Coin Community Family of Web Sites Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors
Vancouvers #1 Coin and Paper Money Dealer 300,000 items to help build your collection! Specializing in Modern Numismatics Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors Royal Canadian Mint products, Canadian, Polish, American, and world coins and banknotes. Coin, Banknote and Medal Collectors's Online Mall Royal Estate Auctions - $1 Coin Auctions








Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?


This page may contain links that result in small commissions to keep this free site up and running.

Welcome Guest! Registering and/or logging in will remove the anchor (bottom) ads. It's Free!

Best Coin Found In Circulation?

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.
Author Previous TopicReplies: 32 / Views: 3,871Next Topic
Page: of 3
Pillar of the Community
Sir Ferrari's Avatar
United States
671 Posts
 Posted 07/26/2008  03:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sir Ferrari to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I found an 1897 V nickel and a 1943 Mercury dime on the same day!
Never found anything else though...
Valued Member
United States
67 Posts
 Posted 07/27/2008  8:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add daveg131 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A '22 no D or weak D. Not sure which one it is, but I see no sign of a mint mark. Not sure when I pulled it from circulation. It was with a bunch of wheaties that I pulled when I was younger, and I just recently found it.
Valued Member
cheungsta's Avatar
United States
271 Posts
 Posted 07/27/2008  11:58 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cheungsta to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hmm...I can't really decide which was my favorite, but here were my interesting finds from circulation:

1964 Dime & 1963 Quarter (both were in my pocket change in highschool)
1935 Merc Dime (found it in a roll of pennies)
1964 Dime (found it in a roll of pennies)
1990 brass LCM (cool looking yellow coin)
1917 Buffalo (date is barely readable, but it's there!)
and, if it turns out to be authentic...a 1970 S DDO!
New Member
hollyj88's Avatar
United States
1 Posts
 Posted 07/28/2008  04:34 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hollyj88 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My favorite is a 1923 Mercury dime that a customer gave to me during a transation. I like it the best out of all my coins.
Pillar of the Community
XavierOfGreen's Avatar
United States
2589 Posts
 Posted 07/28/2008  12:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add XavierOfGreen to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would have to say the most valubale was an 1883 with cents V Nickel that I pulled from a roll in ~AU50. The oldest would be a 1842 large cent from a coin machine. And the rarest would be a 1950 proof nickel that I pulled from a roll.
Pillar of the Community
murty's Avatar
United States
1353 Posts
 Posted 07/28/2008  1:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add murty to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
An 1857 Flying Eagle penny in a roll of pennies
Pillar of the Community
Silver Eagle's Avatar
United States
858 Posts
 Posted 07/30/2008  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Silver Eagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
probably the 1903 Barber half I saw sitting in a tellers tray once at the bank. He gave it up without question. Love the older half dollars.
Valued Member
chris1222nascar's Avatar
United States
314 Posts
 Posted 07/30/2008  11:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chris1222nascar to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I found a roll of silver quarter from a bank. Also, in 2003 or so me and my friend found rolls of nickels and half of every roll were Buffalo nickels!! Also found a 1981-P Susan B. Oldest coin is a 1904 Indian Head penny and some Walker's/Franklin's from roll searching.
Valued Member
Texas collector's Avatar
United States
369 Posts
 Posted 08/14/2008  01:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Texas collector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hello to all. These are some great finds.
I made a pretty good find myself tonight. Someone bought a CD at my register in electronics, so as I was putting away the coins they gave me, I noticed one was a Wheat penny. I saw the reverse first, so I thought "cool, a Wheat penny," but as I looked at the obverse side, I found to my amazement it was a 1909! I have a 1909 no VDB already that I bought, so I looked at the back, and sure enough it was a 1909 VBD. It's in excellent condition too; the cheekbone is just barely worn, and it still has a lot of shine to it on both sides. It's in much better condition than most of my newest wheat pennies.
Well, that's my new best find. Good luck to everyone.
Pillar of the Community
Archraz's Avatar
United States
3499 Posts
 Posted 08/14/2008  03:00 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Archraz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
here are 2 coins tied for my favorite circulation find. The first would be a 1943 Italian 20 cent coin in GEM BU (and I mean GEM!). THe other is a 1977D cent that has a masonic compass counterstruck into the obverse.
Here is a pic of the latter:



Image: Best-Coin-Found-In-Circulation? mn.jpg
33.68 KB
Pillar of the Community
eaglefoot's Avatar
United States
6326 Posts
 Posted 08/14/2008  08:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add eaglefoot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AWWWWWWWW !! Nice ones !.......
The Italian Cent would be sweet ! How's come no pic of that one ?
Pillar of the Community
copper nickel daddy's Avatar
United States
2224 Posts
 Posted 08/14/2008  5:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add copper nickel daddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Let's see....cents; I've found two 09 VDB's, a 24d, an 84 DDO, a 95 DDO and a 1999 Wide AM (those last two I found last week on consecutive days). Nickels; the oldest was a 1901, a 38d Buffalo in EF, countless warnickels. Dimes; not much; I never look! Quarters; a long time ago found a dateless Standing Liberty, but that was about 20 years ago. Halves; a 1902o and a 1912d both in bank rolls.
Valued Member
United States
74 Posts
 Posted 08/14/2008  5:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add vince220 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My favorite would be a steel cent that I found in a coin roll. A red 1959 cent and a 1911 cent are tied for 2nd.
Edited by vince220
08/14/2008 6:00 pm
Pillar of the Community
Archraz's Avatar
United States
3499 Posts
 Posted 08/14/2008  6:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Archraz to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
eaglefoot- here is hte Italian 20 cent coin that I found. IT looks a million times better than this scan and is totally white with luster. So here is the bad scan:



Image: Best-Coin-Found-In-Circulation? Italy20cents1943obv.jpg
49.32 KB
Rest in Peace
biggfredd's Avatar
United States
9104 Posts
 Posted 08/14/2008  7:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biggfredd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not exactly in circulation, but I found a 21p merc in a roll of silver. The same weekend, I got a 21 Peace for $5 at an auction where commons were going for $4-4.50, normally $3.50 retail. Everyone thought it was just another 21.

One day in the sixties I opened a roll of nickels that had 25 warnix and a few Buffalos. Even then, warnix were worth a substantial premium,and had been pulled for years. Sorta like finding 40% halves today.

Prolly pulled a couple 28P Peace dollars over the years. They're relatively common around here.
Edited by biggfredd
08/14/2008 7:11 pm
  Previous TopicReplies: 32 / Views: 3,871Next Topic
Page: of 3

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.



    




Disclaimer: While a tremendous amount of effort goes into ensuring the accuracy of the information contained in this site, Coin Community assumes no liability for errors. Copyright 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Family- all rights reserved worldwide. Use of any images or content on this website without prior written permission of Coin Community or the original lender is strictly prohibited.
Contact Us  |  Advertise Here  |  Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

Coin Community Forum © 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Forums
It took 0.44 seconds to rattle this change. Forums