Dean’s finds

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I found my second replacement note for the polymer series on the $20 FSH 4018139. As I was entering notes for the SNDB, it said that I had a replacement note but I decided i was not going to keep it because I discovered that there was a tear on the top of the banknote. I would’ve kept it if the bill was in good condition.

January 16th finds:

I went to four banks today and I picked up something cool from each one of them!

Bank #1:  I picked up a birds $5 along with two rolls of dimes and two rolls of quarters, which was all they had in terms of customer wrapped rolls.

Bank #2:  I got 42 rolls of customer wrapped dimes and three rolls of pennies.

Bank #3:  I picked up a birds $1000 note.

Bank #4:  I cleaned out the last of the customer wrapped dimes from this branch, where I found all of the silver this week.

Updates to follow!

Enjoy,
Dean

Jan 18th:  Coin hunting update:

The finds from all of those dime rolls were not as impressive as in the past, but I still managed to retrieve some interesting coins including:

Four 1968 nickel alloy dimes.  One of them looks to me to be in mint state, possibly broken out of an uncirculated set.

$2.80 in US dimes

Two Swiss half Francs, 1992 and 2000.  I like Swiss coins because of the classic wreath design reminiscent of Canada’s coinage before 1937.
One UK 5 pence from 2015
A 2023 King Charles dime
A pretty decent dime from 1978
And a 1969 dated dime, sadly, the small date.
One colour 2021 bluenose dime.  These are harder to find than I thought!
One 10 cent coin from Singapore.  I don’t know the date.  Can anyone figure it out?

Enjoy!
Dean

January 18th finds:

Bank machine find!

I withdrew some cash today and to my surprise, one of the bills was a replacement note!

While I was there, I asked for rolled coins and I was rewarded with $300 in dimes and quarters.

An update will follow!

Dean

January 26th summary:

I visited a few banks this week, and I was able to score some paper notes and $200 worth of dimes.

Highlights include a 50 cent piece, a 2023 King Charles loonies (received in my change) and three US $2s

From the dime rolls, I managed to find two coloured 2021 Bluenose dimes, $3.40 in US dimes, one Jamaican dollar, 2021 three 1968 nickel alloy dimes a nicely rainbow toned 1973 dime (this one fooled me…I thought it was silver!) a 1990 dime, 10 cents from the East Caribbean States, 2019 and one coin that is from Bulgaria, dated 1999.

Silver finds have dried up for the moment, and banknote finds are also somewhat reduced compared to the last few months.  But I know that eventually, I’ll hit the jackpot again!  If you don’t look, you’ll never find anything, right?

Enjoy!
Dean

January 28th finds:  Main Branch Madness! part 1

Today, I managed to get a bunch of notes from the Main Branch.

The best notes from this lot are the multicoloured $10s and $5.

The Main Branch also had some Japanese 2000 yen notes, an old US $5 and a $2.

I even managed to get a box of circulated dimes, a few quarter and nickel rolls and some pennies too.

Enjoy!
Dean

January 28th finds part 2:

Out of the coins I got from the Main Branch, I managed to find:

$7.35 in US coins
Three colour and three non colour 2021 Bluenose dimes
One nice 1992 dime
Four 1968 nickel alloy dimes
One 12-sided dime from 1962
One US dime dated 1958 Denver
And most importantly, one silver dime dated 1965 with mint lustre!

I am relieved to have finally found more silver, but I had to search 15,000 dimes to find one piece!   

Enjoy!
Dean

January 28th mail call!

As if today’s haul from the Main Branch wasn’t good enough, I received a package containing a small lot of notes that I purchased for face value. 

Included in this lot is a 1974 $2 test note that is in rough condition, but it still must be worth a few bucks?

Enjoy!
Dean

January 29th:

Lots of coins!

I went to the bank today and picked up another box of circulated dimes.

I asked them if they had pennies or anything unusual and they obliged with 18 rolls of cents and one US golden dollar.

Enjoy!
Dean

Included in this lot is a 1974 $2 test note that is in rough condition, but it still must be worth a few bucks?

Just wondering how do you know that the $2 1974 is a test note?

Just wondering how do you know that the $2 1974 is a test note?

In the multicolour series, the prefix RS identifies a test note.  They were issued in the $2 denomination and also in the 1972 $5 denomination.

January 30th:

Dime box hunt update:

I went through the box of dimes I brought home yesterday and I was pleased to find:

$2.80 in US dimes
Two dimes from the East Caribbean States, 2009 and 2019.
A 5 pence piece from the UK 1990
A 2023 King Charles dime
2 x 1990
2 x 1991
2 x 1969
One 1968 nickel alloy dime
And best of all, two silver dimes, 1967 and 1968!

Enjoy!
Dean