1973 Honduras 50 Centavos

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The one and only Honduran coin I own. Not sure where I got it. Also not sure why it is the only one I own.

Lempira is the equivalent of Dollar. So 50 Centavos de Lempira is like saying half dollar. Granted the exchange rate, as of today, has it 50 Centavos de Lempira equal to about 5 U.S. Cents.

50 CENTAVOS DE LEMPIRA PRODUZCAMOS MAS ALIMENTOS

REPBULICA DE HONDURAS

PRODUZCAMOS MAS ALIMENTOS means we produce more food. This is a nod to F.A.O. which is the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Since 1968 they have asked countries to spread the message of better food and farming through coins. F.A.O. coins are very collectible since they are mostly affordable. 600+ coins and medals have been issued including the last Haitian coin I featured two days ago.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 50 Centavos De Lempira / Honduras
Year: 1973
Mintage: 4,400,000
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.25 in VF

Slight evidence this coin was cleaned. Then again there is evidence that thing coin was covered in something rust-like.

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1975 Haiti 10 Centimes

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First time showing off a Haitian coin. Most are common and worth very little. Still in my change they are hardly seen and when they come in coin lots I always get the most common centimes.

There is so much to say about Haiti itself that the coin seems insignificant. Still recovering from the 2010  earthquake the population has survived but is not yet thriving. Before I get all depressed let me move on to the coin itself.

REPUBLIQUE D'HAITI 1975

LIBERTÉ · ÉGALITÉ · FRATERNITÉ

AUGMENTONS LA PRODUCTION ALIMENTAIRE 

L'UNION FAIT LA FORCE 

· 10 ·

With less than one cent in exchange rate I doubt this coin is used much.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 10 Centimes / Haiti
Year: 1975
Mintage: 12,000,000
Metal: Copper-Nickel
Value: $0.05 in VF

I took one year of French in college and did quite well, that said I forgot most of it and cannot translate off hand.

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2003-A $2 Bill, D-A

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Three year since my last $2.00 note find. I guess with all the spring holidays happening at once that funny money is being used. The cashier told me that since there is no slot for $2 bills and since they are not rare she tries to pass it on before the store closes. She also hinted that some people refuse the note anticipating they might have issues using them.

Although the series says 2003 the actually printing was in 2006. All the 2003-A notes were printed in the three months from July-September in 2006. This is the second 2003-A note I got and like the other one it was issued to the Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank. I thought I would get a New York federal bank. It is possible NY needed more notes and the Ohio Bank transferred the bills to NY. I say this because it was very crisp except for one slightly folded non-pointy corner.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 2 Dollars / United States
Year: 2003 A
Date Printed: September 2006
Printings: 19,200,000
Run: 3rd in the D12800001A - D19200000A group
Value: $3.50 in Almost Uncirculated (one that is very fine is just face)

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1996 Guyana 5 Dollars

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This was the first of the circulating five dollar coins in Guyana. Today the exchange value hovers around two and a half cents. They eliminated most coins under a dollar. They have circulating ten dollar coins that are about five cents U.S. So while it has a large denomination it is equivalent to a cent in purchasing power. A rose by any other name...

SUGAR CANE 5 DOLLARS BANK OF GUYANA

GUYANA (ONE PEOPLE ONE NATION ONE DESTINY) 1996

One of the few copper coins I have seen with a reeded edge, not pictured.Again the reeded edge is placed on high denomination to avoid fraud and counterfeiting.

Guyanese coins are among my favorite because they are unexpected in design. The small size and neat patterns make them very unique. 

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 5 Dollars / Guyana
Year: 1996
Mintage: Unknown
Metal: Copper Plated Steel
Value: $0.15 in VF

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2011-P James Garfield Dollar

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The 20th dollar coin in the series and my latest find from a vending machine. There were two more but I had to pay for something so I used them. 

Poor President Garfield was only president for a few months in 1881. He was assassinated.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Dollar-James Garfield / United States
Year: 2011 P (Edge normal)
Mintage: 37,100,000
Metal: 88.5% Copper, 6% Zinc, 3.5% Manganese, and 2% Nickel
Value: $1.00 in F-12

In case you need to know which Presidential dollar coins have been issued so far:

Year		President	Years Served
2007	1	George Washington	1789-1797
	2	John Adams	1797-1801
	3	Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809
	4	James Madison	1809-1817
2008	5	James Monroe	1817-1825
	6	John Quincy Adams	1825-1829
	7	Andrew Jackson	1829-1837
	8	Martin Van Buren	1837-1841
2009	9	William Henry Harrison	1841
	10	John Tyler	1841-1845
	11	James K. Polk	1845-1849
	12	Zachary Taylor	1849-1850
2010	13	Millard Fillmore	1850-1853
	14	Franklin Pierce	1853-1857
	15	James Buchanan	1857-1861
	16	Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865
2011	17	Andrew Johnson	1865-1869
	18	Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877
	19	Rutherford B. Hayes	1877-1881
	20	James Garfield	1881
2012	21	Chester A. Arthur	1881-1885

Yes three more coins for 2012 await us but that is all for circulating issues.

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1968 Canada Cent

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Just a few days into the crushing announcement that Canada will stop producing new cents I find one in my change. Now you will still be able to use Canadian cents in Canada but they will slowly start taking them back. Future value depends on how aggressive this penny recall is going to be. Granted about 35 billion were made so it may not raise the value by much but if a good accounting is done by the Royal Canadian Mint of coins returning and melted that may change.

This has to be the most telling part of the entire disappearing Canada penny stories. Via The Globe and Mail:

Ottawa is suggesting businesses round off cash transactions to the nearest five-cent increment but says it’s leaving this to businesses to work out for themselves.

This rounding off would occur after taxes had been applied to the purchase and would not be necessary for credit or debit transactions.

Seriously is there any faster way to get rid cash than cheating people out of 2-3 cents per transaction (they never round down for long). The poor, budgeters, and others who make many small transactions will feel this the most.

Here's the stats...
Type/Country: 1 Cent / Canada
Year: 1968
Mintage: 329,695,772
Metal: 98% Copper, 0.5% Tin, 1.5% Zinc
Value: $0.03 in Very-Fine

Also found a 1940 U.S. cent but since I posted about this before it did not need a third appearance on this blog.

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