The Coin Show

This weekend was a good weekend. Things started out a little slow. On Saturday I dumped some coins and then went to a few banks to pick some up. One of the banks looks like a good, close source of hand wrapped coins.

I found seven loose halves, but none were keepers.

I also looked through 760 quarters. In them was only two Canadians. I could have asked for more quarters, but I was getting a bit tired of them as I have searched alot of them lately.

I next went through 2,150 dimes. The produced just one silver Rosie (1954). They were easy to search though as most were in clear wrappers.

After a bit of paint scrapping and door fixing I searched 3,700 pennies (all hand rolled). In them I found just 13 Wheats, 28 Canadians, and one Bahama 1¢. The Wheat varieties were:

1924, 1926, 1940, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1955(3), 1956, 1956D(2), 1958D

Lastly, I hunted 2,000 hand wrapped nickels. In them was only two Canadians.

On Sunday morning I went to my first coin show. It was about 15 minutes from my house. Here's a link to the show's web site. They have a show every month at the same place. I showed up pretty early at 9AM. Within an hour the place was packed. Probably 90-95% of the coins I saw on display were US coins. I had never seen that many Morgans, Peace Dollars, and gold coins before. I was looking for cheap Canadian coins. I bought 12 coins from three dealers for $13, about $1 a coin. I picked up the following:

Canadian Pennies:

1921, 1931

Canadian Nickels:

1923, 1927, 1930, 1937 Dot

Canadian Dimes:

1940, 1953, 1960, 1967

Canadian Quarters:

1966, 1968 50% Silver

The 1966 quarter was the best deal I got as I paid $1 for it and it is worth $2.25 melt. The 1968 quarter wasn't too bad either as I paid $1 for that and it is worth $1.45 melt.

I will definitely go back in December and will also check out another show in two weeks (that one is 35 minutes away). It was alot of fun to see some coins, chat with the dealers, and actually shop. Nowadays it seems like I never shop. If I want something I look for it online, find it cheap, and get it sent to me. There's no fun in that!

Found: 1 nickel (at KFC)

Redeemed: $7.25