Dean’s finds

News: Welcome to the Canadian Paper Money Forum.

May 14th:
Summary

This week, I have been going to my local banks.  I’ve had no luck finding paper money…until today.  A teller called me and said that she had some $2 notes for me. 

Throughout the week, I have hunted a fair share of coins and I was starting to get discouraged until today, I finally found a silver dime from 1959.  Along with a few bucks in US coins, I’m pretty happy that I can still find silver in coin rolls.

Enjoy!
Dean

May 16th finds:
Today, I went to one of my banks.  They had no paper money, but the teller gave me ten loose pennies and a black toonie.  I bought some rolled coins and I was rewarded with not one, but two silver dimes, both from 1965 and a nickel from 1931!

The silver dimes look like they were broken out of sets.

Enjoy!
Dean

June 11th update:
Over the last couple of weeks, I have had zero luck finding bills so I resorted to hunting coin rolls.

There wasn’t much to talk about until one pickup of dime rolls contained four silvers!

I had to search through hundreds of dollars worth of coins just to find those.

Enjoy!
Dean

June 23rd update:  banknotes..and silver!

I have been searching coin rolls over the past week or so.  The effort was worthwile because I was able to find ten silver dimes and a sizeable quantity of US coins.

Other highlights include a nice 1971 quarter, a few coloured 2021 dimes and some 1968 nickel alloy dimes.

In terms of banknotes, I was able to rescue $9 in ones and twos from my local bank.

All in all, I am happy to continue finding stuff for face value.

Enjoy!
Dean

July 7th update:
A busy week!

I’ve been to many bank branches, including the Main Branch this week.  I was able to score a few banknotes, including a birds $100 replacement note which is sadly torn, and 2 boxes of pennies.

From coin rolls, I got a lot of US coins, a nice 1952 dated nickel, a 2000P nickel and a silver dime from 1966 in the mix.  I got a load of dimes in vintage green wrappers, and I was hoping for a windfall of silver, but there was none.  I think someone bought a bulk lot of these wrappers and just used them to deposit coins.

Enjoy!
Dean

July 7th…continued…

July 7th…last photos.

July 16th finds:

  I have searched a lot of coin rolls, some of which came from a small town east of Toronto.  This small town bank gave me a few paper notes plus a polymer $5 stamped with a request to track it using cdn-money.ca.

Unfortunately, the rolls from this small town had nothing in them so I went back to my local bank and they did not disappoint!

I got a lot of US coinage plus a nickel from 1937, a 5 pence coin from the UK and a centennial rabbit nickel.

But best of all, there was one silver dime from 1965 in a roll from my local bank.

I have had to search hundreds of dollars worth of coins just to find these small treasures and a silver dime occurs maybe once in every 2 to 3 boxes.

Silver quarters are virtually extinct in the wild; the best bang for your buck are nickels since they still have a decent number of older coins in the rolls.

Of course, some of the rolls were short; Someone inserted a penny into a nickel roll and a nickel into a quarter roll.  Are people so desperate these days that they have to steal a few cents here and there? 

Enjoy!
Dean

July 16th continued…

July 16th last part.

July 18th

More silver!

Yesterday, I went to one of my banks.  While they had no paper notes, the teller offered me some pennies.  Across the street was another one of my banks.  I decided to try my luck there, but the teller had no paper money either.  I asked for some rolled coins and I managed to get some dimes.

I got a few US coins and a couple of 5 pence coins from the UK.  But best of all, there was one 1967 dime in the rolls.

Silver is still out there if you’re willing to search for it!

Enjoy,
Dean