Coins picked from circulation

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I just recently picked up well over 5000 coins in a sale...

one bag of wheaties....  as well as a whole bag of nickles.... I'm going to be sooo busy but I think it will be a lot of fun going through it all...

Just went through $6 in pennies.  I haven't done this in awhile but I still managed to find some keepers...

Found 2 of each of the following years:
61
62
64
65 (1 RED)
66
67

Others:
1 x 68
6 x 69
1 x 77 RED

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Dean

...also found the following wheat cents
1947D
1948

Went through another $9 in pennies today and found these coins:

1 each of:
1945
1950
1951

3 x 61
2 x 62 (1 red)
5 x 63 (1 red)
2 x 64
4 x 65
4 x 66
1 x 67
4 x 68
3 x 69
1 x 70 red
1 x 79 red

USA
1941S
1959
1959D

I have attached some photos of the 1962 cent.  It appears to have these strange jagged lines around the "1 Cent" that resemble die cracks or are they just scratches from circulation?

Thanks for any help,
Dean

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I saw a kijiji ad that said that there is a service where they come to your home and take all your change and roll it up right there. They discount the total by 20% for the service and give you the cash.

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Just on Kijiji today, people are selling "unsearched bankers' boxes of Canadian pennies" for $50!  What makes CRH most exciting is the fact that you can get the coins FOR FACE from the bank!  I can't imagine paying double face value for a box of pennies...

Dean

I have attached some photos of the 1962 cent.  It appears to have these strange jagged lines around the "1 Cent" that resemble die cracks or are they just scratches from circulation?

Thanks for any help,
Dean

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From the photo, they look like scratches from circulation. I've seen similar scratches like that before.

Searched through a box of pennies yesterday and found the following coins:

1 x 42
1 x 43
1 x 51
1 x 56
1 x 61
3 x 62 (2 red)
4 x 63
14 x 64
6 x 65
4 x 66
5 x 67
12 x 68
7 x 69
1 x 71 red

UK
1990 1 penny

Barbados
2003 one cent

German 1 Euro
2002

USA
1935
2 x 1946
2 x 1959D

I managed to score a couple of rolls of pennies from a local No Frills store today. 

When I asked for them as my change, the cashier looked at me as if I was crazy.  I told her I collect pennies but it still left her slightly confused.   

I wonder if there are any keepers in those rolls...

Dean

Well,
The two rolls I picked up yesterday yielded the following:

1 x 63
2 x 67

Oh well, it is still fun trying to get pennies months after they were officially "retired". 

Dean

Anyone picked up 2013 toonie in circulation yet? How common are they? I have not seen a single one in circulation yet. In comparison 2013 loonies are abundant almost to the point that I am beginning to see them replacing all pre-laser loonies.

Anyone picked up 2013 toonie in circulation yet? How common are they? I have not seen a single one in circulation yet. In comparison 2013 loonies are abundant almost to the point that I am beginning to see them replacing all pre-laser loonies.

Haven't seen any yet. No loonies either. I guess they circulated them in your area. Where i live i seem to always get 1987's... its very annoying!

Haven't seen any yet. No loonies either. I guess they circulated them in your area. Where i live i seem to always get 1987's... its very annoying!

That's indeed sad about the loonies. If you do want 2013 loonies I run into them all the time. PM me and I would be happy to put one in the mail for you.

I did end up buying a toonie roll for more than the face value. Could not wait any longer.

And yes if the loonies are not 2012 and 2013 new version they are 1987. I cannot understand how they can cull the old ones without taking the 1987 ones. Maybe it is the sheer numbers.

Well today I decided on a whim to stop at a TD Canada Trust on my way home to try and get some new fives and tens. (It's the only bank open this late)

While they didn't have the new bills, I asked them if they had anything interesting or old to sell me.  They gave up $53 worth of nickel dollars and 50 cent pieces!

Here is the breakdown:

$1

7 x 68
4 x 69
2 x 70
2 x 71
1 x 72
2 x 73
2 x 74
1 x 75
10 x 76 nice lustre
2 x 77
1 x 78
1 x 82 cameo

50 cents:

5 x 68
6 x 69
1 x 70
2 x 71 both light cameo
2 x 72
2 x 73
4 x 74
1 x 75
3 x 76 nice lustre
1 x 77
1 x 78
1 x 82 cameo
1 x 85
1 x 90
1 x 1867-1992
1 x 93
1 x 94
1 x 95
1 x 96

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Whew!  That's all for now...
Happy Hunting!

Nice find Dean.

Funny... I tried to deposit those old common, nickel dollars that were of no numismatic premium, and a TD Bank branch in Vancouver said that we do not accept them.   I asked why, the bank teller said, it's not Canadian currency (I can perhaps understand, because she's in her teens and probably never encountered these coins before in her life!)

I then escalated that, she brought her branch manager, who was in her late 50's.... She reviewed the nickel dollars...  And I am thinking, she will accept them.   The manager then tells me that they are "not legal tender". 

I was about to faint. 

Eventually, that TD bank accepted them after a customer service supervisor appeared from her break.  She recognized those coins.

I dunno why... but I love taking those nickel 50 cent and dollars home... the thought of them being destroyed just doesn't sit well with me.

Make sure for the 50 cent pieces you check to see of the '74s are missing the S... and for the Winnipeg centenial dollars.. check to see if you have any of the yoke varieties.. those are two pretty common finds for me....