tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9579253709090812522024-03-14T02:19:44.813-07:00Old Coin Roll HuntingHow to hunt for old coins and find silver dimes, silver War nickles, wheat pennies and Indian head penniesendthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-55927300231564692402022-02-12T17:05:00.002-08:002022-02-12T17:08:42.410-08:00A 1956-D Wheat Back Penny I Found At Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyc8rcLD0e3WYybUxHL93ZN-uSQE_SZ9tO2ox41b4kZl3ESS3YHVzpWfBp4aW-bLgVzSnQ9u6XO1O1S-afCReDmhClFQbbD5S08UBp2Abk0RzapZ673A47g-gvLmWZksRyANBlqj48BNu0fTVKH5ixAHxM05V4pN19zzv-gr1_GtRBv2jJPR9IolesZw=s2094" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wheat penny i found in change" border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="2094" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyc8rcLD0e3WYybUxHL93ZN-uSQE_SZ9tO2ox41b4kZl3ESS3YHVzpWfBp4aW-bLgVzSnQ9u6XO1O1S-afCReDmhClFQbbD5S08UBp2Abk0RzapZ673A47g-gvLmWZksRyANBlqj48BNu0fTVKH5ixAHxM05V4pN19zzv-gr1_GtRBv2jJPR9IolesZw=w400-h200" title="1956-D wheat back penny" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Here is a really nice looking 1956-D wheat back penny I found at work the other day. This one looks so good that I would not have found it if I hadn't picked it up while making change.</div><div><br /></div><div>It may not be in mint condition but it's very close. Just look at the wheat stalks on the reverse side of the coin. They are completely intact. That is one of the main things numismatist look at when they are grading these old pennies.</div>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-32720891811359450862022-02-12T15:02:00.002-08:002022-02-12T15:03:38.922-08:00Our Blog Has Been Added To Feedspot<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.feedspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="714" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtMEEcbh5hLGWRp1HcclvSwdcSCJ-Kck2IQLp3FZ3uDMN86lU207ldBhVurhJQU2_wKI7R4bSZJX6pBringdLuSnP1IaMW7aqz1hd3rzNfC3wh0fattgbdtxtoabP7VwXYzhU-5b-En8BaqAMUfkiqM5zArVXrSXO40c8lI4LeqsjNHydVYBpJFnD1sQ=w343-h400" width="343" /></a></div><br /> I have great news. This blog has been added to <a href="https://www.feedspot.com/">feedspot</a>. This is a blog reader platform 5hat hosts thousands of blogs. It allows users to stay up to date with their favorite blog sites.<p></p><p>This should bring in some extra traffic for this blog and increase our visibility in the search engines. If I can get linkbacks from more places like this it can be a huge help moving forward.</p>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-10452078879470230622022-02-09T17:32:00.000-08:002022-02-09T17:36:10.220-08:001938 Jefferson Nickle And Two Silver War Nickles Found From Coin Roll Hunting<p> To begin this post I'm going to show you the three biggest finds I found from coin roll hunting $156 dollars worth of nickles. These bank rolls were a combination of machine rolls and customer returned change.</p><p>The biggest find was a 1938 Jefferson nickle. When I first saw this I thought it was an error coin because I have always thought the 1939 was the transitional date. I didn't know there was any such thing as a 1938 Jefferson nickle. </p><p>When I went online to do some research I got very excited when I saw the price range in values from $6 to $1800. I knew that based on the condition I would probably be looking at the lower range but I figured maybe I'd be looking at a twenty dollar coin or something like that. The fact that under 20 million of these were minted further convinced me that I had something very rare.</p><p>Then I went to check ebay and my hopes were crushed. There are many examples that look better than mine going for two or three dollars. I guess I should feel lucky just finding one of these but I sure wish it was in a little better condition. Here is a pic of the 1938</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1CmgO0CPGu8I6vZeiEWNAVJVvxbOuqXj3dE4zLP1dKNQuGWL0d0rRUHzBaCwduT5r4NOtMHm4XXK7DZpf7_Bk7p7bD27Kedd0mqR72AagIhuDJv3N_XgSNNrG-ld9WI1brs2QQBP76K2nTO7ALT8WD-67PYhoP05k97EfK571ZgA2KvJVXkYY1PBPEA=s2620" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Oldest Jefferson nickle" border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="2620" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi1CmgO0CPGu8I6vZeiEWNAVJVvxbOuqXj3dE4zLP1dKNQuGWL0d0rRUHzBaCwduT5r4NOtMHm4XXK7DZpf7_Bk7p7bD27Kedd0mqR72AagIhuDJv3N_XgSNNrG-ld9WI1brs2QQBP76K2nTO7ALT8WD-67PYhoP05k97EfK571ZgA2KvJVXkYY1PBPEA=w400-h200" title="1938 Jefferson nickle circulated condition" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>The next best find after this was two silver war nickles dated 1942-S and 1943-S. The 42 is fairly dinged up but finding two silvers in less than $200 worth of nickles is pretty sweet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMPxw92Gum56qYDVpZ5IZrlJiOdpXOwMaENUlf5AvAU02eqATuBNaY1nR95b9Lc1gIopyxoolJfzUhH7paCr8shXG9gyt7i1981GncnWbVoq0JSrQJzyNZctVlXwAl8GKHb5_G3yw2HGx68BADLeKMyqJTfa9gryJ-bYXcDasyIDSrSCJERig9tJ4eug=s1793" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1940s silver nickles" border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="1793" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMPxw92Gum56qYDVpZ5IZrlJiOdpXOwMaENUlf5AvAU02eqATuBNaY1nR95b9Lc1gIopyxoolJfzUhH7paCr8shXG9gyt7i1981GncnWbVoq0JSrQJzyNZctVlXwAl8GKHb5_G3yw2HGx68BADLeKMyqJTfa9gryJ-bYXcDasyIDSrSCJERig9tJ4eug=w400-h266" title="Jefferson silver war nickels 1942 and 1943" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Before I go any further, here is proof that I went through $178 worth of nickles. As you can see some are machine rolled and some are customer returns.