u/tonymad1

Everybody wants silver (me, too!) but I do appreciate a good novelty find.
Haven’t grabbed a “handful” in quite some time, so it was exhilarating to see a huge stack of something in the reject bin.
I always scoop it out and make a quick, slick getaway to peruse the booty in my car. Could be gold doubloons! Lo, it was not.

Did score a Sacagawea dollar in the pile, so I guess it kinda was!!

I have always said, “I would NEVER pay for a coin!” until I started lurking on Reddit.

Seeing all the cool stuff and getting my kids into collecting, we started coin-roll hunting to fill up the state quarters and shopping estate sales for old coins.
Bought some basics at an estate sale a few months back (some proof sets, a tube of clad Ikes, one Morgan, and one Peace dollar.)
Thought they were all supercool and spent a couple hundred bucks (dadgum melt prices killing me!🤣)

When I saw the “spot sale” on a forum the other day, I bought a random year/cull Peace dollar for $61 (+ shipping) and it just arrived!

It has some authentic coin boogers on it, so I don’t think it has been scrubbed with a belt sander or Brillo pad (like some posts.)
It’s way shinier and less worn than my other PD, so I wanted to show it off. Difficult to take great pics, so I tried two different backgrounds. (Included my first Peace in the last pics).

What do you think?

Big week on spendables. I usually get random foreigns, but last week was all about the change! I did find a fantastic wheat and a beautiful silver dime! First time I have seen a St. Christopher/pressed peso (maybe?) and a few randoms, including the not silver/black dime!
Happy hunting, folks!

Just recently started a penny collection after my kids discovered the 2009 Abe Lincoln cents. Had to expand my r/crh from halves to a mixed bag of all denominations.

Haven’t found anything stellar yet (it’s only been a few months) but ended up finding one of our best looking/oldest wheaties in a Coinstar on the way home today!

I guess this is when subs collide!

(Now I can finally cross post, since Reddit is always pestering me to do so!)

Found a grocery with their sorter kinda off to the side, so I took a few minutes to check the magnets around the top. Found an old nail, a screw, a pushpin, and a lapel/brooch pin(?) of some sort.

Now, at least, the magnets are clear to grab some Canadians, Euros, or pesos for the next time I check!

(Ended up with two filthy pointer fingers for my troubles!)