2001-P Sacagawea Dollar

Walked by a vending machine when it made a funny noise and spit out this coin and another. Seeing how much money vending machines have taken from over the years it is only fair that I kept this one.

The coin is not a keeper since I have better ones. The brown tone is kind of cool like button from a pair of old jeans. The coin is twelve years old and looks fifty. I still can see how dollar coin may work but these metals need to be changed.

It is rare to find free money these days but I have been able to find my fair share. Keeping an ear out is as good as keeping an eye out.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar / United States
Year: 2001P
Mintage: 62,468,000
Metal: Core: 100% Copper, Clad Layer: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, 2% Nickel
Value: F-12 about $1.00

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1935-D $1 Silver Certificate

The last of my currency and seeing how I barely use cash do not expect anything new for some time. Printed between January 1953 and December 1957 these dollar notes are not as old as you think.

The bill is very folded, has many staple holes, pencil marks, and tiny tears. I think it circulated for fifty years before I got my hands on it. This series is on of the most common with over five billion printed and it is easier to upgrade this note for a little extra.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar / United States
Year: 1935D
Date Printed: January 1953 - December 1957
Printings: 5,134,056,000
Run: 220th of 278 from L78840001I - L99999999I
Value: $3.00 in Very-Fine

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2005 Thailand 10 Baht

Pretty sure this is a 2005 coin the numbers translate as 2548 which should be 2005 in our calendar. The Thai numeral system is like ours but the characters are very similar and the coin fonts make the tiny differences even more difficult for a novice to detect.

This ๒ is a 2, this ๕ is a 5, this ๔ is a 4, and this ๘ is an 8. If you can see the fonts and compare then it does look like I got them right. Add to that there are some commemorative coins issued for 2005 but luckily the designs are very different. This one pictured above is the normal circulated variety.


Since I have not found anything foreign coin recently I went into the vaults to show this one.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Baht / Thailand
Edge: Segmented Reeding
Year: 2005 (2548)
Mintage: 108,271,000
Metal: Bimetallic: Outer Ring: Cupro-Nickel, Center: Brass
Value: $1.50 in Extra-Fine, $0.32 in exchange value

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Street Vendor Coin Shopping

Went walking around NYC for fun and I stumbled upon a street vendor selling coins. The vendor is a local book vendor but sells other stuff too, although that is illegal. He had one table with coins and coin related items.

For those of you not familiar with NYC vendor laws I will summarize. You do not need a permit or any special permissions to sell books or any written material. That said you need to obey all vendor laws and also not sell anything else. If you break these rules the cops will seize everything.

Now back to the illegal coins.

On sale was first day covers in envelopes, colorized coins, a canceled die, pre-1940 cents and nickels, many single proofs, and silver dollars. All prices were exactly the same as Red Book values. For example a fine 1908 cent is $4.00 and a very fine 1923 cent is $2.00. All the silver dollars were $40.00, silver halves were $15.00 each.

I did not buy anything but I may be back just to get album fillers. While these coins have grades on them they are not exact and when buying expect them to be a grade or two lower. What you will not find is an amazing undiscovered million dollar coin, this guy knows what he is selling.

1935-H $1 Silver Certificate

Yes I found this in my change years ago and it was as ugly and stained as it is today. It has some staple holes and when I first got it smelled of smoke and beer. I think it was once on the wall of a bar but there is little chance of proving that theory.

One thing I like about these older notes are the plate numbers. Back then they ran into the thousands since they started with 1 and kept going until 9999. At least that is my best guess since they did not start over when a new series was approved.

This note just turned 50 years old and while it has been out of circulation for the last 10 years it still held up well. As long as I keep it in a cool, dry, and dark place I think it will be fine for another 50 years. Although maybe placing it in an archival safe sleeve would be better.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar / United States
Year: 1935H
Date Printed: June - October 1963
Printings: 30,520,000
Run: 20th of 55 from D80280001J - D99999999J
Value: $4.00 in Very-Fine

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1962 Nickel

With little change finds to brag about I present another older nickel. Since nickels have the longest unchanged designs except for mint mark locations the design was the same from 1938-2003. Even now the back of the nickel is the same as before.

I do enjoy the streaks often seen on these older nickels. This has a bit of verdigris most likely because the copper is leeching out. Often older coins are washed and heated dry to clean by banks and other money changers because they do get dirty in circulation. Nickels survive being cleaned the best because of the nickel content and the thickness.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 5 Cents / United States
Year: 1962
Mintage: 97,384,000
Metal: 75% Copper 25% Nickel
Value: $0.05 in F-12

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