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg24nfCcu0jJ_bp7U0lo2jK8fKkqbXHGgUFF5aylLohXo56gE_0l5Y69vTf95i3BRw1tn88leJYgU5XK7uy9Eghs1X1Z-3-24gixCUpslgO8GUwh6JICTpZvFz5aeTgXtLRe9C_NCASVEzj79zSgjCWfQ_FgDcjDqd4ZVsJxMXTDZehhAynVW8RBqzfTA=s2014" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hunting large amounts of nickles" border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="2014" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg24nfCcu0jJ_bp7U0lo2jK8fKkqbXHGgUFF5aylLohXo56gE_0l5Y69vTf95i3BRw1tn88leJYgU5XK7uy9Eghs1X1Z-3-24gixCUpslgO8GUwh6JICTpZvFz5aeTgXtLRe9C_NCASVEzj79zSgjCWfQ_FgDcjDqd4ZVsJxMXTDZehhAynVW8RBqzfTA=w400-h279" title="Coin roll hunting nickles" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I also have to make note of the 1939 Jefferson nickle I found. This is an exceptionally good looking coin considering what they usually look like when they come out of circulation. I'm not saying it looks fantastic, just better than normal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTHjU7t71r_lgDD1iQI0EpFk7iJ31XPe5PQErzaCHnyym0XmmVwitgoRxdPXVOhzNN_I-v4n5CDb9DawDV_TWGDoaDJNYndyzStz-SNw5uc6WzUSpsByASBXDcCD6ygewv8q5_hVfWJvVcjdGqAZuLxAyySqePUemKrXiBi_buGX_49l0rDl3xwanEAQ=s2768" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Circulated condition 1939 Jefferson nickle" border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="2768" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTHjU7t71r_lgDD1iQI0EpFk7iJ31XPe5PQErzaCHnyym0XmmVwitgoRxdPXVOhzNN_I-v4n5CDb9DawDV_TWGDoaDJNYndyzStz-SNw5uc6WzUSpsByASBXDcCD6ygewv8q5_hVfWJvVcjdGqAZuLxAyySqePUemKrXiBi_buGX_49l0rDl3xwanEAQ=w400-h199" title="1939 Jefferson nickle" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Then we have the 1940s nonsilver Jefferson nickles. I'm not going to do detailed images of these. Just a birdseye view of the nineteen nickles I found in this decade group.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtUgwGJIPs_6g8PiEp4K-5hHl3qeOQZgQWbc5V_MAO5ecaXC3Vz9AH8e2SGNRg3nlZs3YX715zuiLzfwNd5Fr5hVTcBzvrrqCME46RhGOlyeS9ZZPz-jZhghAeoZh5TGIzQYZuwbbVgSNl0dLpFNGwcXuDNwBbetiMHHvgIJeKIa5twTBRoxtLOLWkgw=s3384" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1940s Jefferson not silver nickles" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3384" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtUgwGJIPs_6g8PiEp4K-5hHl3qeOQZgQWbc5V_MAO5ecaXC3Vz9AH8e2SGNRg3nlZs3YX715zuiLzfwNd5Fr5hVTcBzvrrqCME46RhGOlyeS9ZZPz-jZhghAeoZh5TGIzQYZuwbbVgSNl0dLpFNGwcXuDNwBbetiMHHvgIJeKIa5twTBRoxtLOLWkgw=w400-h306" title="1940s Jefferson nonsilver nickles" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I decided not to post the 1950s I found today. I'm starting to think I should start putting everything after 1950 back into circulation. There are just too many of them floating around. I don't know if they will ever really increase in value.</p><p>At the end of the day this was not a bad hunt. I'm slowly but surely increasing my collection of Jefferson silver war nickles. </p>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-90252000696467947462022-01-24T10:00:00.001-08:002022-01-24T10:00:00.202-08:001964-D Mint Mark Silver Washington Quarter I Found At Wal-Mart Coinstar Kiosk <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbajoDhlVvo4jjyiWItWbf8K5dRI_H5Q6TBYy89lR1JPtXYh5fWhjMMSWx_L7CwVDTCWf44LFN4xbjfvNyFAsELSfN1WOJS4EgjcpJDxnvSRxIlgiF_xKb5o50R4E3MVldSWbrkqPBoDrRS8LtwMkC15z6xHzjXsmhl93KwsrIIT6cquw8LD088HdELw=s1956" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="974" data-original-width="1956" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbajoDhlVvo4jjyiWItWbf8K5dRI_H5Q6TBYy89lR1JPtXYh5fWhjMMSWx_L7CwVDTCWf44LFN4xbjfvNyFAsELSfN1WOJS4EgjcpJDxnvSRxIlgiF_xKb5o50R4E3MVldSWbrkqPBoDrRS8LtwMkC15z6xHzjXsmhl93KwsrIIT6cquw8LD088HdELw=w400-h199" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Yes it's true, this is the second time I've found a silver Washington quarter at a Wal-Mart coinstar kiosk. I have a job next to a Walmart so I try to check the coin star twice a day and it's been worth my troubles. I once found a handful of silver with three quarters and two dimes in it, all silver. You have to check these coin counters every time you walk by the or you'll miss out.</p><p>I don't know why these machines spit out the silver but they do. They also seem to have problems with steel wheat pennies. This 1964-D silver Washington Quarter may be the most common date but it's free so I'm not complaining. These coins are valued at five dollars each in average circulated condition and I see them selling for more than that on auction sites and at many local fleamarkets. Keep coin roll hunting but don't forget those easy finds in the change machines.</p>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-37488193339917951482022-01-23T15:54:00.001-08:002022-01-23T15:58:09.265-08:00Coin Roll Hunting 36 Customer Returned Penny Rolls, 5 Wheat Pennies Found<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMbl2BOHVcvCwLGQyCyAJKNNqcOEWK6J6f7g4ilRkeYLxKx84pN_91bK5qRVN1oFW9nC89T8qCNdlwq3bdWQ1MOuSpUe56pJysJ12Du5geANdjr87Y_0tkBbDEU4F-M_Lnw6cnCahT342Ox4reha0Af4Kpce7de6nSfusnpGFVi6UeyE00cjMAPeVLqA=s2161" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Coin roll hunting wheat pennies" border="0" data-original-height="1921" data-original-width="2161" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMbl2BOHVcvCwLGQyCyAJKNNqcOEWK6J6f7g4ilRkeYLxKx84pN_91bK5qRVN1oFW9nC89T8qCNdlwq3bdWQ1MOuSpUe56pJysJ12Du5geANdjr87Y_0tkBbDEU4F-M_Lnw6cnCahT342Ox4reha0Af4Kpce7de6nSfusnpGFVi6UeyE00cjMAPeVLqA=w400-h355" title="Coin roll hunting 36 customer returned rolls" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>As I've said many times before, hunting through customer returned rolls is a roll of the dice. Sometimes you get very lucky and find part of someone's collection. In other cases like this one you find only a few wheat pennies and maybe an interesting coin or two. This was one of the former cases so this will not be a long post.