Counting Your Change...

[jamespowers]

Just found a 2013 UK 10p in my till, passed in place of a quarter. That's sixteen cents American. Dear Bank of England, where's my nine cents?

That was a thumb in the eye for Independence Day. They are still trying to get over on us.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Last night's takings at work included a real rarity -- a Series 1957 one-dollar Silver Certificate. Silver certs, which obligated the U. S. Government to "pay to the bearer on demand one dollar in silver" were the only type of one dollar bill in circulation prior to 1963, but had largely vanished from circulation by the end of the sixties. This is the first one I've seen turn up in a very, very long time -- likely somebody robbed it out of grandma's cookie jar.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Last night's takings at work included a real rarity -- a Series 1957 one-dollar Silver Certificate. Silver certs, which obligated the U. S. Government to "pay to the bearer on demand one dollar in silver" were the only type of one dollar bill in circulation prior to 1963, but had largely vanished from circulation by the end of the sixties. This is the first one I've seen turn up in a very, very long time -- likely somebody robbed it out of grandma's cookie jar.

That's interesting! Now, I have to read about.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Just intercepted the shiniest, nicest 1943 steel penny I've ever seen in circulation, which somebody passed off as a dime at the concession stand. I used to get these in change every now and then, but they were always dirty, corroded, or rusty. This one looks like it just came out of a fresh roll, which it most likely did. It certainly hasn't been circulating for seventy-three years.

 

[2jakes]

Great fine.
A 1943 P Lincoln Wheat, steel penny, from sealed bank roll is going
for $9.99 on feebay.

 

[Stanley Doble]

Last night's takings at work included a real rarity -- a Series 1957 one-dollar Silver Certificate. Silver certs, which obligated the U. S. Government to "pay to the bearer on demand one dollar in silver" were the only type of one dollar bill in circulation prior to 1963, but had largely vanished from circulation by the end of the sixties. This is the first one I've seen turn up in a very, very long time -- likely somebody robbed it out of grandma's cookie jar.

Unless they changed the law that silver certificate entitles you to $1 worth of silver at the official price of $1.29 an ounce, less than 1/10 what it sells for today. But I have a feeling they have changed the law since the sixties.

 

[Fading Fast]

Just intercepted the shiniest, nicest 1943 steel penny I've ever seen in circulation, which somebody passed off as a dime at the concession stand. I used to get these in change every now and then, but they were always dirty, corroded, or rusty. This one looks like it just came out of a fresh roll, which it most likely did. It certainly hasn't been circulating for seventy-three years.

If not too much of a hassle, would you mind positing a picture as it would be cool to see it?

 

[VintageEveryday]

I got ambitious today and took a very large can of loose change to the CoinStar machine at the local supermarket. What's entertaining about these machines is that they spit out anything that's at all out of the ordinary, and you can find some pretty unusual old, worn, or foreign coins in the reject chute. After all was said and done today, I had left over --

One Mexican 5-centavos piece

One 1966 British shilling

One 1943 steel cent

One dateless Buffalo nickel

One MBTA subway token

Two silver Roosevelt dimes, one 1948 and one 1961.

And about three dollars' worth of Canadian coins, which regularly pass here at face value.

The real surprises here were the Mexican coin -- I've never seen one turn up this far from Mexico -- and the shilling, which I guess someone must've found in the bottom of a drawer or something and passed off as a Canadian quarter. I've found a lot of Carribean coins in change, and even a French coin once, but these were both first-time finds.

What's the oddest thing you've ever found in *your* change?

I found a coin from Barbados once in an NYC metro card machine. And the odest coin I've ever seen in circulation was a grungy 1883 Liberty "no cents" nickel. She found it on the street by her usual diner a few years ago.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

2016 30th Anniversary Proof American Eagle
Recent coin show find. Instead of the normal reeded edge this year's has a smooth edge and "30th Anniversary" engraved on it.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

 

[tonyb]

Last night's takings at work included a real rarity -- a Series 1957 one-dollar Silver Certificate. Silver certs, which obligated the U. S. Government to "pay to the bearer on demand one dollar in silver" were the only type of one dollar bill in circulation prior to 1963, but had largely vanished from circulation by the end of the sixties. This is the first one I've seen turn up in a very, very long time -- likely somebody robbed it out of grandma's cookie jar.

I happen to have a Series 1957 B Silver Certificate myself. And a pair of Series 1934 C 20-buck Federal Reserve Notes.

These bills all came my way in "regular" transactions in relatively recent years, an indication that they were likely put back into circulation through nefarious and/or desperate actions. Paper money just doesn't last THAT long.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A trip to the grocery store yielded my lunch and a 1918 penny. It's more worn than the one in my childhood Whitman penny folder, but an additional 45 years of circulation will do that to you. I'm also more worn than I was then.

 

[F. J.]

Last night's takings at work included a real rarity -- a Series 1957 one-dollar Silver Certificate. Silver certs, which obligated the U. S. Government to "pay to the bearer on demand one dollar in silver" were the only type of one dollar bill in circulation prior to 1963, but had largely vanished from circulation by the end of the sixties. This is the first one I've seen turn up in a very, very long time -- likely somebody robbed it out of grandma's cookie jar.

A coworker had gotten a silver certificate and gave it to me to-day, knowing I like old stuff. Series 1935E. I suspect a similar origin.

Unless they changed the law that silver certificate entitles you to $1 worth of silver at the official price of $1.29 an ounce, less than 1/10 what it sells for today. But I have a feeling they have changed the law since the sixties.

Nope; they changed it in the sixties. Silver certificates haven’t been redeemable for silver since mid-1968. You can still spend ’em, though (but I’m not sure why you would).

 

[David Conwill]

I received a silver 1942 nickel in change once. I think it was worth more than the item I purchased.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I used to hate getting those as a kid -- they were always dirty and greasy compared to the regular nickels.

 

[Fading Fast]

I used to hate getting those as a kid -- they were always dirty and greasy compared to the regular nickels.

That does not seem Lizzie like - you have no fussy, Felix-Ungar-like over-neatness issues. That said, we all have now and had as kids quirks.

 

[LizzieMaine]

It was more a tactile thing -- they actually felt unpleasantly greasy, like a dirty dish that had been left in the sink too long. I think it's because they have manganese in them as part of the alloy.

I have a similar problem with the corrosion that develops on modern pennies if you look at them sideways -- I just don't like to handle them.

On the other hand, I used to like to get nickels that had been circulated to the point of being worn slick. I still have a "V" nickel like this -- it's so worn it looks like a slug, and the feeling of handling it is pleasantly smooth.

 

[LizzieMaine]

A find in tonite's till -- a 1942 Canadian penny. Since pennies are defunct in Canada these days, I imagine you find more of them in Northern New England than you do Canada itself. They're still fairly common in change here, but Canadian coins of George VI haven't been common since the 1970s.

 

[LizzieMaine]

First silver quarter in several years showed up in the till today -- a bright F-XF 1964. Somebody's been raiding Grandma's stash.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

I went to count the change in my till the other day & there was an Indian 5 rupee coin.