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I think one thing that gets many people started with collecting is the hope that one day we'll be going through our change (or looking through an attic collection) and find a rare coin that would be worth lots and lots of money... I know, growing up, that hope was put forth in comics (the 1804 dollar: 19,500 minted, only 12 known!) ads.
Realistically, does anyone know if this has ever really happened? I know someone found an 1894-S dime in a cash register. And I read about how someone here was given a gold coin that was mixed in with some bronze dollars by an unwitting teller.
Any good stories to relate?
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It happens. Don't know how true all the stories are. A quick search of google will show you dozens of stories.
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Told this story before. About 11 years old, 1963, found a three legged 1937D Buffalo in change at the soda counter of Woolworths 5 & dime, Glen Ellyn, IL... In about XF if I remember right. I'd been collecting for three years, knew the varieties to look for, that, the '55 LWC DDO, '42/41 Merc OVD and key dates, was excited as could be, started whooping and hollering in the store! Because there wasn't room in the folder for it, I put it in my safest place, my piggy bank. I never spent any of it, was a stash of extras. Two months later was showing it off to a friend, only it wasn't there! Come to find out my mother raided my bank for parking meter change...  Edited by Crazyb0
08/01/2018 11:05 am
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Except for the 1913 V nickels (which, it is believed, were made specifically to sell to a local dealer) most of the more valuable US coins either circulated or were found in an ordinary setting. The most recent was the 1982-D small date cent in bronze... found in change a year or so ago and sold at auction for thousands of dollars. It can happen, but you are statistically more likely to win the lottery than find even a $1000 coin in your change. My personal best hauls were two separate collection dumps - four solid rolls of circulated 1940s nickels, and then a solid roll of Buffalo nickels a few months later. I have seen some epic hauls from half dollar boxes, though - someone found a box that was nearly all silver back when silver peaked at $40+/oz. |
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As a youngster I would look through my Dad's pocket change every day and toss any Lincolns from 1930 and earlier into a coffee can. Many years later I looked at the coins more closely and realized that I had a 1922 Lincoln No D.
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As a youngster I would look through my Dad's pocket change every day and toss any Lincolns from 1930 and earlier into a coffee can. Many years later I looked at the coins more closely and realized that I had a 1922 Lincoln No D. We need to see pictures of that one. No pictures, it never happened.  |
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There have been a couple of folks here who have found 1992 CAM's over the years, those sell for thousands of dollars.
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There have been a couple of folks here who have found 1992 CAM's over the years, those sell for thousands of dollars.  One person was from the Cape Cod area and never said what it was sold for. Check, Search Coin Community, |
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We need to see pictures of that one. No pictures, it never happened USSID18 - I'm not a liar and am surprised to hear a comment like yours on this forum which has higher standards. ANACS graded it first and we all all agreed that this was wrong.  Then I sent it to NGC and this seems to be correct.  Member ANA and EAC "You got to lose to know how to win". Dream On by Aerosmith |
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USSID18 - I'm not a liar and am surprised to hear a comment like yours on this forum which has higher standards. Relax cipster! No one called you a liar. Don't be so sensitive and emotional. I just wanted to see the coin. Nice coin and find!  ! |
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Found a 1885 Indian cent in a roll of cents around mid 90's, later had it grade by NGC as a MS-64 Brown. |
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This has come up in the past. As I said then, I repeat. Your question depends on when. Way back when I was a kid, coin collecting was no big thing. Many coins we say today are valuable were circulated as just coins. I started collecting coins when a Mercury dime was the latest Dime and other dimes like the Sitting Liberty and Liberty Head dimes were still in circulation and no one really cared. We all used Silver Dollars as if they were dollars, not a Silver thing. I filled my Lincoln Cent Folder complete from my Dad's change in no time at all including all the so called rare ones. Completed several Mercury dime Folders too but naturally not some of the latest ones since not issued yet. No one really cared for those brand new Jefferson nickels either. Like I said, your question depends on WHEN. |
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Wow, carl, I loved this post. Hearing how you used silver dollars as spending money without a second thought! That's really cool. Yup, I can understand that all those other type designs still in circulation were no big deal--after all, that was the normal for that time.
Did you really find a 1909-SVDB in circulation?
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ANACS graded it first and we all all agreed that this was wrong. Looks proper now.  Quote: Found a 1885 Indian cent in a roll of cents around mid 90's, later had it grade by NGC as a MS-64 Brown. Very nice! |
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Thanks Xavier. |
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