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see I only found 5 wheat pennies in this venture. They were a 1958-D, two 1946 no mint marks, a 1944-D and the best find was a 1936 no mint mark. I'm not going to post an image of all the wheaties but here is an image of the 1936 coin.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEggXzjJetFtV0fiIf2blruRUBjfpoq8_TpARNoI8wY7F-SaZjkpYEuEGghnpe67AjpM6dZ0R5tTXQuGuj5v5rXyLkr7U0iUlmN4vk2vjiBmpRz3MeOOBraEk9gRzAMcXdlY5WJxa06Ayleyfv_5_tGKAds5g9xiZ4fjuXr5E3IfPKBxil8puZRBCWiw=s1994" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Older wheat penny from 1930s" border="0" data-original-height="997" data-original-width="1994" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhEggXzjJetFtV0fiIf2blruRUBjfpoq8_TpARNoI8wY7F-SaZjkpYEuEGghnpe67AjpM6dZ0R5tTXQuGuj5v5rXyLkr7U0iUlmN4vk2vjiBmpRz3MeOOBraEk9gRzAMcXdlY5WJxa06Ayleyfv_5_tGKAds5g9xiZ4fjuXr5E3IfPKBxil8puZRBCWiw=w400-h200" title="1936 no mint mark wheat penny" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>After that we have two Canadian pennies. I have started keeping any Canadian pennies I find that are 1965 or older because these coins were minted in smaller numbers compared to their American counterparts. These have dates of 1963 and 1964. Here is the image.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ3a_zv1OJ7hUv1PxItFALeGFh1zOIltTxBR4pt1VMw9lpFZ5vYDIu_T6NVdYgyhrA9Ouzau7V7U2Jvf7BzcQKsdKngjPeaXK_nphaU6DDob3Zy3eNKT4163vA819N5R-sT73iOApQ95hSuP998-sCgjNxVqDZ1j82I-iLytt-xv_4kH4knaUDumClFw=s2090" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1960s Canadian pennies" border="0" data-original-height="2090" data-original-width="1835" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiQ3a_zv1OJ7hUv1PxItFALeGFh1zOIltTxBR4pt1VMw9lpFZ5vYDIu_T6NVdYgyhrA9Ouzau7V7U2Jvf7BzcQKsdKngjPeaXK_nphaU6DDob3Zy3eNKT4163vA819N5R-sT73iOApQ95hSuP998-sCgjNxVqDZ1j82I-iLytt-xv_4kH4knaUDumClFw=w351-h400" title="1963 and 1964 Canadian pennies" width="351" /></a></div><br /><p>I also found 5 good to very fine condition Lincoln Memorial pennies in this hunt but I won't be posting a close up image of those. Three of them were 1962 with two having the D mint mark. All are in really good shape and worth keeping for their long term value.</p><p>That's all for today. This was not a great haul and the sad part is I'm getting ready to go through fifty dollars worth of customer returned rolls. Yes, that is 100 rolls. I'm not really looking forward to it after doing this one but they are all from various sources so let's hope for better results this time. Also I have something more interesting that I hope to show you tomorrow or at least by early next week so stay tuned.</p>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-86152509780182255482022-01-16T12:05:00.001-08:002022-01-16T19:48:20.653-08:00Coin Roll Hunting Wheat Pennies And Old Lincoln Cents In $12 Customer Returned Rolls<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjygXUZGC56Df7GNR0yQgOWAtjFTS2h3SFVlPDVARYPhGCkTIuAfCo_hV_xhEeM63VSJzqzEU8D8DMsj4D_Gt2gbULnQiIuuM5wACTpdLbYB9TBnOgtxSszSdnx9uIkQeIv7tcF7rWqv6p4ykFEtBg-PMGhiho0bxxghV-omkna45iDGTKHhQoZoMa2Qg=s3448" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Coin roll hunting wheat pennies" border="0" data-original-height="1293" data-original-width="3448" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjygXUZGC56Df7GNR0yQgOWAtjFTS2h3SFVlPDVARYPhGCkTIuAfCo_hV_xhEeM63VSJzqzEU8D8DMsj4D_Gt2gbULnQiIuuM5wACTpdLbYB9TBnOgtxSszSdnx9uIkQeIv7tcF7rWqv6p4ykFEtBg-PMGhiho0bxxghV-omkna45iDGTKHhQoZoMa2Qg=w400-h150" title="Many wheat pennies and Memorial pennies" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>So today I decided to attempt another customer return coin roll hunting adventure. I went through twelve dollars worth of bank rolls here and I found seven wheat pennies and eight older Lincoln Memorial cents from 1968 to the early 1978. I like to keep these older Lincoln pennies because the value is starting to go up and soon we will be getting good prices for coins that are in good to very fine condition. Most people are overlooking these coins but as wheat penny finds become even more rare you will have to find a way to make your coin roll hunting experience worth you investment of time and I think this is the way to do that. So let's jump in to the goodies I found.</p><p><br /></p><p>First up we have the four 1940s wheat pennies that I found. The dates are 1941, 1942-D, 1944 and 1946-S. The 1946-S wheat penny looks really interesting to me. The Liberty letters are all off center and the I in 'in god we trust' is pushed down. I'm researching this to see if its a strike error but I have a feeling it's just a dye error and won't be worth anything. Here are the images.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8gSCTrkUAJOJkbbMo0bfCu-kj1-3BmcWw79d7OfpfeUn6uPKsp4Pktp1nR7XmMA8msNadbSfnZe8pw46SkoSYGyrm8y_vpV6E2KP4TNQ1KNOzpfP5WE1jDZdpbbmjQfofgxbKiJymn_jFx8HkERIYesPZjKBEzs8XrnSdsC4QaN2kTzeGTvOnCSUtPA=s2388" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1940s wheat pennies" border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="2388" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8gSCTrkUAJOJkbbMo0bfCu-kj1-3BmcWw79d7OfpfeUn6uPKsp4Pktp1nR7XmMA8msNadbSfnZe8pw46SkoSYGyrm8y_vpV6E2KP4TNQ1KNOzpfP5WE1jDZdpbbmjQfofgxbKiJymn_jFx8HkERIYesPZjKBEzs8XrnSdsC4QaN2kTzeGTvOnCSUtPA=w400-h200" title="1940s Lincoln wheat pennies" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>And here is a closer look at the obverse side of the 1946S wheat penny I found. You can see that the lettering is all over the place in this one but I can't find any other example online. I believe it is just a grease error. I am still not very good at taking macro images but here it is.