Interesting Find From Circulation

I went to Houston for the Chicago Cubs games, and ended up getting this 10 pesos from the Republic of Chile out of the change return in a vending machine. Not sure what year it is, because it says 1973 on the front, and 1989 on the back.


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5.6 KBThe front also has the number 11-1X on the left side of the winged lady and what looks like a 0 above an S on the right side. Kind of a cool coin, but I am not into foreign coins. If any body is interested in the coin, let me know and I will send I tou.
Randy

Interesting. We were in Chile last spring and picked up some similar coins.

congrats!

1960 D Washington quarter. AU.

1968 D Kennedy half

Received in change at a convenience store.

First half dollar I've seen in a long time.

Pulled this out of a $500 box of halves.


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It's called Scotch & Soda. Basically its a magic trick where you put two coins in a persons hand (a mexican coin and a half dollar), tell them to close their hand and squeeze hard so you cant steal the mexican coin from them and the mexican coin 'disappears'.

I have to tell you guys about the last two boxes I searched. I bought both boxes from the same bank, on the same day, and they were packed and inspected on the same day by the same inspector. These boxes are a perfect example of the feast or famine principle in roll hunting that I have experienced.

In the first box the first roll I grab looks short--even before I unroll it. I think 'now way' and unroll it. Yep, it only had 19 halves in that roll. Now I'm thinking 'great, I opened the first roll and I'm already in the hole'. I proceed to unroll the rest of that box and find nothing--no 40%, no 90%, no proofs---not only did I not find anything, I'm short $0.50 . We had some friends visiting and the wife was wondering what I was doing so I told her and she said 'looks like alot of work' (especially since you didn't find anything is what she was thinking but was too nice to say that).

In the second box it doesn't take me very long to start finding 40% and several rolls early on had multiple finds--I think the most I pulled out of one roll was one 90% and four 40%. What a contrast to the first box. I keep unrolling and I keep finding more and more until I come to a 1964 proof in flawless condition . I stop and tell my wife that she has to come see this. By now I have a pretty good stack of 40% building and now my visitors are understanding why I search rolls. Anyway I keep searching and continue to pull out more and more 40% and an occasional 90%. Then it happened......I found a 40% 1776-1976S in flawless condition do they make a 1976S in 40%? I get my book and sure enough they list a 40% Bicentennial (don't go away it gets better!) I am beside myself--I didn't even know such a coin existed and to find one in such great condition.....I almost forgot that I was down 50 cents on the first box. Ok now for the best find....a few rolls later after I pull out some more 40% I pull out another flawless 90% coin.....a 1963 Franklin that looks like it just came from the mint other than some finger prints (not mine) . I look in the book and it lists -65FBL and -65CAM under 1963. What does -65FBL mean? and Does -65CAM stand for mint state 65 cameo finish? I'll have to post some pictures of these coins because I cannot accurately describe their condition in terms of a grade but they all will grade high in my opinion.

So in that second box I pulled out:

43 40% (one was a 40% Bicentienniel in MS condition)
7 90% (1964 proof in flawless condition and a 1963 in MS condition that is so mirrored that it looks like a proof coin)

Here are a couple questions. I would like to send the Franklin in to get it graded. Is it worth it? Should I try to remove the finger prints first, and if so is acetone the best way or could it possibly dull the mirror finish?

When I get to work on Monday I'll scan some pictures and either post them here or in the 'found in circulation' thread.