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ReeperTheSeeker
Joined: Aug 26 2007
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Just wondering if there are any coin collectors on the forums?
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
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I'm not an active collector, but if I find any non-American currency at work, I take it home with me. Currently I've got:
8 Canadian quarters
1 Canadian nickel
2 Canadian dimes
12 Canadian pennies
1 Spanish peseta from 1988
1 Bahaman dime from 2005
1 Malaysian 5 sen piece from 1976
1 South African 1 rand piece from 1992
1 Mexican dime from 1996
1 20 pence (U.K.) piece from 1982
And 1 uncirculated Philiadephia stamp from the US Treasury
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Douche McCallister
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Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
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Sorry to all the Canucks on here but I hate your money.
"Alright that last bag of peanut M&M's is MINE!! Why won't it take my quarter. Are you not Patriotic Machine this is a goddam quarter with George Wash...ing.......ton's...what the fuck is this an elk?" I HATE YOUR MONEY!!!!!111!!!!!!1
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
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I used to collect some coins, i still do collect a little. I collect Susan B Anthony dollars when i get em and Bicentennial Quarters. I have a steel penny and collect wheat pennies when i find 'em. I have some other dollar coins too. A couple of loonies and a canadian 5 dollar bill too. That's about it i think.
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Teralyx
Title: Master Exploder
Joined: Jun 04 2008
Location: Goldenrod City
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My collection:
15 JFK half dollars
1 bicentennial JFK half dollar
2 Susan B. Anthony Golden Dollars
13 Canadian quarters (and one with a guy on horseback... Any canucks wanna tell me what this is?)
10 Canadian nickels (and one with a guy on it...wtf?)
1 Canadian golden dollar
12 Canadian dimes
7 Canadian pennies (again, one with a dude on it)
1 Canadian "New Penny"
1 Eisenhower Silver Dollar
1 Sliver dollar with the statue of Liberty on it
1 Zinc penny
3 Buffalo Nickels
1 10 yen coin
1 5 yen coin
(can't find, but had) Swiss 10 Rappen coin
1 Italian 50 lira coin
1 Bulgarian 50 Xenta coin
2 wheat pennies
1 liberty dime
3 silver dimes
3 bicentennial quarters
1 Thai 5 bat coin
1 English 1 shilling coin
1 Belgian 5 Franc coin
1 Indian 2 rupee coin
1 Indian 3 rupee coin
2 Indian 5 rupee coins
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ReeperTheSeeker
Joined: Aug 26 2007
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I was just curious about a few thing:
Do banks still sell half dollars and one dollar coins (i want to find a scacagowia for each year they are printed and maybe some suson Bs.) I'd like to also get some Ike Coins before they disipear from over collecting.
And has anyone acquired all 50 state quarters. I lost track after 2 years, I just found an Alaskan quarter in a vending machine so they must be done with them by now. Although i've heard they will be doing ones for DC and US territories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_State_Quarters#District_of_Columbia_and_territories
Also i have to say the new nickel is not cool, it's like jeff is giving me a creepy look everytime i see the new design.
And ThatGuy, i'm a penny fanatic and last i looked most pennys are made of zinc with a copper plate shell around them. What year is the penny?
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Dr. Jeebus
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Title: SLF Harbinger of Death
Joined: Sep 03 2005
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I found a 1904 walking liberty half dollar in my front yard using my uncle's metal detector. When I said the detector said half dollar he told me it was just a screw, but I dug anyway.
A guy I know found Nazi gold on the floor in a local mall. I'm sure it's not real gold, but it's an authentic Nazi coin.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
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I used to collect the state quarters till i got bored with it
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Dr. Jeebus
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Evilwii
Joined: Oct 06 2008
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| Dr. Jeebus wrote: |
| If you started 10 years ago and collected all 50 state quarters in mint condition, their value today would be $12.50. |
sweet I got 12.50
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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| Dr. Jeebus wrote: |
| If you started 10 years ago and collected all 50 state quarters in mint condition, their value today would be $12.50. |
LOL
If you started at the bank this morning and collected 50 random quarters you would have $12.50.
You could also have 12 Sacagawea dollars and two quarters totalling $12.50
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
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Two coins add up to 6 cents. One of them isn't a nickel. What're the 2 coins?
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
Joined: Jan 08 2008
Location: Mpls Mini Soda
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| lordsathien wrote: |
| Two coins add up to 6 cents. One of them isn't a nickel. What're the 2 coins? |
A penny and a nickel. Heard this one before, lol.
