These are absolutley gorgeous. Im reading the Odyssey right now, and these reminds me of the rowboats described in the stories.
The round is from the Intaglio Mint. It was minted in 2010 and depicts a Spartan warrior in battle with the ancient Greek phrase "come and take them".
Got a call from the bank today that someone brought in, and I quote, "bicentennial state quarters with the states written on the outside". 😂
Walked in and they said they have at least $800 worth so I said I'll take $200. When they came out I chuckled and thought, I bet they have $1,000 because it's a P&D roll of each state as far as I can tell.
Looks like I could double my money on eBay but that ain't my style.
Shout-out to my tellers out there hooking us coin-crazed collectors up!
I thought the halves were a bust after I quickly glanced at the loose $30 the bank had, and listed as the teller stacked them into piles of $10.
These 3 surprised me when they popped out of the rolls!
4 silver Rosie's with an incredible 1920 Canadian bonus!
Onto the next...
Next time you go to a hotel room fill the ice bucket with quarters, then go ask for 3 more from the front desk.
Pro tip: don't forget to put the "do not disturb" sign on the door or the cleaning ladies will start grabbing handfuls at a time when you're gone.
Piano technician. Found this while cleaning out a piano made in the early 1900s.
The date on the dime is 1959
All in the same supermarket till. Been looking out for a deposited collection like this for my 8 years in retail.
I've heard of it happening to one other colleague when a girl was given coins her grandmother collected and sadly spent.
I hope the previous owner of this collection has some good karma coming their way as they've made my day and they've gone to someone who will appreciate them.
I also found football a couple months back so I have the top three Olympics!
Someone left 21¢ on the counter next to the dryer so it made me want to take my squeegee under it. Only a '76 dime.
Found the quarter at a coinstar when I went camping last weekend and had to stop into the grocery store to buy firewood on the way.
Found the dime yesterday on my Sunday coinstar searches.
Then went on a jewelry hunt and found a few things.
Everything in pic 5 is marked 925 somewhere, and the dangly earring is marked both on the post and the back of the dangly part (as seen in pic 6)
Pic 7 is a weird evil eye pendant that is marked 14k, but as you can see in pic 8 it’s laser etched instead of stamped, which makes me think it may be/is probably fake. I REALLY gotta get a gold acid test kit soon.
Pic 9 is all the garbage jewelry/non precious metal stuff I found during the hunt.
And pic 10 is probably my favorite find of the hunt. Not marked or anything, so probably not silver, but dang is it cool! 😂
Sorry for the delayed post! I was out of town then had a procedure. Finally had time to snap pictures! Happy hunting!
Found a new coin shop about two and a half hours from my house. Two brothers just buying up a ton of inventory. They cases full of Pokémon and baseball cards, along with some pretty expensive coins. I explained that I was looking for cool coins with little premium, like clad Eisenhower dollars or Kennedy halves to complete our books.
“Sure, I’ve got a bucket in the back.”
He brought out a five gallon bucket half full of coins in flips and disks. “Take a look at these. There’s no silver in there, so just pick out what you want.”
It was full of Ss! I started to sort through and picked out some years that we needed. When I asked what the price was, he said 25¢ per dollar. I cringed a little and started to cull my stacks. Picked the shiniest Ikes and a few Kennedys (many were still in the US mint cellophane).
Stacked $20 face on the counter. “Twenty five bucks, right?” I asked.
“Yep!” Then the older guy noticed a ‘73 cameo, “Huh! This one’s 40%. Well, I guess I told you the price! Do you want a bag?”
Paid the man and excitedly hustled out the door.
When I got home, I went through them and man, what a score!
Leo helped me inspect them and he found several silvers.
He so graciously looked through a ton of ike dollars to find some i didnt have. He sent me:
1976 D Type 1 (Bold Lettering)
1978
Over the weekend i came across 2 more at a shop I recently found!
1976 S Silver Proof
1977 S (clad)
Here's what im still on the hunt for:
Silver:
1971 S
1971 S proof
1972 S
1972 S proof
1973 S
1973 S proof
1974 S
1974 S proof
1976 S
Clad:
1973
1973 D
1973 S
1974 S
1976 Type 1
1976 S Type 1
1976 S Type 2
1978 S
And then there are 3 extra slots id probably fill with toned ones or Silver ones :)
Huge thank you to u/perspectiveeven4444 to starting a mini badge collection for my kid and to u/1bufferzone for getting me the 2026 P half I needed for my 250 album.
You guys are incredible, thank you!
Pulled this out of the bag of dimes I'm currently working on. I'll post results when I'm done but I had to throw this up. Cheers to my fellow Canadian coin hunters! 🇨🇦
I just added number 5 of 7. These are absolutley stunning in person. The detail is truly incredible. They are all preserved in capsules designed for their exact size. Here are the ones I have in the order I bought them.
The Siren
The Privateer (or The Storm)
The Captain
The Kraken
The White Whale
Im missing
The Plank
Davy Jones Locker
Ive been lucky enough to snag these at insane discounts through auction websites. They tend to fetch a very high premium above their weight in silver. The last 2 are a little more scarce it seems. Ive been keeping my eyes peeled. Pirate silver, it seems, has become a new obsession. 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
Quick nickel hunt had a few goodies. Buffalo nickels are one of my absolute favorite coins to hunt for.
Quick giveaway, if you have never owned a buffalo nickel simply comment "I need a buffalo" and the first person to comment will win this beautiful 1936D buffalo nickel.
You must be willing to share your mailing address with me in order to win!
For context, the tokens I bought were a small slice that came from NYC MTA's auction of 13,435 pounds of foreign coins and slugs back in 2017. The person who bought them originally was in it for the much more valuable foreign coins. From my quick research, the MTA used to run annual auctions for these up through 2006 when they stopped and spent a decade accumulating them. So the batch I'm buying from comes from people accidentally tossing in things that aren't valid US coins to pay for bridge tolls, buses, and parking meters.
There was one authentic quarter in the bunch though so my current recovery is $0.25 / $285 spent.
Nice find on Thursday detecting in dry sand high on the beach. No battery left on the Triple Score so used the Vanquish 440 I’d brought as a back up. Solid signal in the low 20s. 😺