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGxhrpIyFyhQiKlR2t8XcWWbwkiEZtzpV9IIzrodlq5MvEi9tBuCwOQ84Rt5dEe__Lp7nBcl-0HQQhkXwCMdQmGf7x9f3QQapE1wBrcsztlSFZeU7rcu7IrrTOIerG1ghfgf0O5uVn1QrxpBAI9Pw8uHAX4kvsxrtpyLhoVsunmLJFdoruDKYvi7deFw=s2558" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1946s dye error penny" border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="2558" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGxhrpIyFyhQiKlR2t8XcWWbwkiEZtzpV9IIzrodlq5MvEi9tBuCwOQ84Rt5dEe__Lp7nBcl-0HQQhkXwCMdQmGf7x9f3QQapE1wBrcsztlSFZeU7rcu7IrrTOIerG1ghfgf0O5uVn1QrxpBAI9Pw8uHAX4kvsxrtpyLhoVsunmLJFdoruDKYvi7deFw=w400-h200" title="1946-s wheat penny" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: left;">So now we come to the three 1950s wheat pennies that I found. Nothing really special here. The dates are 1951-D, 1953-D and 1955-D. Nothing really stands out to me but as I've said before my eyes are pretty much dead.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsZvBTNwQm3Z8eltV9-3zJaCjbQ9n9PkSPpn6jT8LSUfa2wJ2bnzQUeNleo6RV2qVB6BVo1OVVazBka9mZAYt2BTyZahVlUmSqzF36I93f3Vd2-MiUYBliP9KyylVMNZvFYJtzWeTE2J4jMxCnR2896suKJyBx29PusEAA4UZQ7nsJSUxmlWJqqBYc6g=s2580" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1950s wheat pennies" border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="2580" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsZvBTNwQm3Z8eltV9-3zJaCjbQ9n9PkSPpn6jT8LSUfa2wJ2bnzQUeNleo6RV2qVB6BVo1OVVazBka9mZAYt2BTyZahVlUmSqzF36I93f3Vd2-MiUYBliP9KyylVMNZvFYJtzWeTE2J4jMxCnR2896suKJyBx29PusEAA4UZQ7nsJSUxmlWJqqBYc6g=w400-h200" title="1950s Lincoln wheat pennies" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>That's pretty much it accept for the older Lincoln Memorial pennies. I'm not going to post them all here but I will show you the oldest one I found. It's a 1968D that I think would qualify as a very fine condition or at least a good condition coin.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJROw_yrmBMu5YWPjeOvFLI4g4ylyhYRu8W1wAm2KHQEss0LF17x1gswboBPpjwkwXx_MwNP0Tr_Z3hZykWeQLbsRdtsVo8uOEjVlW7OmBDQxLmBCF_YYuyLy2XfreVJPD9hDD17S6Y2UIdkdHYV-42QKPYgW8waqdDEe-BwKkJfBowPnhlw-36W87RQ=s2280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="1968D Lincoln Memorial penny" border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="2280" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJROw_yrmBMu5YWPjeOvFLI4g4ylyhYRu8W1wAm2KHQEss0LF17x1gswboBPpjwkwXx_MwNP0Tr_Z3hZykWeQLbsRdtsVo8uOEjVlW7OmBDQxLmBCF_YYuyLy2XfreVJPD9hDD17S6Y2UIdkdHYV-42QKPYgW8waqdDEe-BwKkJfBowPnhlw-36W87RQ=w400-h200" title="Older Lincoln Memorial pennies" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>That's all for today. I find that breaking my hunts up into smaller sizes helps me to manage these posts better. It means less finds per search but it takes the stress away from taking all the images for so many coins. I hope you don't mind. I do have a hundred dollar penny search that I'm working on for this blog. I'm only halfway done with that one and it's already becoming a pain. Keep on the lookout for it though, I know many of you will enjoy it.</p><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-43531538378057508462022-01-13T17:55:00.000-08:002022-01-13T17:55:51.107-08:00Three More Silver Eisenhower Dimes 1946 1952 and 1959 I Bought At The Fleamarket<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTQHrMq9UP5pmLZbR_f4Z_YqS0emCNqe-pj9mmn-__dGdBcrzHwy6eB5DTjZ1OJKqGDFmn6TCoA2Zszcr_s_lx-geTA3lKgmrV_VTWQJck2yhMMYQio8zpUCf7ZpyUxIP3qRTHF6g0Dc8narKfx--4fQ5vFJeXztWyVTL1mcW4XuUx-kuMfo1AEEk0Mw=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTQHrMq9UP5pmLZbR_f4Z_YqS0emCNqe-pj9mmn-__dGdBcrzHwy6eB5DTjZ1OJKqGDFmn6TCoA2Zszcr_s_lx-geTA3lKgmrV_VTWQJck2yhMMYQio8zpUCf7ZpyUxIP3qRTHF6g0Dc8narKfx--4fQ5vFJeXztWyVTL1mcW4XuUx-kuMfo1AEEk0Mw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>I have here three more silver Eisenhower dimes I bought from the local fleamarket in my hometown. I know I didn't technically get these from coin roll hunting but sometimes I like to add a few coins to my collection when I have a little spending money on me. I believe these are all no mint mark silver Eisenhower dimes. They are in fairly bad shape but they are valued at about $2 each at average circulated condition so the extra 25 cents I paid above that is not to bad.<div><br /></div><div>I actually see these going on auction sites for more than that so I'm happy with the price I paid for these. Roosevelt silver dimes are getting harder to find every day so you almost have to buy these if you want them in your possession. I hunt for them all the time and I think the days of finding one per box of $250 worth of coins is long gone.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I'll keep trying to get lucky though. Hopefully this spring and summer I can get to my banks more often and go through some full dime boxes. I'll be sure to post my finds here if I get lucky.</div>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-58219746725485252822022-01-09T22:55:00.003-08:002022-01-09T23:02:43.923-08:00A 1952S Wheat Penny And Very Fine Condition Older Lincoln Cents I Found Coin Roll Hunting<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFBTlqUVSA6tdnglqmpfM0BIepZseT95jsuvoj_UfC-_xsGrYCElBTBpoVOg5FLBb4Azf8a8gOC49_2vrGIdysaFRP8XpPEycSdTJvnKO_L7reUgn0UoyIhMOawDyeSKphjFz1yAEKQrBicLvUWA03EYl0BqKhHAMrTgsp_RWWQ5Dt-tHCLmS9YgGxsg=s3843" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3843" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFBTlqUVSA6tdnglqmpfM0BIepZseT95jsuvoj_UfC-_xsGrYCElBTBpoVOg5FLBb4Azf8a8gOC49_2vrGIdysaFRP8XpPEycSdTJvnKO_L7reUgn0UoyIhMOawDyeSKphjFz1yAEKQrBicLvUWA03EYl0BqKhHAMrTgsp_RWWQ5Dt-tHCLmS9YgGxsg=w400-h270" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I decided to tackle the huge backlog of bank rolls I collected after I cut my finger during the holidays. I couldn't do any coin roll hunting during this time but I've still kept doing pickups at the banks. Now I have several hundred dollars worth of pennies, nickels and dimes to go through.