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Teralyx
Title: Master Exploder
Joined: Jun 04 2008
Location: Goldenrod City
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| ReeperTheSeeker wrote: |
And ThatGuy, i'm a penny fanatic and last i looked most pennys are made of zinc with a copper plate shell around them. What year is the penny? |
It's from 1943, when we needed all the copper we could get for bullets. It's completely zinc and has a dull Grey color, no copper coating.
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docinsano
Title: Boner King
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| ThatGuy wrote: |
| ReeperTheSeeker wrote: |
And ThatGuy, i'm a penny fanatic and last i looked most pennys are made of zinc with a copper plate shell around them. What year is the penny? |
It's from 1943, when we needed all the copper we could get for bullets. It's completely zinc and has a dull Grey color, no copper coating. |
I thought those pennies were made of steel. I have one. A magnet will pick it up. Try a magnet, if it picks up the penny it is steel. If not, well it's zinc and I'm a dumbass.
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Teralyx
Title: Master Exploder
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I tested it, and the magenet picks it up, but my sources which are totally not my mom tell me it's zinc with a little iron in it.
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<TheFlamingSchnitzel> Didn't your mom teach you not to punch girls?
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ReeperTheSeeker
Joined: Aug 26 2007
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| ThatGuy wrote: |
| I tested it, and the magenet picks it up, but my sources which are totally not my mom tell me it's zinc with a little iron in it. |
As far as i know, the pennies from 1943 are mostly steel with a thin layer of zinc to protect from corrosion. Which does jack shit by the way, thats way most steel pennies look like crap. I wonder if there are any still in circulation. I doubt it though.
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
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Just added 2 Morgan Silver Dollars to my collection: One from 1897 and another for 1878. Any idea how much they'd be worth in fair or less quality?
The customer just plunked them down to pay for some cheetos and a powerade. I'm thinking either he stole them, was desperate, or an idiot (or possibly a combination of all three).
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SoldierHawk
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I'm not exactly a collector, but I do have a lot of random coins from around the world, including a FULL, not-quite-mint condition set of Dutch guilders (I lived over there for a year when I was a kid). I had assumed that once the EU switched to the Euro they would skyrocket in price and rarity, and that I could retire early...still waiting on that though.
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Ash Burton
Title: AshRaiser
Joined: Nov 10 2008
Location: Florida
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blackrattism
Joined: May 21 2009
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I collect stretched pennies, does that count? I have a bunch from my last trip to the US and a bunch from Australia too.
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Kubo
Joined: Aug 24 2005
Location: Mount Holly, NJ
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I collect coins pretty seriously... I try to complete a whole set of a certain coin before I move onto another one, but recently I've been focusing on silver. For example, I've been getting the Silver Eagle dollars that started being minted in 1986 (I think it was.) I only buy the proof versions of those, and still in their box. They look like this:
http://www.savoncoins.com/images/1st-Year-Issue-1986-Proof-Silver-Eagle.jpg
I also collect the state quarters, but again, only in silver proof. I think so far, I own something like 35 coins, and they're worth something like $550. If I'm remembering right. I'm too lazy to drag out the collection.
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Ky-Guy
Title: Obscure Nintendo Gamer
Joined: Jul 19 2006
Location: Michigan
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Well, I tried to collect those US quarters, but I gave up a long time ago.
On a side note, I have some Euros from my sister when I went to Spain to meet her.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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In high school I put a double headed quarter into a vending machine by mistake and found out years later how freaking valuable they are. I'm pretty sure the odds I had a phony are sky high since they're so rare, but man if not..... 
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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I used to collect when I was younger. I'm not going to go through my entire collection, but a few favorites are my Nazi pennies, my 1855 US 3 cent piece, my 1922 $1 bill in perfect shape, among many others. I also got into that State coin collecting crap as a teenager, but did it as a hobby more than "hoping" the price goes up on them, which is NEVER will in our lifetime. And that's why I originally quit collecting, I was wasting my money on buying some of these coins as an investment and most of the old coins had already gotten to their top value for the next 50 years or so, and since collecting is such a big deal nowadays, it's no longer smart to make it an investment, so unless I come across a coin or money by chance (like the '22 $1) then I don't pay for anything. Besides, the fucking mint changes their designs so much anymore...our money is absolutely ugly.
Also, one minor side note...I found a 1952 penny several years ago that isn't copper. I checked it out and it definately sounds MUCH different than a regular copper penny does, but it's also SLIGHTLY lighter than the 1943 steel pennies...it's also in great shape, yet I have no idea what it is or what it's worth...too bad it isn't one of those 1974 aluminum pennies.
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