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United States
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I lucked into a 1926 Canadian cent with a full crown.
A bunch of wheats, and some silver dimes and war nickles.
However, last saturday I got a 1 cent coin from Zambia in change as a penny
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 United States
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Very nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
Just got a 1910 Wheatie from my drawer at work...  |
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United States
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Excellent! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2233 Posts |
Found a 1946S Wheatie as change from a Fred's a few days ago.
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Valued Member
United States
223 Posts |
My mom called me the other day and asked me if I wanted a 1943 nickel. I said yes, and asked her what letter was above Monticello on the reverse. She said that it was an S. She didn't even notice the S, she just knows that I collect pre 1960 nickels. She saw the nickel in her hand because it looked old.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Nice! War Nickels are always a great find, and it's especially nice when you've got your family/friends looking for you.  |
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United States
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My wife has all the luck. It also seems like the 1943-S War Nickel is common now.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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43-S is the most common date I find, too.
Yesterday I got a 2008 Euro from Malta in my change. I assume it's not rare, but I'll keep it, as I've never found any circulating Maltese coins.
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Slovenia
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Numisma: That's great! They are not really rare, but even here (Slovenia) months could pass without seeing a single Maltese coin :D
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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I actually had to go to Malta to get hold of some Maltese Euro coins from circulation. Not really a punishment, though.  Anyway, according to my information, 14 million of them have been struck with '2008' on them. If you find another year, you really have a FIND, as mintage is between 25.000 and 50.000. Anyway, where did you get your Maltese Euro in change? I see that you're form the USA, but you didn't really get it there, I assume? |
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United States
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I live in the US and you'd be surprised at what shows up in change from time to time. The strangest find I must have had was an 1861 British half penny.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks, I'm glad to hear it's fairly uncommon. When you said '14 million of them have been struck with '2008' on them', did you mean they weren't all minted that year? Quote:
Anyway, where did you get your Maltese Euro in change? I see that you're form the USA, but you didn't really get it there, I assume? I'm in Mallorca for the month. Edited by Numisma
07/18/2016 4:40 pm
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Slovenia
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Oh, I thought you found it in US :D
Still a neat find. Keep your eye out for coins from smaller countries (Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Luxembourg, micro states ...).
bugo: Yes, one finds all sorts of things. My strangest find from circulation was 1908 10 heller (Austrian empire).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I guess the Maltese coins are more common than I thought- I got another today, same date and denomination. And yes, I'm keeping an eye out for coins from any of the smaller countries.
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