Favorite Coin You Found On The Ground.

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MontCollector Pillar of the Community United States 2403 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 2:46 pm Ok so I asked what everyone's Dream coin is. Now I want to know what your favorite coin you picked up off the ground. I don't mean metal detecting, I mean like in a parking lot or in the street. Something like that. I know every coin collector out there can't resist picking up that coin even if it is just a penny. Mine is a 1921 sixpence I found in a Target parking lot 6 years ago. Not worth much...but kind of unusual to find in the US. Probably confused for a dime as that is what I thought I had found when I spotted it. What's yours and where did you pick it up at? Report this Post to the Staff

Pistareen Valued Member United States 309 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 3:46 pm I eyeballed a 1962 silver quarter and 1930 Buffalo nickel on a sloping hillside next to street parking in Old Town Alexandria. A small patch of green in front of brick apartments the next time I looked it had been mulched and landscaped. No telling what a detector would find there. Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 4:08 pm I once found $80 in a parking lot. Does that count? Report this Post to the Staff
DL20K Pillar of the Community Poland 3201 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 4:10 pm Several years ago I found a 1889 German 10 pfennig coin on the pavement right in front of a shop entrance. Completely black but otherwise relatively undamaged. I still wonder what they were trying to pass it for As this is western Poland, formerly German territory, I assume such a coin would be a common detecting find. But finding it without a detector - and without digging is another story! Report this Post to the Staff
Dennman Valued Member Canada 496 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 5:24 pm Just found a 1996 Cdn. penny in our muddy horse field.Nothing special ordinarily but it just happens to be the year the Mrs. and I teamed up.April 2016 is 20 yrs. together.It's now my pocket piece. Report this Post to the Staff
Paul Bulgerin Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 04/06/2016 5:47 pm In early November 2014, while metal detecting several old houses that had been torn down a few blocks from my house, I looked down and saw a coin lying on the dirt. I picked it up, took it home, cleaned it up and found myself with a real nice 1900 Indian Head cent. I didn't even need to use my detector on it. By far my best surface find. Paul Bulgerin Report this Post to the Staff
fistfulladirt Pillar of the Community United States 4333 Posts	Posted 04/10/2016 07:05 am I have found various coins on the ground over the years. The earliest that I can recall was an 1883 'no cents' V nickel that was eyeballed in the flower bed of one of my father's rental homes in the city about 35 years ago. I took that coin to school - showed it to a buddy in metal shop class, he says "let me shine it up" and proceeds to put it against the wire wheel! Another was a 1972 German 10 Mark silver Olympics commemorative that I found on the pavement near a home having a garage sale. That would've been about 1976. I still have these coins. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors... Roll hunting since '77 Dirt fishing since '72 Edited by fistfulladirt 04/10/2016 07:06 am Report this Post to the Staff
jleveille Valued Member United States 371 Posts	Posted 04/10/2016 5:21 pm 1921 Morgan dollar I found on the fairway of a golf course 4-5 years ago was the highlight of all my ground finds. I also got a 1958 Washington quarter in the change bin of the soda machine at work a few years ago. Report this Post to the Staff
hozer Valued Member United States 422 Posts	Posted 04/10/2016 8:23 pm Every coin is my favorite Report this Post to the Staff
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