Old Coin Find

[Richard in Smithville]

LOML works in a diner. She is usually busy most of the day so her tips go into a cup, and when she gets home, the coin goes into a jar. When the jar is full, daughter #1 and I usually count and roll it. This last time we found two quarters dating 1917 and 1918, and a dime from 1910. They are nowhere near mint, in fact they are very worn, but my daughter was thrilled with the find.

[Ed62]

That's always a good find. Last week, one of my boys handed me a 1910 dime that he received as change. I checked it out online, and found that it had a value of somewhere between $1.00 and $2.00. Even though it wasn't worth much, it was kind of cool.

Ed

[Pappy]

My son was checking statehoood quarters last week and found a Wisconsin "high leaf".

[cgallery]

Sounds like a fun way to spend time with the daughter.

[leehljp]

20 years ago when back in the US for a visit, my dad gave me a Japanese coin minted in the late 1800s and asked me to find out its worth when I came back to Japan.

I brought it to Japan with me, gave it to a friend and here is what he said:

Good news and bad news:

Good News: that coin has increased in value 200 times!
Bad news: it was 1/100 of a yen when it was made.

Most Japanese didn't know what it was.

[stormdog74]

I used to collect coins as a kid and I still look at the sides of "silver" coins to see if they are silver and the backs of pennies to see if they are "wheat". It is rare, but I have found a few silver coins, including a quarter recently.

[L. D. Jeffries]

Sorta in the same vein. Was prospecting in northern Idaho years ago and walking down an old dirt road found an Indian head penny dated 1865. Thought; "whoopee". Dealer told me later that if it had been 1864 or 1866 would have beenwoth lots. However that year they minted tons. Oh well!