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today I went through ten dollars worth of pennies. These are all customer returned bankrolls, the problem with these is that you can go through a lot of them and find absolutely nothing. Sometimes you are checking pennies that have already been searched by another collector, at other times you just get unlucky. However, once in awhile you get a good batch and find some really great coins. In these bankrolls I found four wheat pennies they are two 1955D copper pennies, one 1952S penny and a 1942 no mint mark.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbb5CrWZ4G791PPFjUY7S8fiAH6RfjZu1DgNvoopydo4GncdSeuS3icQGIGhEAV6DTtAm8EWWxSPelgbxuOzvQSfysTvKRX0Eo33nII7fRKvhJa5L6gacV08p6snOsjmcDIW40t-mVpQ7Agvn_tgmZ-OqsXsnPD3EzxnRD4grNQ0pHQ__lfdOyfPbTgA=s2460" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2460" data-original-width="2460" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbb5CrWZ4G791PPFjUY7S8fiAH6RfjZu1DgNvoopydo4GncdSeuS3icQGIGhEAV6DTtAm8EWWxSPelgbxuOzvQSfysTvKRX0Eo33nII7fRKvhJa5L6gacV08p6snOsjmcDIW40t-mVpQ7Agvn_tgmZ-OqsXsnPD3EzxnRD4grNQ0pHQ__lfdOyfPbTgA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I also got lucky and found two older Lincoln Memorial pennies that were in very fine condition or at least very lightly circulated to add to my collection. They are a 1959D and a 1976D. Not old enough to be worth anything yet but I'll hold onto them for awhile and see what they're worth when I retire in twenty years or so.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBA-eLEHRnh6FymM3FIjSwyymK-5NkVwDRugjWEa4QTdvg1kwwIjq-oUJZWuTzBJ_bfC-Usi3uPx43pwjg4ogziXUHCLW-8vxTNutIS4C6o1jnDcv0oZoCJLh0OCt_vojRsTagGQM9rlE0ySOcdEeEg4bgi_Cak49X5ib0n-Z3QAEhyVsvdkjDnYPMOg=s2740" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2740" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBA-eLEHRnh6FymM3FIjSwyymK-5NkVwDRugjWEa4QTdvg1kwwIjq-oUJZWuTzBJ_bfC-Usi3uPx43pwjg4ogziXUHCLW-8vxTNutIS4C6o1jnDcv0oZoCJLh0OCt_vojRsTagGQM9rlE0ySOcdEeEg4bgi_Cak49X5ib0n-Z3QAEhyVsvdkjDnYPMOg=w400-h200" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-88808689122962863832022-01-03T12:56:00.001-08:002022-01-03T13:07:03.238-08:00Huge Wheat Penny Explosion I Found Coin Roll Hunting A 25 Dollar Box Plus Mint Memorials<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO4_sR8BMPX6LHKcoT7eO3BjUVak7vGCtjhNOVojHSCGrn3sDHKQTiB5ocga_KOePGgDfroC-2L6WX3p8-cgFJeoLfzskOVQwXJQyyhWwYHMY2LAabXgiJrVpYg-N2pGRcN8H74U9GqUI3AW-5eBi6_z_Dtgdf8LdQeHrWTVKRfkyL9c2YSFcDwBsuqw=s2696" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Coin roll hunting, bank pennies, old coins" border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2696" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjO4_sR8BMPX6LHKcoT7eO3BjUVak7vGCtjhNOVojHSCGrn3sDHKQTiB5ocga_KOePGgDfroC-2L6WX3p8-cgFJeoLfzskOVQwXJQyyhWwYHMY2LAabXgiJrVpYg-N2pGRcN8H74U9GqUI3AW-5eBi6_z_Dtgdf8LdQeHrWTVKRfkyL9c2YSFcDwBsuqw=w400-h171" title="Coin roll hunting bank pennies and customer returned coins" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I just got finished coin roll hunting a $25 box of pennies I picked up from the bank. This box was about half machine rolled pennies and half customer returned pennies. Customer returned pennies are kind of a mixed bag. Sometimes you find some really cool things and at other times you are just going through coins that have been searched by another collector. I was just about halfway through this box, mostly opening up the customer returned rolls and I had only found two wheat pennies. I was getting very discouraged, thinking this would be one of those boxes that was a complete waste of my time with little to no value on the return investment of my time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then it happened, as I approach the halfway point I began to see two to five wheat pennies dropping in each single bankroll. By the time I was done I had a huge number of 1940s and 1950s old American wheat back pennies. I even had a few that were older than that. I ended up with 22 wheat pennies from the 1940s and 23 wheat pennies from the 1950s. Also there was one penny with so much surface erosion that I could not reasonably make out the date. Here are the images.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPqgk25rJ5Z0nMGq2WA-jbcihxDdBZgbjpwmGFjB6lL4AONQGid2rXBQvsxh4cFaeqEEgiiEa6c5uc10fSVNYEF0c8RfbTRY-9mTFUg65SCboVQMkKrguDageJDITrnn3GEOeUDsKmTLCp9wCl6xvkb3WeRycXh5QxIrjvm9JruQXQMrB7gtRFOseGlA=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wheat pennies, old american coins" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPqgk25rJ5Z0nMGq2WA-jbcihxDdBZgbjpwmGFjB6lL4AONQGid2rXBQvsxh4cFaeqEEgiiEa6c5uc10fSVNYEF0c8RfbTRY-9mTFUg65SCboVQMkKrguDageJDITrnn3GEOeUDsKmTLCp9wCl6xvkb3WeRycXh5QxIrjvm9JruQXQMrB7gtRFOseGlA=w400-h225" title="1940s wheat back pennies" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3Ui0LlLxvRViJxg0APhcibRGtrzT-4I5WoJIpihCUrNH5bLvWGKVR271ckaIsiIOXTaV7lbJPpdrhWBBQm5J6iNE-O7x45pw4yTOLNr1-ahu0vP3ujF2yhyKDIpfw_GE4Vr9npcwnl8PpKqLkTSQbZu7D4BKgp4ZhIlfvO36HWFiToDOdhf158o9cyg=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wheat pennies, coin roll hunting, free pennies" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3Ui0LlLxvRViJxg0APhcibRGtrzT-4I5WoJIpihCUrNH5bLvWGKVR271ckaIsiIOXTaV7lbJPpdrhWBBQm5J6iNE-O7x45pw4yTOLNr1-ahu0vP3ujF2yhyKDIpfw_GE4Vr9npcwnl8PpKqLkTSQbZu7D4BKgp4ZhIlfvO36HWFiToDOdhf158o9cyg=w400-h225" title="1950s wheat back pennies" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>These fifty odd wheat penny finds all by themselves would be more than enough from one box. But I found much more. I also found a few older wheat pennies. The dates on these were a 1936-S mint mark and these 1935 and 1937 wheat pennies with no mint marks. The 1936-S is a great find with average condition coins like this one being worth about 55 cents according to the price charts I could find online. Here are the images of these three pennies.