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In a roll of cents from a local bank, I recently found an 1878 Indian cent (my first ever). In change (at different times), I received a 1935 Buffalo nickel in VF condition (the young cashier likely thought it was a foreign coin), 2 silver Roosevelt dimes (1946 and 1959), and 2 more Indian cents (1891 in poor damaged condition and 1907 in VG condition). It seems very strange that there were Indians still circulating in the same week in my area. Perhaps someone may have dumped a collection at some point. |
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Wow. Consider yourself very lucky! Congratulations!
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Nice finds!  Yes, it could have been a collection dump, even if it were a modest one. |
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Nice finds!
Silver in ordinary change is not something I come across too often.
I long ago stopped using my debit card at gas stations, retail stores, etc just so I can get the change. My wife thinks I'm crazy. :)
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At Walgreens the other day I saw a half dollar in the cash drawer and asked the clerk if I could have it as part of my change. Turns out it was a 1967 in remarkably good shape save for a contact smudge on the face. I think a half hour in the rock tumbler should take care of that smudge nicely.  Other recent finds have been fairly sparse with a few older nickles, a Canadian dime and a couple wheat pennies. I usually end up with at least 3 or 4 coins saved a week from change, including Ike's and SBA's, NIFC coins, pre-1983 pennies, pre-1960 nickles and any foreign or Canadian coins and of course any silver. This half was the first silver I have found in a long time, partly because I don't roll-hunt boxes of halves. |
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I hope the rock tumbler comment was in jest! Someone will post a better remedy-
When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
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I hope the rock tumbler comment was in jest! Just seeing if anyone was paying attention... I put it in a 2x2, smudge and all. I wonder however how a coin would look after a run through a rock tumbler. I don't have one or I would try it with a variety of pocket change for grins and giggles. |
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Just seeing if anyone was paying attention... Well we were!  |
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Just seeing if anyone was paying attention...
I put it in a 2x2, smudge and all. |
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I wonder however how a coin would look after a run through a rock tumbler. I don't have one or I would try it with a variety of pocket change for grins and giggles Funny you should mention that. I have tumbled coins for the last eight years. At least 1,000 wheats, several dozen IH's, very few silver, and hundreds of dollars worth of clad. Do not mix clad quarters and dimes with copper cents when tumbling. Some dirtfisherman use aquarium gravel, a squirt of dish soap, and a few squirts of lemon juice. Tumble for an hour or two, changing the 'juice' once or twice in between. A better, non-abrasive media would be ground walnut shells. I've found that tumbling older wheats will remove a bit of patina and the coins will turn a light purple. I check dates first, and only tumble common dates for a short time to remove surface crud and dirt. I once tumbled an 1880's Morgan dollar. The coin was brown when it came out of the ground, on one of my digs near an old church site. I have dug hundreds of old silver coins, and they almost always come out of the ground with a shine, looking like the day they were dropped. After posting pics on a treasure hunting website, 'counterfeit' were the comments. I tumbled that coin, boiled in baking soda and tinfoil strips, and did anything else I could to prove them wrong lol. I ended up with a decent coin that was in fact genuine. Through research, I found out that the original church at this site had burned in 1905, and the silver dollar had probably been scorched in the fire and was slightly porous. I dug an 1877 Seated Liberty quarter in similar shape. When I listen to LED ZEPPELIN...so do my neighbors...
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Dirt fishing since '72
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09/23/2016 8:32 pm
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