Found my childhood coin collection and more (pics)

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8-12 year old Kevin Nerd alert. Coins and antique money collection (and a legit fossil)

So way back when, I used to collect coins from around the world. Idk how I ever got this many. I don't know if any have any real value. We have coins from probably 35+ countries.

For real value my mom once saved a misprint dollar bill from her days as a bank teller and gave it to me. I see things like this go for $500-5000 on eBay. Although just cause they are listed, don't mean they sell.

Also Have a $2 from 1928 and 3 "flying eagle cent" from 1858!!!

I need to do some basic research to see if any of it is worth keeping onto

I also found a legit fossil in the dirt when I was very young. I kept it with my coins. Can't believe it's all still here.

Now my fiancée is enjoying researching and labeling all of the countries. She is a nerd, but I love her haha
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pretty cool man. I just sold a whole bunch of coins at a garage sale lol, kept "the good ones" of course. I really need to buy some gold american eagles ....those ****ers keep going up and up
 

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Everyone must be into collecting these days. It's been a few years since I found silver in pocket change which used to be a common occurrence. In the past ten years I've found more indian head pennies in change than silver quarters.
 

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Everyone must be into collecting these days. It's been a few years since I found silver in pocket change which used to be a common occurrence. In the past ten years I've found more indian head pennies in change than silver quarters.

I haven't randomly gotten a silver quarter since I was a kid. There are YT channels dedicated to hunting for silver in bank rolls.
 

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That's pretty cool, Kevin, how you picked it back up. As a kid, I collected stamps from all over the world. I have no idea what ever happened to it. I joined the Navy and my parents got rid of a lot of my stuff. That's a nice, diverse collection.

I don't collect coins, but I did find an 1889 silver dollar a couple of years ago. Didn't buy it. It just showed up in some change. My one and only rare coin.

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My mom had a bunch of cool old money

The Confederate 5 she has is really cool but it's not in great shape
 

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I haven't randomly gotten a silver quarter since I was a kid. There are YT channels dedicated to hunting for silver in bank rolls.

Many of these youtubers are, IMO, pathetic as they lack originality. Sure I watch actual collectors talk coins, look at coins and such but nowadays there are people who are trying to jump on the bandwagon. As an example, I used to watch one person review MRE's and survival gear but now he's making videos of opening ten dollar qtr rolls hoping for an elusive key date or silver. To me that is quite the jump going from a RCW to a roll of Washington metal.
 

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Many of these youtubers are, IMO, pathetic as they lack originality. Sure I watch actual collectors talk coins, look at coins and such but nowadays there are people who are trying to jump on the bandwagon. As an example, I used to watch one person review MRE's and survival gear but now he's making videos of opening ten dollar qtr rolls hoping for an elusive key date or silver. To me that is quite the jump going from a RCW to a roll of Washington metal.

That's why I basically just try to entertain myself with my YT stuff. I figure if I find it interesting someone else probably will.
 

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Many of these youtubers are, IMO, pathetic as they lack originality. Sure I watch actual collectors talk coins, look at coins and such but nowadays there are people who are trying to jump on the bandwagon. As an example, I used to watch one person review MRE's and survival gear but now he's making videos of opening ten dollar qtr rolls hoping for an elusive key date or silver. To me that is quite the jump going from a RCW to a roll of Washington metal.
That's why I basically just try to entertain myself with my YT stuff. I figure if I find it interesting someone else probably will.
What are these silver quarters?

I go through 300-500 dollars of quarter rolls at my business every week from the bank. Don't think I've ever seen anything that nice.

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What are these silver quarters?

I go through 300-500 dollars of quarter rolls at my business every week from the bank. Don't think I've ever seen anything that nice.

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Pre 65 quarters and dimes are made of silver. Even some of the newer state park coins that have errors and the presidential $1 coins have some value and are pretty sought after in the coin world. I went to a coin show here in the LA area and some of the prices they ask are ridiculous! That dollar you have that was a print error is probably worth quite a bit.


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What are these silver quarters?

I go through 300-500 dollars of quarter rolls at my business every week from the bank. Don't think I've ever seen anything that nice.

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In 1965 coins (dimes and quarters) started being minted with clad rather than silver planchets because the value of silver was increasing substantially and the intrinsic value of the metal was worth more than face value. There are exceptions such as the Kennedys (40% up to 1970 but 1971 went clad), the uncirculated bicentennial set with the S mark, '71-'74 Ike's (S mark) are 40%, etc.., Finding a silver coin in a handful of change is easily done by sound. Silver and clad coinage make two distinctively sounds when shaken or banged together. Up above Bob showed a 1989 Carson that he found in pocket change. Whomever did that must have been a moron as the value of silver far far far surpasses one dollar. Philly minted regardless, it is a nice coin to find especially in change.
 

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In 1965 coins (dimes and quarters) started being minted with clad rather than silver planchets because the value of silver was increasing substantially and the intrinsic value of the metal was worth more than face value. There are exceptions such as the Kennedys (40% up to 1970 but 1971 went clad), the uncirculated bicentennial set with the S mark, '71-'74 Ike's (S mark) are 40%, etc.., Finding a silver coin in a handful of change is easily done by sound. Silver and clad coinage make two distinctively sounds when shaken or banged together. Up above Bob showed a 1989 Carson that he found in pocket change. Whomever did that must have been a moron as the value of silver far far far surpasses one dollar. Philly minted regardless, it is a nice coin to find especially in change.

I always look at the edges.
 

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In 1965 coins (dimes and quarters) started being minted with clad rather than silver planchets because the value of silver was increasing substantially and the intrinsic value of the metal was worth more than face value. There are exceptions such as the Kennedys (40% up to 1970 but 1971 went clad), the uncirculated bicentennial set with the S mark, '71-'74 Ike's (S mark) are 40%, etc.., Finding a silver coin in a handful of change is easily done by sound. Silver and clad coinage make two distinctively sounds when shaken or banged together. Up above Bob showed a 1989 Carson that he found in pocket change. Whomever did that must have been a moron as the value of silver far far far surpasses one dollar. Philly minted regardless, it is a nice coin to find especially in change.
I don't think most people look at things like silver content, dates, etc. Which is why those who DO pay attention to these things end up finding these rare coins in their day to day activities.
 

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I always look at the edges.

Yup that’s what I do. Really easy to line them all up and look at the edges and see a silver coin stand out. Just the other day I stumbled upon a silver dime. Showed it to my friend and he pocketed it and said thanks. It was rough and beat heavily circulated and full of bag marks, not worth much as a collector stand point.


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That's pretty cool, Kevin, how you picked it back up. As a kid, I collected stamps from all over the world. I have no idea what ever happened to it. I joined the Navy and my parents got rid of a lot of my stuff. That's a nice, diverse collection.

I don't collect coins, but I did find an 1889 silver dollar a couple of years ago. Didn't buy it. It just showed up in some change. My one and only rare coin.

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Good find.

That's probably worth $50, I can't see a mint mark but if it has "cc" on it anywhere, it's worth thousands.
 

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