Dean’s finds

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February 10th finds:

More silver!

I went back to the bank where I got the dime rolls that contained silver.  I explained to the head teller why I was doing this and she said “hold on, I might have some coins you want.”

The teller returns and hands me five 1967 quarters along with the last $100 in customer wrapped dimes they had.

I asked to order a box of dimes and they were happy to do it for me.

Meanwhile, I am always happy to find silver at face value.

An update will follow…

Enjoy!
Dean

Hi Dean,

I explained to the head teller why I was doing this

... what do you tell the tellers about "why" you are doing this?  I say I'm a collector and they don't care. 

Cheers, B

February 10th finds:

An update will follow…

Well, Yesterday’s dime rolls were a bust.

I only pulled three US dimes, a 1969 small date and a 1968 nickel alloy dime.

February 11th finds:
Back on the paper…and more pennies!

I stopped by one of my banks on the way home and the teller gave me two paper $50s, ten rolls of pennies and three colourized quarters from the change tray.

I also asked for dime rolls and she obliged with $50 worth.

I think one of the rolls is overstuffed because it’s taller than the rest of them.

An update will follow.

Enjoy!
Dean

February 11th coin roll hunting results:

Well, this batch of $50 in dimes surprised me.

There was one roll that had five extra dimes in it, and eight plastic rolls that contained one extra dime each.

Other finds include a seldom seen 1997 dated dime, a 1968 nickel alloy dime, four US dimes, a colourized 2021 dime, a 2023 King Charles dime and best of all, a silver 1964 dated dime!

This silver dime has a cool dark toning on it.  I’m keeping it!

Enjoy!
Dean

February 14th finds:
Main Branch Madness!

I visited the Main Branch and I picked up a bunch of paper notes.  Nothing really special, but I went for volume this time.

I stopped at a second bank on my way home from the Main Branch and they had a box worth of pennies, and some perfectly fine 2013 Macdonald $10s in their mutilated pile.  Two of the $10s happen to be changeovers, FTN and FTU.  I guess the banks are being told to cull all 2013 $10s because these bills are still in good shape and could potentially circulate for several years longer.

After this, I went to the branch where I had preordered some dimes earlier in the week.  They gave me a box with white wrappers and some other customer wrapped rolls.  I am not optimistic about the white rolls; most often, they are ARP rolls but you never know…

I also bought a few quarter rolls just for the sake of it.

Wish me luck!

Dean

some perfectly fine 2013 Macdonald $10s in their mutilated pile.  Two of the $10s happen to be changeovers, FTN and FTU.  I guess the banks are being told to cull all 2013 $10s because these bills are still in good shape and could potentially circulate for several years longer.

I have been noticing the lack of 2013 $10 Macdonald bills circulating. When I withdraw $10 at the ATM, majority of the $10 are the new vertical series and the rest would be the Commemorative 150 banknote. I guess the screenshot I took two and a half years ago is becoming true.

February 16th:  coin hunt update.

I didn’t find much in all of the rolls I brought home the other day.  No silver, but a Swiss half Franc and a UK 5 pence piece and a few commemoratives and an entire roll of new 2016 dimes made it interesting.  Overall, this hunt was a bust.  I suppose the $1.90 in US dimes was the consolation prize.   

As expected, the white paper wrapped rolls were all ARP.  I opened ten of those rolls and found absolutely nothing older than 2001.  I won’t waste time looking through those type of rolls any more.

Enjoy!
Dean

February 20th: Today I decided to go to the bank to withdraw some cash in $5 and I found 2 keepers and one interesting bill

A Macklem-Carney $5
A interesting serial number INV 1961916 but I don’t know if it’s a rotator or a repeater (Can someone confirm if this bill is worth keeping?)
A banknote where you can track the bills location I was going to enter it on the website but for some reason I can’t access it, I will try to enter it another day when it works.

Bonus: I went to Dollarama to buy myself a notebook for school and in my change I found a King Charles Toonie 2023. I heard that finding a dated 2023 Toonie is difficult.

Tomorrow I will consider going to that bank again to withdraw all in $5 to see if I can find more

Feb 22nd finds:

More silver!

I picked up some more rolled coins and inside, there were two more silvers, dated 1950 and 1960!

Other highlights include $1.30 in US dimes, a couple of UK 5 pence coins, some nickel alloy 1968 and 1969s, and a 1991.

Silver is still out there!

Enjoy!
Dean

February 24th find:

One paper note…

One of my banks gave me a journey $50 today.  Nothing special, but I’ll take it!

While I was there, I also bought some rolls of dimes.  An update will follow.

Enjoy!
Dean

February 27th update:

I searched the dime rolls I got the other day and I found:
A couple of colour 2021 dimes
4 US dimes
Three 1968 nickel alloy dimes
One 1969 dime
One 1991 dime


Enjoy!
Dean

February 26th find:

Yesterday, one of my banks gave me a nice crisp journey $50.

I also took the opportunity to pick up some rolled coins, including some loonies.

An update will follow.

February 27th finds:

I stopped by one of my banks on my way home from work today.  The teller had a big pile of nickel dollars and 50c pieces. 

I couldn’t resist taking them all!

Enjoy!
Dean

February 27th coin hunt update:

Well, tonight’s coin hunt was basically a bust.  No silver, but I did manage to get one US dime, and two 2023 King Charles loonies.  I guess the best thing about this hunt was finding one extra dime in one of the rolls.   

Enjoy!
Dean