Dean’s finds

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July 27th part 2:

Tons and tons of $1s and $2s…including one EBX replacement note.

77 nickel dollars, 42 nickel halves

27 rolls of pennies…

On to part 3…

July 27th part 3:

Journeys…

What might tomorrow bring?  Hopefully more finds!

Enjoy!

Dean

July 29th finds:

A teller at one of my banks called me and said that she had some old bills.

When I got to the branch, I was happy to pick up some birds notes and some nice crisp journey $20s, printed all the way back in 2005.  While I was there, I asked for pennies and the teller had one bag to give me.

Lately, there have been lots of birds $2s floating around and I suspect that people are emptying out closets and sock drawers in these tough economic times or the notes belonged to someone who died and the family cashes everything in.

Enjoy!
Dean

August 1st find:

No paper money today, but I did receive a silver 1962 dime in my change!

Enjoy!
Dean

August 2nd finds:

I went to a bank in downtown Toronto and to my surprise, the teller in the cash cage was kind enough to give me the few paper notes he had.

I took them all because I didn’t want to be picky.  There are a couple of decent multicolour $100s in the bunch, but nothing earth shattering today.

Enjoy!
Dean

August 6th finds:  Main Branch Madness!

The teller at the main branch gave me some paper notes (and a black toonie).

Nothing special in this lot, but I will take low grade notes just to keep the connection going.

Enjoy!
Dean

August 20th finds:
Main Branch Madness!

The teller at the Main Branch offered me these crispy birds $50s.  Of course, I couldn’t turn them down!

I stopped in to another bank and I finally managed to score $50 in customer wrapped dimes.  This is the first batch of circulated dimes in quite some time for me…Stay tuned for the results!

Enjoy!
Dean

Update:
The dime rolls were a bust…No silver and only five US coins, one 1968 nickel alloy and one Bluenose under sail, non coloured.   

I also obtained two rolls of L.M. Montgomery commemorative loonies today.  A picture is included below.

August 21st:
How did I miss this?

Finds are few and far between these days.  Today, I spent some time organizing my circulated notes and I took a closer look at this 1979 $20.

It’s a radar 8055508

Enjoy!
Dean

August 31st finds:

Two banks, two scores!

This week, I stopped into a bank in a small town east of Toronto and the teller was able to give me a bunch of multicolour $10s, $20s, one birds $5 and $10 plus three rolls of pennies. 

Yesterday, one of my banks in Toronto gave me some crispy journey $50s, a birds $50 and $100 plus a bunch of penny rolls.  Highlights are the two AHJ $50s one from each side of the changeover.

I also asked for customer wrapped coins and was rewarded with a bunch of dime rolls.

Enjoy!
Dean

September 1st finds from $220 in customer wrapped dimes:

15x US
2x Cayman Islands 5c, 2013 and 2017
1x Jamaican dollar, 2008
1x East Caribbean States 10c, 2014
8x 1968 nickel alloy
1x 2017 commemorative
17x nice shiny dimes from the 1990s
and 8x silver dimes, 1967, 2x 1968, 1962, 1960, 1953 no shoulder fold,  1959, 1966
(7 of the 8 silvers came out of one roll!)

Enjoy!
Dean

August 21st:
How did I miss this?

Finds are few and far between these days.  Today, I spent some time organizing my circulated notes and I took a closer look at this 1979 $20.

It’s a radar 8055508

Enjoy!
Dean

Wow, first 7-digit radar I've ever seen on an 11-digit serial, I think.  They shouldn't be rare but I don't think very many were saved.  I do recall a 1979 $5 where the last 7 or 8 digits formed a solid though.

Congrats on that one.

September 16th mega update:

I have consolidated the last few coin hunts into this post.

Out of all of the rolls I managed to obtain, I picked out a silver quarter, a silver dime both dated 1968, some US coins and a bunch of commemoratives along with several 2023 King Charles quarters.

Enjoy!
Dean

September 16th finds:
Main Branch Madness…and more!  Part 1.

Today, I got a call from the Main Branch.  The teller said that some older notes came in.  When I arrived, she showed me a pile of birds $20s, and Journey $20s and $5s.  I took the best ones.

On my way home, I received another call from a different branch.  The teller said that he had some old bills and coins.  When I arrived, I was presented with some multicolour $1s, a couple of paper $100s,  birds and multicolour $2s and $81 in 50c pieces and old dollar coins.

With such good fortune coming my way, I asked for customer wrapped coins.  The teller obliged with some quarters and dimes.  He then asked if I wanted to buy these “strange coins” that had been deposited as Canadian loonies.  To my surprise, there were almost two full rolls of US “golden” dollars, and Susan B. Anthony dollars!

Finally, when I got to my car, I looked more closely at one of the quarter rolls…and I think I see a silver coin in there!

Stay tuned for the coin hunting results…

Enjoy,
Dean

September 16th finds, part 2:

Here are some photos of the coins…

Enjoy,
Dean

September 16th coin hunt update:

This is what I found in the coin rolls I brought home today:
Commemorative quarters
$3.05 in US coins including one 90% silver dime dated 1959 from the Denver mint.
Nine 1968 nickel alloy dimes
One Toronto Transit Commission token
A colour 2021 Bluenose dime
Three British 5p coins, 1990, 1992 and 2003
One Australian 5c from 2008
One Cayman Islands 5c coin from 2008.
And…even more silver…including a dime from 1959 and a quarter dated 1965!

Not only that, but I also searched the US dollar coins I got today, and I found a 1979 wide rim Susan B. Anthony variety!

The top coin in the photo is the wide rim…You can clearly see the difference.
People often ask why I hunt for coins and bills…Well, this is why!

Enjoy!
Dean