Dean’s finds

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Sept 19th finds from $50 in quarters and $50 in dimes:
Commemoratives, US coins, shiny vintage dimes, a UK 5p from 1991 and, best of all, a 1964 silver dime!

Enjoy!
Dean

September 22nd finds:
Small town, hidden treasure!

I visited a small town east of Toronto yesterday.  In my travels, I was able to obtain a large cache of notes.
I also picked up some rolled coins from the local banks.

Here is what I found in the rolls:
Lots of commemoratives, US coins, King Charles 2023 coins, a hard to find 1990 quarter, and best of all, a 1947 maple leaf silver quarter!
There was also a strange mutilated dime.  Was this a mis-strike or post mint damage?
I was also up 90 cents because the dime rolls were over stuffed.

At the local flea market, I picked out a Japanese 100 yen coin and two UK 10 pence pieces for the princely sum of $1.  I think I came out ahead on that transaction.  😀



Enjoy!
Dean

September 25th finds:
A few bills…and some coins.

One of my branches let me look through the mutilated pile and I took a few notes.
I asked for customer wrapped coins and they obliged with $200 in quarters and $135 in dimes.

Enjoy!
Dean

September 28th find

I went to the Guelph Coin Show today and boy, am I glad I did!  I snagged this multicolour $1 at a very reasonable price from a pile of otherwise common $1 notes.

Check it out; BCJ 4810587 with small Bs!

Enjoy!
Dean

Incredible find, fantastic.  It goes to show that there are many more out there and we need to find them.  Having to find BCP, BCT and BFG by myself for the 1973 $1 banknotes was incredible and to Dean and Claude for the other banknotes, we need to set up a database to track all of these small B and F's for the Multicolour and Bird Series of Banknotes.

My thoughts, Whitenite

Hi Dean,
It's a other great found from you!I hope more people will take a look on this?
Claude

October 5th finds from the Toronto Coin Expo:

I went to the expo yesterday and picked up a few notes for my collection (and a few for Claude) 😀

I’ll elaborate on the defaced notes in my other thread, but in terms of other finds, I managed to get a few BFF prefix $1s for my hoard, and a few “777” notes for the newest branch of my collection…You guessed it…notes with “777” in the serial number.

When you have been collecting for as long as I have, you need to find other things to collect in order to keep it interesting.  That’s why I started collecting defaced notes and other oddities.

Enjoy!
Dean

October 16th finds:

Lots of $1s…and more!

Today, I stopped by one of my banks and the teller had 63 $1s and a couple of $20s.  When I took a look at the $20 note, it turned out to be a devil’s face note!

There was also a 1937 $20 in the pile, but the teller said that he was going to keep it for himself.  😂

I asked for rolled dimes and the teller gave me $100 worth.

When I got home, I noticed two silver enders, one from 1967 and another with King George VI


Enjoy,
Dean

August 21st:  Purchase…Error note.

I picked up this inverted 1954 $1 note.

Enjoy!
Dean

IMPORTANT UPDATE:  This note has been determined to be a manufactured error.  Please don't make the same mistake I did and be VERY cautious when you encounter these types of notes.

I have found a legitimate 1954 Error Note. To help others tell a real error, it will fall into this S/N pattern:

NL 457XX37

NL 4571737 (Example 1)
NL 4574737 (Example 2)
NL 4574837 (Mine)

October 18th finds part 1:

A big score from the bank!

I went to one of my banks today and I asked for old paper money.  To my surprise, the teller pulled out some nice birds $20s and some circulated $1s and $2s

I was happy to find yet another “777” note to add to my collection!

I decided to ask for rolled coins and I bought a bunch of dimes and quarters.

I will post a summary of all of the coin hunts, including the silver enders I picked up from a different bank a couple of days ago.

One of the birds $2s (AUK0024766) has a curious spot on the large 2 counter on the back of the note.  It looks like a white circle with a brown triangle in it.  It is not paper damage.

Enjoy!
Dean

October 18th, part 2:

I purchased this out of register journey $5 and it arrived in the mail today!

Enjoy!
Dean

Hee-Hee, we like the same thing!
I wonder where 3587334 - 8 are.

One of the birds $2s (AUK0024766) has a curious spot on the large 2 counter on the back of the note.  It looks like a white circle with a brown triangle in it.  It is not paper damage.

Curiouser and Curiouser

Week of October 20th:  summary of finds.

I haven’t had a lot of time to post this week, so I’m doing it all at once!

This week was a good week at the banks.  I found a lot of coins, including $3 in US dimes, lots of foreigns, some commemorative quarters, 2023 King Charles quarters and four silver dimes (2x 1963, a 1967 and a 1952.

In terms of paper money, I was able to obtain a 1954 $1000 bill ($1000 bills are becoming really hard to obtain from a bank’s mutilated pile), $13.50 in rolled pennies, 21 US $2s, some nicer birds and journey $50s and even a beat up birds $50 with four 8s in the serial number.  Is there any demand for a note with four 8s?

I even obtained a broken ladder polymer $5 in change this week!

In terms of purchases, I obtained a neat binary numbered 1974 $2 for a very reasonable price.  And I received from Claude a neat birds $2 with writing on it.  More on that note in my other thread.

And on a negative note, I bought a roll of toonies when I was picking up other coin rolls, and four of them were counterfeit!  ☹️

Enjoy!
Dean

Week of October 20th finds, part 2:

More pictures of my finds from this week…I just noticed that one of the birds $50s has some offset ink on the back.  Would you keep it or send it back?

Enjoy!
Dean