1879 Morgan Silver Dollar

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Well Morgan and silver seems redundant but it is descriptive. Got this one from Eastern Numismatics back when they had them at 5 for $85 or something. Morgans are among the most collectible of U.S. coins and it is amazing that these chunky coins were once commonly circulating.

Silver dollars always keep great value. This coin can get all scratched and lose all collectors value and still gain in metal value every year. That is kind of true with all metal coins including clad coins, which why going back to the gold and silver standard is ridiculous since the market can easily be manipulated like all currencies.

As a coin it is the standard for all other American coins. Liberty on the front and an eagle on the back. The eagle is holding arrows and branches and is surrounded by a wreath. Thirteen stars on the front symbolize the first states and the two in the back are for decoration.

Here's the stat for this coin...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar / United States
Year: 1879
Mintage: 14,806,000
Metal: 90% silver, 10% copper
Value: $29.00 in VF-20

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1999 Romania 500 Lei

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Romania has a long history of wonderful coins. In October a rare 1939 Romanian 100 Lei will go up for auction, small preview via Coin Update, estimate is $101,000. Also a new Romanian coin law just passed to honor novelist Marin Preda with three dates; birth, death, and year.

Now this one from my vault has been demonetized and would have been worth $140 if the exchange was applied, oh well maybe they will remonetize (Firefox is telling me that is not a real word) it someday.

The edge on this thick coin has ♦ ROMANIA ♦ ROMANIA ♦ ROMANIA and in this one what seems to be a bit of doubling. Well maybe a weak first strike but if you look carefully on the first edge image there is a faint second impression of the word ROMANIA. I am not sure what to call that but I doubt it brings any extra value. These are aluminum coins made in unknown amounts and not much interest in errors.

Still hopefully interest in Romanian coins will grow and one day I will toss this up on eBay as a super rarity. Probably not.
 
Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 500 Lei / Romania
Year: 1999
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Aluminum
Value: $0.35 in VF

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1968-S Nickel

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San Fransisco minted coins are not rare. It has been decades since a circulating San Fransisco has been issued but they are still floating around. For the S mint coins 1980 was the last circulating dollar, 1974 for the cent, 1955 for dime, 1954 for the quarter and half, and 1969 for the nickel. Currently the San Fransisco mint makes proof and other special coins but none are intended to circulate.

Okay there are a few million exceptions. It is know that well into the 1980s they made cents without any mint marks. They are all assumed to be Philadelphia cents because there is no current way to tell them apart, I have no idea if future collectors will be able to separate them.

For 2012 the San Fransisco mint made circulation strike quarters for the America The Beautiful series. These are not meant for circulation but they were minted as if they were. Selling each $10 roll for $18.95 plus a flat shipping fee of $4.95. I am sure some will end up in circulation as many people have found proofs in their change.

Although over 100 million of this 1968-s nickel were made it is still a bit tough to find in your change. This is true with most S minted coins but still they hold no special value, unless you left your heart in San Fransisco.

Here's the stats for this coin...
Type/Country: 5 Cents / United States
Year: 1968-S
Metal: 75% copper 25% nickel
Mintage: 100,396,004
Value: $0.05 at F-12

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Unreachable Cents

Okay maybe they are in reach but should I even bother?

The Situation
There is a green traffic switch box outside my office and where people often put stuff on after leaving a local restaurant and before entering a cab. I have seen them leaving full coffee cups, fresh food, and money. Once I found $22 that some unknown person left there, if I saw it happening I would yell down to them.

This is what has been left recently.

 First someone left one cent about two weeks ago and then a week ago two more cents appeared. 

Since this my place of work I feel uneasy about reaching over for such little. Back when I found the $22 it was less busy and I just started out. I know these days finding lost money is good but I often see loose change on the street and pass it by if I am with others.

I know this money will be there for a while but the weather will take its toll.

The Choices:

1. Be shameless and just go for it.
2. Ignore it and keep some dignity.
3. Go all ninja and try to secretly get them.

Your opinion matters.

P.S. The green  boxes are repainted and cleaned about twice a year so these will not stay there forever.

2006 $20 Bill, IB-A

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Labor Day calls for picture of what everyone works so hard for...cash-money. This is not the 2006 star note I featured before. It is just a normal 2006 series twenty dollar bill but since I am posting one of everything might as well showoff this one.

The United States twenty dollar has to be the most counterfeited bill in the world, maybe the hundred beats it but barely. This past week alone minor stories about fakers hit the news world. One in Duluth and another in Madison, but be aware many more did not make the news. The best way to detect a fake is by touch, the linen used is different when compared to most paper. Although some of them use and bleached ones and fives as the stock but this often fails since the ink does not print well.

Here's the stats for this bill...
Type/Federal Bank: $20 Note- D.C. / New York
Year: 2006
Printings: 480,000,000
Printed: December 2006
Run: 10th of 15 from IB57600001A - IB64000000A
Value: CU(crisp-uncirculated) $22.00

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Coined For Money: Round-Up Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2012

African coins and currency also makes news, just not as loud as the Euro.

Nigeria is restructuring the coins again because it is good to rotate your money every five years.

A nice brief history of South African money via COINWeek.

Featured this week was a Rhodesian coin and a Rhodesian & Nyasaland coin, both countries no longer exist.