It's TnT

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Trinidad 'n' Tobago that is.

Found this coin in my change the other day. It was suppose to be a in return for a dime but obviously someone made a mistake.



This is the second Trinidad and Tobago coin I found this year. In New York City they are fairly common among foreign change finds. Usually only Canada gives us more coins.

Here are the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Cent/Trinidad and Tobago
Year: 1998
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Bronze
Value: $0.20 in XF but this one has some verdigris damage.

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Oh, Canada

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I have been slow to get new coins mainly because I have to save money for college stuff. Apparently college gets more expensive the closer you are to graduating. Back to my coin shortage.

There are 3 main ways to get coins .

1. Buy them but that cost time and money.
2. Get them from family or friends but that gets annoying and is not worth it.
3. Find them in your change which is what I mainly do.

As I use more credit cards and less actual cash I get less change. Add that to to the fact that lots of people are collecting or not using change this leaves few coins to find. When the second year of statehood quarters came out I was averaging about 2 new coins from change every 3 days. Now I am averaging 2 new coins from my change a month.

That all being said I still got these 3 coins from Canada in my American change.
2 silver dimes and one plated quarter.

Here are the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Cents/Canada
Year: 1958
Mintage: 10,621,236
Metal: 80% Silver, 20% Copper
Value: $0.79 in AG-3 (because this coin is very corroded so the value is just for the silver content)

Type/Country: 10 Cents/Canada
Year: 1967
Mintages: 32,309,135 for 80% or 30,689,080 for 50%
Metal: 80% Silver, 20% Copper or 50% Silver, 50% Copper
Value: $0.79 in F-12 for 80% or $0.49 in F-12 for 50%
(As far as I can tell there is no way to tell the 80% from the 50%, mine weighs 2.37 grams which is higher than the 2.33 grams it should weigh.)

Type/Country: 25 Cents/Canada
Year: 2004P
Mintage: 177,466,000
Metal: 94% Steel, 3.8% Copper, 2.2% Nickel
Value: $1.00 in MS-60

I just threw in the ruler for scale, I'm just testing it out.

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Coined at the Museum

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Well an update to the squished, pressed, or elongated coins. Apparently there are three machines in the American Museum of Natural History each with four designs.

The first four located inside the first floor gift shop includes the following design.

It depicts the museum itself, next a barosaurus, then a tyrannosaurs rex skull, and finally a stegosaurus skeleton.

The second four are located outside the first floor museum gift shop.

The first is early man, the next is an American Indian ornate canoe/kayak, two bears, and finally The Rose Center for Earth and Space.

Most of the images are from their dioramas, permanent exhibits, or the buildings themselves.

Again the value of each is about $0.50 which is also their price.

There are four more from the the machine outside the Dinostore located upstairs but I will get those on another day. For some reason I really like these coins, which is strange since I usually don't like altered coins.

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Why the long face?

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I got this coin from the gift shop at American Museum of Natural History(AMNH). The Canadian cent next to it is just a change find.
And the opposite side.
You can see traces of the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse side.

These elongated coins are common around tourist area but this is the first time I know that the AMNH has been doing this. In their gift shop is a machine where you pay 51 cents to get that penny squished as it passes 8 times around and one of four museum designs is pressed onto the coin.

Other places in New York City that this can be done is the Central Park Zoo or The Bronx Zoo and a few other tourist traps.

Book value has them at $0.50 and up. It is perfectly legal to flatten US coins but it can't be used again as money. The first US elongated coin was made at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago, these will bring a higher value. Most now are common especially in penny form but nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, and dollars exist. I've heard rumors of gold pieces but never seen one.

