Loonie Ten Dollars

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Back in April I got a new ten dollar bill in my change on the same day I got a 1987 Canadian dollar coin. Since then I've got lots of questions on a possible error on the ten dollar bill.

Look at the note carefully this is what a new crisp ten dollar bill looks like.

Now the question of error on the new ten dollar bill.
It is a myth people asked why does the 2006 note have a 2004 date, is that an error?
NO!

When a new bill has a design change they change the date to what ever year the change was made. If the design change is minor like a signature or adding color then a letter is added to the date, so 2004 turns to 2004A.

No ten dollar bill errors have been verified.

As for the Loonie coin it was the first Loonie coin in Canada's dollar coin series. There is another common 1987 Canadian dollar but it is 10x rarer. It is also an 11 sided coin, I think the cashier who gave it to me confused it with a U.S. golden dollar.

Here are the values of those pictured above...
Type / Country: 10 dollar bill / United States
Year: 2004A
Mintage: 51,200,000
Value: $10.00 in all grades unless it has been professional certified.

Type / Country: 1 dollar-Loon / Canada
Year: 1987
Mintage: 205,405,000
Metal: Aureate-Bronze Plated Nickel
Value: $2.25 in MS-63(this one is about $1.25 because it is worn)

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Gold Buffalo Coins News

Today the much talked about Gold Buffalo Coin was put up for sale at the U.S. Mint. This is the proof version meaning it is specially minted with a shiny mirror like field. The coin is $800 plus $4.95 shipping and handling with a limit of ten per order.Now I really want this coin but at $800 dollars it is out of my price range. The uncirculated version should be about $675 and will be sold through authorized coin dealers not from the mint directly.

Either way they won't be shipping out until July 13, 2006 and seeing how the mints website crashed today I think the 300,000 coins are sold out.

Yes these coins are legal tender, they are .9999 fine gold bullion, the first of its kind ever made by our mint. It is 1 ounce and gold today is at $582.90 an ounce.

If you buy one I would love to see a picture these are truely classicly minted coins.

Ebay, Friends and My Pocket.

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In the beginning of December 2005 I bought these dimes on eBay then I got this Mexican coin from a new friend and I found a Canadian penny in my change.

Also notice the holders they are made in two and three holes for the mintmarks of each year. If want to put the 1941, 1941D and 1941S in the same place you now can with these holders. They are sold everywhere they sell coin supplies.

Here's a decent place to buy these holders.
Brooklyn Gallery

Here's the stats...
1941-D 1942-D 1943-D 1944-D Mercury Dime Lot VF++......$2.79
Lot 8 Silver Roosevelt Dimes 1947 51 56 60 61 62 64 64 .... $3.27
Coin Supplies Saf-T-Flip Coin Holder 1.5x1.5w/card 25PK...$3.25
It was a total of $11.81 with shipping and handling.

As of today (2012 values) the Mercury dimes are worth.............. $10.66
the Roosevelt Dimes are............................................................. $21.30
and the Sat-T-Flips are ............................................................. $2.00
for a total of $33.99 so I earned $22.18 on my initial purchase. Okay so I'm not retiring but most of the times I lose money when I buy coins so any little that I make I will enjoy.

The Cinco Pesos is Mexican from 1948 it was free from a friend that also collects coins and is worth $29.00 (2012 value was $12.00 when I first got it in 2006).

The Canadian penny is from 1980 and only worth at most $0.10, yeah it's true most change finds are not worth a lot. It is the 5^th 1980 Canadian cent I found in my change.

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My Oldest Find

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My oldest change find ever happened on February 11 2006 it was this not so pretty 1907 Indian Head Cent. I received in my change from a store or supermarket, I can't quite recall because it was mixed in all my change.

Now this beats a 1913 penny I found back in the early '80s. That one was in circulation for about 70 years before I found it. This 1907 coin had been in circulation for almost 100 years.

This gives me some hope of my goal of finding a gold coin in circulation but as of late I have found very few coins that are interesting or valuable.

Here's the stats for this Indian Head coin....
Type: 1 cent--Variety 3-Bronze
Year: 1907
Mintage: 108,137,143
Metal: 95% Copper 5% Tin & Zinc
Value: $2.00 in G-4

How could this coin still be in circulation? Well it could be another collector placed it there. It could be a kid used it from his parents collection or some one needed to buy something and accidentally used it. What really kept it in circulation was the ugly stain over the date, in hand it is difficult to read and looks like 1987, which would confuse non-collectors.

Either way it was a cool find and I hope that you find something as old.

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You Asked For It

I made a fairly accurate Wheat Penny Price/Value Guide here
WHEAT PENNIES.

I hope to do it for all coins but it might take a while tomorrow I'll put a permanaent link in the sidebar.

An Error Penny

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On May 22 of this year I was searching through my change at the end of the day and found a 1956 wheat cent, which was ok they are worth about 2¢ in that condition.

I left the coin on my desk because I was too busy to catalog my newest find. Then a few days later I noticed some crud on the coin then I looked closer and saw it was actually excess copper between the B and E in LIBERTY.

Immediately I recognized it was a "BIE" error and sure enough I got my error book out and there it was as clear as day.

Here's this coin stats...
II-F-4 BIE Die Variety (W) = a die break or crack between the B and the E.
Fairly common in the years 1955-1958 and value at $1.00 to $20.00.
I figure due to all the green spots and circulation wear that mine is closer to $1.00.

For a while BIE pennies became very popular and the BIE Guild was formed. Soon so many of these errors were found that the value went down and the collectors stopped tracking these coins. The BIE Guild dissolved and now unless the coin is proof or in excellent shape the premium for this error is low.

Here is a better picture of this type of error from LeeG(an expert collector) he also found a 1956 BIE but as you see in a higher grade.Do you have an error penny and want to know its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.