mistergee
Silver Member
"PCH"........
....or "Pocket Change Hunting"....for lack of a better term......its what my Dad used to do when he was a kid...and he kept most of it ....ever wonder what you might find in your pocket change as a kid in the 30's and 40's?...well wonder no more....
i stopped at my parents house to drop off some mail from our summer home and my Dad says "i want you to look at something for me"...i'm figuring its a plumbing job or something ...and he comes down with bags of SILVER he says " take a look through this stuff for me and see if i have anything important in there and give me an idea of what this stuff is worth".....now mind you i lived there for 23 yrs and knew everthing that was there anywhere in that house...or at least i thought....i also saw many of his coins when i was a kid....after all he was the one who introduced me to coin collecting as well as stamp collecting when i was very young...he showed me how to spot silver and i was pulling stuff from circulation ever since....although my lifetime finds are nothing compared to what he brought down.....
a bag of halfs,a bag of quarters, a bag of dimes, a bag of nickles,a tin can of nickles and a small bag of pennies
i did a quick run through them when i got home..here is some preliminary stuff for now and i'll post all dates and denominations as soon as i go through everything...and if i can figure a way (my lap top is down) to post pics, i'll do that too
here's what i found so far....
Bag of halfs
Barbers Walkers Bennies Kennies Commemoratives
1-1908D 2-1918 1-1963 6-1964 1-1893 Columbus Exposition Chicago
1-1935 1-1964D
1-1940 2-1965
1-1941 3-1966
1-1942 7-1967
1-1943 2-1968D
2-1944
1-1945
the rest i only did a quick count
Bag of Quarters
Barbers Standing Liberties Washingtons
1-1911D 29-1925 to 1939 14-1934 to 1964
Bag of Dimes
Barbers Mercs Kennies
1-1912 139 23
Bag and tin of Nickles
V nickles Buffalos War nickles
1-1903 169 4-1943P
1-1907
Sm Bag of Pennies
IH Steel
1-1908 13-1943
as soon as i have a breakdown of everything i will update
now mind you most of these coins are very worn with only a few that are in great shape...these are truly very circulated coins
....or "Pocket Change Hunting"....for lack of a better term......its what my Dad used to do when he was a kid...and he kept most of it ....ever wonder what you might find in your pocket change as a kid in the 30's and 40's?...well wonder no more....
i stopped at my parents house to drop off some mail from our summer home and my Dad says "i want you to look at something for me"...i'm figuring its a plumbing job or something ...and he comes down with bags of SILVER he says " take a look through this stuff for me and see if i have anything important in there and give me an idea of what this stuff is worth".....now mind you i lived there for 23 yrs and knew everthing that was there anywhere in that house...or at least i thought....i also saw many of his coins when i was a kid....after all he was the one who introduced me to coin collecting as well as stamp collecting when i was very young...he showed me how to spot silver and i was pulling stuff from circulation ever since....although my lifetime finds are nothing compared to what he brought down.....
a bag of halfs,a bag of quarters, a bag of dimes, a bag of nickles,a tin can of nickles and a small bag of pennies
i did a quick run through them when i got home..here is some preliminary stuff for now and i'll post all dates and denominations as soon as i go through everything...and if i can figure a way (my lap top is down) to post pics, i'll do that too
here's what i found so far....
Bag of halfs
Barbers Walkers Bennies Kennies Commemoratives
1-1908D 2-1918 1-1963 6-1964 1-1893 Columbus Exposition Chicago
1-1935 1-1964D
1-1940 2-1965
1-1941 3-1966
1-1942 7-1967
1-1943 2-1968D
2-1944
1-1945
the rest i only did a quick count
Bag of Quarters
Barbers Standing Liberties Washingtons
1-1911D 29-1925 to 1939 14-1934 to 1964
Bag of Dimes
Barbers Mercs Kennies
1-1912 139 23
Bag and tin of Nickles
V nickles Buffalos War nickles
1-1903 169 4-1943P
1-1907
Sm Bag of Pennies
IH Steel
1-1908 13-1943
as soon as i have a breakdown of everything i will update
now mind you most of these coins are very worn with only a few that are in great shape...these are truly very circulated coins
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