2011 Gettysburg Quarter

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This is the sixth America the Beautiful quarter since they began in 2010. But wait where is the fifth? I have not found the Mt. Hood quarter.

It happens. Often coins roll in one after the other as they are released and then suddenly there is a gap. Still a nice find half way through 2011.

 

Gettysburg is where about 51,000 soldiers died. The battlefield became a place where veterans would gather and eventually it became a park. From horror to honor.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 25 Cents-Gettysburg / United States
Year: 2011-P
Mintage: 30,800,000
Metal: 91.67% Copper 8.33% Nickel
Value: $0.25 in F-12

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1995 Canada Nickel

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Apparently this coin want its own 15 minutes in the spotlight since I keep finding it every few months. Yes I have posted about it before but here it is on its own.

 

Done. Now let me find something cool.


Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 5 Cents / Canada
Year: 1995
Mintage:78,780,000
Metal: 75% Copper, 25% Nickel
Value: $0.05 in Fine

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History Channel Medalet

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Got this little piece in the mail with a solicitation to join the History Channel Club. It was glued to the letter which I half read before shredding.

Medalet, Medal, Medallion

Let us throw up some definitions:

1. Medalet = no value or trade, round, two-sided, less than 25mm
2. Medal = no value or trade, round, two-sided, between 25mm - 80mm
3. Medallion = no value or trade, round, two-sided, more than 80mm

Of course these are not official and exceptions to the "rules" are common. Often the term token or coin are used and while not accurate are fine as a general term. Just in case you think it ends there the terms tondo, circular relief, tablet, plaque, and plaquette all fall under the non-token/non-coin category.

 

This one has a die crack, common among tokens and medals it usually adds no value.

Funny thing about value. On eBay someone was selling 100 of these for $5.00 meaning each one is $0.05. Also online someone sold one for $18.00. The average sellers price is $3.00 but for an advertising medal it seems too high.

Here are the stats for this token and the coin itself...
Type/Country: History Channel Club / United States
Year: Unknown
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Unknown
Weight: 1.80 grams
Diameter: 21 millimeters
Thickness: 1/32 inch (I enjoy mixing up measurement standards)
Obverse Writing: THE HISTORY CHANNEL CLUB
Reverse Writing: 17 76
Value: $0.10 

Typical Americana designs of an eagle, union shield, Liberty bell, arrows, and leaves are on it but not with typical symbolic meaning.

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1998 Canada Ten Cents

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Coins can be icky. Sure people here all the stories about germs on notes and bills. The fact that people touch money will always make it a breeding ground for nastiness. That said it is all relatively harmless especially if you have access to running water. Oddly enough silver has some antibacterial properties so older coins were marginally safer. Plastic tends to be very germ friendly so the future of money just gets dirtier.

This Canadian dime was blotchy and I refuse to think about what made it so blotchy.

 

Found a perfect background for this coin.

Here's the stats...

Type/Country: 10 Cents / Canada
Year: 1998
Mintage: 203,514,000
Metal: 100% Nickel
Value: $0.10 (This one is stained)


I seriously need to take a day trip to Canada and return the favor.

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Repeating is OK

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I thought about giving these coins their own individual posts but I have found them before and they are so common that it seemed repetitive.

There seems to be a sudden drop off in interesting finds.

 

Running out of finds so maybe it wasn't a good idea to put these two together. Oh well I will think of something if that day ever comes. Happy coin hunting to all, maybe little behind for the rest of us.

Type / Country: 5 Cents / United States
Year: 1955-D
Metal: 75% copper 25% nickel
Mintage: 74,464,100
Value: G-4 $0.05

Type / Country: 1 Cent / Canada
Year: 2005
Mintage: 759,658,000
Metal: Bronze-Plated Zinc
Value: $0.02 in XF

It is kind of annoying when a coin as old as the 1982 Cayman Islands cent still has no official mintage listed.

Sidenote: Blogger has been experiences some outages so please be patient if there some issues.

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50/50 Fooled Half the Time

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During tax season fly-by-night tax prepares opened shops around my fair town and were handing out these clever flyers. The flyers are shaped, designed, and folded to look like a lost fifty dollar bill. Knowing that most people throw flyers away after a few minutes these ingenious flyers are bound to get picked up again. Most people would not pass by a lost buck even if it dirty or in the gutter.

This type of advertising is not illegal since it is not meant to deceive anyone into thinking it is a genuine note. Instead it hits on that scavenging gene that little piece everyone has that wants to find something for nothing. The ad is for Liberty Tax. The company gives you $50 cash when you go in and let them do your taxes. They are famous for doing taxes with your final year's pay-stub.

Oh they are also infamous for taking back the $50 and an additional $350 to do simple taxes, they have caused franchise owners to go broke, and have done funny business with social security numbers, tax-day loans, and refund checks.

I redacted the address for privacy concerns.

I have been fooled to pick up these but never been fooled to enter one of their temporary shops.

Value?
None. This is not even close to being a exonumia piece even though it is a coupon. Ad and certain money collectors have shown interest older versions of these like wooden nickels. Still older funny money/ads rarely hold any high values. The old adage "Don't take any wooden nickels." is very appropriate for this particularly piece.

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