Type/Company: 1 Cent(Elongated)/American Museum of Natural History
Year: Unknown(elongated-2007, coin-post 1982)
Mintage: Unknown(Began week of May 13, 2007)
Metal: 0.8% copper, 99.2% zinc
Value: $0.50

Type/Country: 1 Cent/Canada
Year: 2001
Mintage: 919,358,000
Metal: Copper Plated Zinc
Value: $0.10 in MS-60 or less

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Ask and Ye Shall Receive, Change

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On February 12, 2007 I wrote about the release of the new presidential dollars in NYC that took place that same month. I complained about the time that new circulating coins reach my pockets in form of change.

A few days ago chrys wrote this comment...

I have not seen the dollar as change you get from the shops but apparently some car parks ticket machine will spit some. My husband came home with a bunch of them and a few of those with errors.

I wrote back...

That's great chrys I try to tell people not to buy them unless it is from the official government website.

It is better to receive them in your change but it takes time. The debuted in NYC where I live and I have yet to see one.

There are currently 5 "errors" known for these coins. At first they were selling at $300.00 a piece now they are so common that they sell for $2.00 if you're lucky. We will have to wait 1-5 years to see which errors are valuable and which are way too common.

Great finds hold on to them.

The next day BAM! I got 3 new dollars in my change along with a Trinidad and Tobago cent. I thank chrys for the added luck.

Here they go.

The top is a Trinidad & Tobago cent and an image of its reverse. The front has some stuff stuck on it.
The next 3 are the presidential dollars I got. The two in the middle have Washington face up and the edge lettering readable in the normal way. The last dollar has Washington facing up and the edge lettering is upside down.

These upside down "errors" seem to run about 50-50 or maybe 40-60 in favor of right side up. It is not a true error since the mint did not say whether or not the edge lettering should go up or down. At the end they are too common and are worth the same.

I got my 2008 Redbook by R.S. Yeoman and all future prices will reflect that, I'll also try to update any older values I given out.

Here are the stats for each type of coin...
Type/Country: 1 Cent/Trinidad & Tobago
Year: 2002
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Bronze
Value: $0.05 in Fine(If I can safely remove the gunk.)

Type/Country: 1 Dollar (Right Side Up Edge)/United States of America
Year: 2007P
Mintage: Estimated 176,680,000 (Final numbers may take years)
Metal: 77% copper, 12% zinc, 7% manganese, 4% nickel
Value: $1.00 in MS-60 or less

Type/Country: 1 Dollar(Upside Down Edge)/United States of America
Year: 2007P
Mintage: Estimated 176,680,000 (Final numbers may take years)
Metal: 77% copper, 12% zinc, 7% manganese, 4% nickel
Value: $1.00 in MS-60 or less

Note that the metal content for the dollars are for outer layers only that are bonded to an inner layer of pure copper. This is a more accurate metal content; 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, and 2% Nickel.

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Dolla Dolla Bill Y'all

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Whew! I've been flooded with currency question over the past month. It is a good thing because it shows people are collecting. I understand that it is harder these days to find older or unique coins which is why notes are getting more popular.

This Small-Size Currency book is the best book for looking up modern currency prices although the values listed are slightly high. A modern note is any small size from 1928 until now.

As for where to sell your newly found bills, hmmm that is more difficult. If you don't know a good coin dealer then I suggest eBay or join a coin forum.

For most circulated notes you can expect to get $2.00 over the face value.
In crisp-uncirculated expect double face value.

Here are some notes to look out for...
Bill: $1 1935A serial #M-A (only two notes are known, but hey you never know)
Value: $8,250.00 in CH-CU($250.00 increase since 2008)

Bill: $5 1928D serial #F-A
Value: $6,000.00 in CH-CU($1,000.00 increase since 2008)

Bill: $100 1981 serial #E-*
Value: $3,000.00 in CH-CU

Other notes like $1 1988A Web-Fed Press Printings average $50.00. These were made with a special machine for a short run. They are by there serial numbers and are semi-rare.

Keep up with the questions and if find any special notes then I'll post them also. Recently I found a $1 1969C #F-B which is not worth anything more than $1.00 in circulated condition.
I also found a $20 bill from 2004 that has four zeros making it worth $22.50, not much but still cool.

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