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOWs646Gi4HTSreAuSnfDmv1mJ9NCOvHd2_x0uZcFRa3A0szpOg7Mw5rfemMSeidw6cgvUNEUV4FWLkLvyhjlvdMZOj5T1N899981Yi5ughSvDK8QiQdXvR_ic86GoO7McvEO76PCAnkyWFNHojwNU-Y2BJgI_JVZ7W07ubZEukzdB32KJvaTydsorxQ=s3571" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Wheat pennies, 1936-s penny, 1935 penny, 1937 penny" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="3571" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgOWs646Gi4HTSreAuSnfDmv1mJ9NCOvHd2_x0uZcFRa3A0szpOg7Mw5rfemMSeidw6cgvUNEUV4FWLkLvyhjlvdMZOj5T1N899981Yi5ughSvDK8QiQdXvR_ic86GoO7McvEO76PCAnkyWFNHojwNU-Y2BJgI_JVZ7W07ubZEukzdB32KJvaTydsorxQ=w400-h290" title="1930s wheat back pennies" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Now this would be enough for any collector. But I found something else amazing in this bank box. I found a ton of 1963 and 1964 mint state Lincoln Memorial pennies. I looked into the history of these mint dates and I found that there are a lot of errors, especially double stamp errors on the dates. Unfortunately these are very hard to see and I don't have a coin microscope or a jewelers lens to thoroughly investigate these other pennies. I will have to wait until I get the funds to buy one, or find someone that can help me identify these.</div><div><br /></div><div>My mind wants to tell me that these are special coins, especially when you look at the three on the mint date of the 1963 pennies. That's supposed to be where one of the well-known errors is at. Of course with a cheap camera phone there's no way to tell. These images are just coming out weird looking because these pennies are in such good condition they reflect more light. There are 18 of the 1963 mint Lincoln Memorials. Here is the image of the 1963s.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbXRZIVwgHvXYSLLwMvk_ghnuy0cMNgKgWPLQIhiDyPwKmdXq6QWBdTYG-YSfKC1pud_v88xS9sE5FDRG0xgIvBZJ1kBGw42xn1JInKy1sqld66Onx-OsDyD3pi75WFbnPSjlZHEiALFptyRWrEWNNfoq68LutnKELj1CywKPHf1n7_Xa78HQsXOonxA=s4608" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mint Lincoln Memorial pennies, 1963 mint pennies, free pennies" border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbXRZIVwgHvXYSLLwMvk_ghnuy0cMNgKgWPLQIhiDyPwKmdXq6QWBdTYG-YSfKC1pud_v88xS9sE5FDRG0xgIvBZJ1kBGw42xn1JInKy1sqld66Onx-OsDyD3pi75WFbnPSjlZHEiALFptyRWrEWNNfoq68LutnKELj1CywKPHf1n7_Xa78HQsXOonxA=w400-h225" title="Mint 1963 Lincoln Memorial pennies" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Then we have 37 mint condition or near mint condition 1964-D and 1964 no mint mark pennies. I really think these Memorial pennies look really weird. They almost have that pushed in or indented look. This makes me think that they might be double stamped, there has to be some reason somebody had so many copies of the same coin in a collection. 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I bought these about a week ago but I'm just now getting them up on the blog. I'm taking this image with my Android phone so the images are not nearly as good quality as when I used the scanner. None of these silver dimes have mint marks so there's no need to take images of the back sides. I believe that means they were all minted at the Philadelphia mint.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As you can tell these are all pretty worn. They're definitely in circulated condition, I would say very well circulated. The dates we have are two 1964's no mint mark and one 1963 with no mint mark. All three are 90% silver coins. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I'm buying these because I want to have a fair amount in my possession when I start having giveaways and contests. My plan is to have at least several hundred Eisenhower silver dimes. But I won't get into detail about that right now because I still have a lot of work to do getting this blog together and getting about four or five other blogs together that will support both my hobby and my contest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-44745209551540103232021-12-10T20:34:00.001-08:002021-12-30T20:58:45.031-08:001959-D Silver Quarter I Found At A Coinstar Kiosk<div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuXl9sChDfKUFPB222gVLKvhRW0TllBadVQOmJQU4GbBz0LVZYSk30DtFkUJHN1hAaktEkcqPrFHpMec5Fcs0q0VuLf1HxqGAmNx6nSLd-q2xKDBYeRYXrFKtlz6q03M98oXh_8Vx-WcIpmpSZJ6CDOUidaamNQf1_1N03_i6RblPGjdYwGTI-PrMDKQ=s480" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiuXl9sChDfKUFPB222gVLKvhRW0TllBadVQOmJQU4GbBz0LVZYSk30DtFkUJHN1hAaktEkcqPrFHpMec5Fcs0q0VuLf1HxqGAmNx6nSLd-q2xKDBYeRYXrFKtlz6q03M98oXh_8Vx-WcIpmpSZJ6CDOUidaamNQf1_1N03_i6RblPGjdYwGTI-PrMDKQ=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So some crazy things happened and I haven't posted on this blog in almost seven years. I know thats a long time but life happens and maybe someday I'll talk about it but now I want to start posting again. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway I've been keeping busy and because of some financial issues I don't have a laptop anymore or a scanner so I will be using my smartphone to do these posts which I can tell you so far is a big pain in my backside but I want to keep this blog going. Quality of images may be a little off as a scanner gets a lot better image in my opinion but I'll be getting a new computer in about a year. If you see any pics that are not centered correctly I'll try to fix it but it may take me some time </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I've actually kept collecting for awhile now so I'll be showing off some other new acquisitions in my growing coin collection. I have lots of old silver junk coins and copper pennies to post pics of and I have even bought a few things from local coin shops.</div><div><br /></div><div>Stay tuned and I'll have an extravaganza of rare coinage to share with you and I'm still working my way towards some giveaways in coordination with my other blogs. This is still all a work in progress and all good things take some time putting together.