Dean’s finds

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September 27th finds:

More high denomination notes.

I stopped by one of my banks on the way home today.  The friendly teller had $100 notes for me to pick through.
I ended up taking three notes…the journey $100s turned out to be nothing special, but the birds note was interesting.

More on this note in my other thread…

Enjoy!
Dean

September 29th finds:
Main Branch Madness!

I stopped by the main branch of my bank today and there was a pot of gold waiting for me.

The teller let me look at the entire stack of mutilated notes and there was a significant quantity of 1969 $20s in that pile.

The highlight is the short runs of consecutive 1969 $20s.

There was also one BG- series birds $2 with two small Bs…

Enjoy!
Dean

September 30th finds:

Coin Expo day 2 and more!

I had a great day at the Toronto Coin Expo…I came back for day 2 to specifically attend the currency grading seminar and I learned a lot!

I also picked up more great notes…

Highlights include:

A neat bundle of 1973 $1s with the special stamp announcing the impending arrival of the loonie in 1989.

And a 1986 $2 BGP with the “Big B” “Small B” variety.

Plus some cool defaced notes from a dealer’s bargain bin…more on these notes in my other thread.

On my way out, I started chatting with a fellow collector and he showed me a huge pile of mutilated notes.  He offered to sell them to me at face value because he was going to return them to the bank.  How could I say no to that?  There were a couple of interesting notes in this lot too…

Enjoy!
Dean

October 6th finds:
I know what I’m thankful for…

I went to three banks on my way home today and they all paid out!

The first bank offered up a bunch of 1979 $20s and a 1989 $10.

The second bank gave me a 1975 $50 and $100 plus I took 6 journey $100s that I thought could be replacements.  (Sadly, they were not).  There was one $100 note with an interesting teller stamp…more on this note in my other thread.

The third bank gave me $20 in penny rolls…and the teller was just as excited to let me have the pennies as I was to receive them.  She told me to come back next week because there were more pennies coming in almost every day at this branch.

Be thankful to all of the wonderful bank tellers who go above and beyond the call of duty to help us in our pursuit of collectable coins and currency.

Enjoy!
Dean.

October 7th finds:

Better finds on the street than at the bank!

I went into one of my banks while I was out and about today and all they could offer to me was one roll of pennies, which I gratefully accepted.

On the way home, I stopped for a coffee and in my change I got a black toonie and a 1967 silver quarter!

To top it all off, I sat down on a bench to drink my coffee and right there beside me were two British pound coins!

How and why they were placed on that bench are a mystery.

Enjoy!

Dean

October 11th finds:

I got a call from one of my banks to come and pick up some paper money. 
I managed to get some journey notes, a couple of birds $100s, a birds $5 and the highlight of this load wasn’t even Canadian!

The teller pulled out two US twos; I always buy any US $2s that I can get, but these just happened to be star notes from 1976!

Not rare at all, but still a cool find!

Enjoy,
Dean

October 13 & 14 finds:

I went to a bank yesterday and they had a couple of journey $20s for me but nothing else.  The same bank called me today to tell me that a customer just came in with some US $2s and penny rolls.  Naturally, I went out and picked them up.

Enjoy!
Dean

October 14th coin roll hunting results:

Since I’ve been picking up penny rolls on a regular basis, I decided to hunt the equivalent of two boxes or 100 rolls.

I was pleasantly surprised at what these rolls contained…

Several pounds of pre 1982 copper Canadian pennies
Several rolls worth of US zinc cents
Several rolls worth of copper US cents

Several 1967 centennial pennies, 8 of them still fully lustrous.
11 British pennies
Five 2 Euro coins
A 1 Euro coin
A penny from Trinidad & Tobago
Philippines 25 centimo
Two Canadian 10 cents
One gold plated US cent
Several US wheat back pennies, the oldest of which are from 1916 and 1918.
Several US pennies dated 2017P, full lustre.
Several King George VI Canadian pennies
And the coolest find of all is a Canadian penny from 1920!

Don’t turn down pennies if a friendly teller offers them to you…There’s treasure in those rolls!

Enjoy!
Dean

October 14th coin roll hunting results:

Since I’ve been picking up penny rolls on a regular basis, I decided to hunt the equivalent of two boxes or 100 rolls.

I was pleasantly surprised at what these rolls contained…

Five 2 Euro coins
A 1 Euro coin

Five 2 Eurocent coins and one 1 Eurocent coin 

From which country are they?

Five 2 Eurocent coins and one 1 Eurocent coin 

From which country are they?

1 Eurocent: Germany 2010 “J” mintmark

2 Eurocent:
2 x Portugal (2008, 2002)
1 x Netherlands 2004
1 x Spain 2017
1 x Germany 2009 “A” mintmark

1 Eurocent: Germany 2010 “J” mintmark

2 Eurocent:
2 x Portugal (2008, 2002)
1 x Netherlands 2004
1 x Spain 2017
1 x Germany 2009 “A” mintmark

Thanks for the information 

October 18th finds:

I stopped by one of my regular banks today.  The friendly teller took me into the cash cage and I searched through the mutilated notes.

I got some Canadian $1s and $2s but the surprise of the day was this batch of US $2s…11 in all, including 4 consecutive notes with a curious pink stain around the margins, maybe from anti theft dye.

I was also able to pick out one $5 US star note from 1999.  Not rare, but still neat!

Enjoy!
Dean

Any idea why so many US $2 notes consistently show up in Canada? They're not that common in circulation down here.

Any idea why so many US $2 notes consistently show up in Canada? They're not that common in circulation down here.

Hi Cory,

I think there are a number of reasons why I'm seeing US $2s in Toronto:

1.  Toronto is a big city and there are people from all over the world who travel a lot.

2.  The branches take in US $2s but don't recirculate them.  So, they are considered US mutilated notes and they hold on to them until they get 100 of them before shipping them out, just like old Canadian paper notes.

3.  There are a lot of estate accumulations coming in lately.  Once, I got 26x US $2s and the teller said that the family of a senior citizen found them as they were cleaning out her house after she died.

Whatever the reason the banks up here have US $2s, I will happily take them whenever I can. 

Dean

Ah, that completely makes sense. Thanks!