) and my teacher said, "How about you go into counterfeit detecting?"

LOL..probably the most well searched bags in town.