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>This is a quarter I found the other day while shopping at Wal-Mart. It is a 1959-D silver quarter and it's extra thick most likely because it was originally a part of a silver proof coin set. These coins are double stamped which gives them a thicker appearance than most normal coins. This one is also in pretty good condition for its age but it is obviously still worn down enough to be considered a circulated coin. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the reason I always check the coin return at the Coinstar kiosks whenever l go to Walmart. For some reason whenever people use these coin counting machines they usually don't look at the coins they reject or they will try to put them back in and then get angry and leave them behind. For some reason these machines seem to reject all the old silver coins and a lot of older non-silver coins as well. I've found steel wheat pennies and even Indian head pennies this way. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>So next time you're out shopping or at the bank be sure to check those coin counting machines and you might get a nice surprise, I know I get a lot of valuable coins for free that way.</div><br />endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-71492880688554553742015-06-25T22:28:00.001-07:002015-06-25T22:29:39.239-07:00Sixteen More Wheat Pennies Pulled From Coin Roll HuntingI just finished going through forty dollars worth of pennies. I haven't actually had time to go through any full boxes of pennies from the bank because I have been so stretched for free time lately. I've just been grabbing rolls here and there and I've come up with these sixteen. I just haven't had time to keep up with the blog posts, that's why there isn't as many posts this month as I usually try to have. There's also the fact that I'm not getting much search engine traffic to this blog so I'm not as enthusiastic about updating it as much. With that being said my Alexa rank still seems to be growing almost every time I check it so I must be doing something right. I'll try to do better next month and get at least ten posts up. The complete tally shows that I found eleven wheat pennies from the 1950s and four from the 40s. I also found a 1921 with no mint mark. I don't think there is anything extraordinary here though. If you see anything that stands out or looks rare please be sure to leave a comment below letting me know. Below is the scanned image of all the wheat pennies I found in this last batch of coin rolls.
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endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-70579894696977547362015-06-15T16:44:00.003-07:002015-06-15T16:45:16.585-07:00Two More Wheat Pennies I Found At WorkI found these two wheat pennies just the other day in between ringing up orders from customers. Nothing really special here, just a 1945 and a 1956D. It's still nice to find these while I'm on the clock and getting paid though. I also found two pre-war nickles in the register on the same day but nothing with silver in it. I plan on adding these two my 40s and 50s nickle horde that I will end up selling on eBay. Below is a scanned image of the two wheat pennies I found. I think I need to clean the top of my scanner though. Placing all these dirty coins on it is staring to leave a lot of dust and nasty debris that make my scans look gross.
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endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-71015605520073584892015-06-10T10:09:00.000-07:002015-06-10T10:09:56.671-07:00Seven More Wheat Pennies From Coin Roll Hunting TodayI found three of these wheat pennies out of rolls I picked up from work and the rest I got from coin roll hunting bank rolls over the last two days. Not any really big finds other than the 1920 coin without a mint mark. I'm hoping to be able to grab a full box from the bank on my way into work today and go through it tomorrow to see what I can find. My full collection of wheat pennies is really starting to grow and I may have to sell some of them off very soon. Below is a scanned image of the latest finds.
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endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-88677853350391148982015-06-05T09:45:00.000-07:002015-06-05T09:50:30.888-07:00A 1899 Indian Head Penny And Thirty-Seven Wheat Pennies I Found Coin Roll Hunting This WeekI actually got all of these pennies from a full box plus another forty dollars worth of pennies I picked up at work and the bank this week. I found the 1899 Indian head penny in the first roll I took out of a twenty-five dollar bank box. I was so excited to find it not only because it's the most valuable penny I have found but also because I was sure that box would end up having more Indian heads in it or at least a lot of wheat pennies. Unfortunately the box turned out to have only three or four wheat pennies in it and would have been the worst bank box ever if it wouldn't have been for the very first find. I have not been able to keep up on my blog posts for penny hunting because I have been concentrating on silver but I've kept everything I've found to make this one post. Below is a scan of the 1899 Indian head penny. As you can see it's in pretty good shape for a coin found in circulation.
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Then we have the large number of wheat pennies that I've been hoarding. I'm separating these into three pics. The first one is the older wheat pennies I've found. There are three from the thirties and one from the twenties. We have a 1929 and then a 37,38 and 39. None of these older coins have mint marks on them but they are in great shape for their age. I wish I could find more copper pennies from these earlier dates but they are becoming harder and harder to find these days. Here is a scanned image of all four of these older wheat pennies.
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And lastly we have all the pennies from the fifties. We had sixteen of these from a nice variety of dates. I'm pretty satisfied with this haul even though I had to go through a huge amount of pennies to find them all. I don't think I ever want to get this behind in my updates ever again. There was one face that was so worn down I couldn't get a date from it at all so I just placed it in this lot. You might also notice two things about this pic. One is that it's the normal larger size like my normal scans. I'm still trying to figure out why some scans come out like this and some I have to crop the image to cut out all the white area on the sides. I think I just need to group them more tightly when I lay them on the scanner. I'll try this next time I do a post. The second thing you will notice is that one of the pennies is upside down and a few others are lopsided, well I'. almost blind it seems without my glasses and I'm getting ready for work as I type this so I'm not going to do another scan. For those of you that have OCD, I'm sorry.
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So our total of wheat pennies comes to 37 plus we got an Indian head that is the oldest one I have ever held in my hand. I'd say this is pretty good for going through sixty-five dollars in pennies. Looks like I might have to start hitting eBay soon to get rid of some of these.endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-19615493287357009542015-05-28T23:32:00.000-07:002015-05-28T23:33:04.147-07:00A 1943 Silver War Nickle I Picked Up At WorkI got really lucky yesterday because I wasn't even running the cash register at work but I happened to be looking for something in the office when I saw this old worn nickle laying face up in the change tray. I peered down for a closer look and read the date, it was a 1943. I was so surprised to see it just sitting there on the top like that. I got one of the managers to swap it out for a newer worthless nickle so now I have a total of four silver war nickles that I have found so far this week. That's very cool considering that I haven't gone through hardly any rolls in the last seven days. I'd say I've probably only went through a little over fifty dollars worth. Here is an image of the coin I was so lucky to snag.
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endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-85487023521404998342015-05-20T09:37:00.000-07:002015-05-20T09:39:04.753-07:00A 1964 Silver Dime I Found Coin Roll HuntingI got up much later than I wanted to today and I wasn't able to get much change after I went into town. Usually I take Tuesday as a day to go to the bank or ATM to get my money and this is also a day I take time for myself. Usually I get a meal and only get change based on how much time I have before the bus comes back around on its route. Today I got into town so late I only got to pick up fifty dollars in dimes. I only found one silver out of this but there were many older date dimes that might go for more on an auction. I was able to order another box of dimes though, so lets hope I have good luck with that one. Below is a scan of the 1964 silver dime I pulled from coin roll hunting today.
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endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-70750863127093703792015-05-17T21:07:00.000-07:002015-05-17T21:08:41.032-07:00Two Canadian Quarters And Two Canadian Nickles I Got For Free From A Coin Counting MachineI recently discovered that there is a magnet that my fingers can touch under the holes where you deposit coins in the machine at one of the banks I use. This magnet is suppose to catch metal junk that people accidentally dump in the machine when they are depositing coins. I've found that if often picks up coins as well and the last time I was using it I found these four Canadian coins. This is like finding free money. So know each time I use it I'm going to check it to see if I can pick up a few free coins. Here is a scan of the two Canadian quarters and two nickles I found. Maybe I'll get lucky and find something older next time.
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Nothing really spectacular today. I was only able to pick up fifteen dollars in pennies so I knew I wouldn't get much unless I got really lucky. It's just a bunch of pennies from the forties and fifties with one that is so scratched up that I can't get a date off it even after scanning it. I bet someone was trying to file off the last two digits to make it look like a rare date coin. I really hat to see old coins defaced like this. I doo have another big box of pennies to pick up tomorrow. Maybe I'll have more luck with that one.
endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-78983432041205868852015-05-12T20:38:00.001-07:002015-05-12T20:39:23.153-07:00I Found Three Silver Roosevelt Dimes In My First Bank BoxI have been meaning to grab my first full box of dimes but I just haven't had the money until now. Since I finally got my taxes back I have tons of cash and can get just about all the change I want. A box of dimes will cost me $250 but it really is one of the best investments you can make when you are coin roll hunting. Silver dimes don't have that much more silver in them than war nickles have. They only have about 25% more but for some reason they go for two or three times as much on eBay. It would seem to me that the nickles would be worth about the same as the dimes because they are older and rarer since there were only four years that silver nickles were minted.
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I always thought it would be hard to find pre-1965 dimes but I found three in this box, granted it wasn't technically a box straight from the brinks truck. When I picked this baby up from the bank it was open and full of customer returned rolls. I was worried that I'd get these home and I wouldn't score a single silver coin but I ended up with three including one that was pretty old. Below is a scan of all three Roosevelt dimes I found.
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The 1946 silver dime was the biggest surprise for me. It's not in great condition but it is now the oldest silver Roosevelt dime I have found so far in this hobby. The 1961 and 1964 dimes appear to have D mint marks on the back. I almost missed the 1964 because the last number has been rubbed off a bit from the weather of time. I'm pretty happy overall though. I'll be able to run these to the bank next week and add them to my collection. From now on I'm hooked on dimes, I'll be trying to get at least one box of them every other week. I like the idea that they are worth more than silver nickles but I can fit more of them in my banks safety deposit box.
endthediseasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03091194556930957392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-957925370909081252.post-21358407346884346052015-05-08T09:30:00.000-07:002015-05-08T09:30:31.756-07:00Nine More Wheat Pennies I Found Coin Roll HuntingSo I finished going through another full box of pennies I picked up from the bank. I have really been hitting it hard when it comes to coin roll hunting lately. I think I'm getting burned out and I might have to slow down some though. I guess I just need a break from searching through all these dirty old coins. Sometimes I hit a really good box and that makes the effort and the filthy fingers I get worth it but most of the time I'm lucking to find ten wheat pennies from coin roll hunting a twenty-five dollar box like this one. This time I actually only got nine hits from the whole box. Pretty much all of them were from the 40s and 50s with one that looks like a 1926 but it's so chewed up I can't be a hundred percent sure. Anyway I think I'm going to be moving towards doing dimes for awhile since it's very easy to find the silver ones without having to look at each coin. This will save me a lot of time and make this hobby less of a chore for me. Of course I'll still be doing pennies but I'll keep it down to one box a week.
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