2010 01 21: Whats bigger than a Half but worth less than a penny?

[EpsilonMinus]

2010 01 21: What's bigger than a Half but worth less than a penny?

Answer: The Mexican 50 peso coin I found today!

Hey guys, today was almost 70 F (Absurd for January!) and I had a few hours to hunt a new place again, and although I didn't beat my previous record (53 coins), I got close enough with with 40, plus I scored a little silver toe ring and a giant foreign coin. Not bad at all.

I am so thrilled with the Ace 250 that I can't praise it enough, this machine is awesome. It pays for it's own batteries AND the gas to the location and back every time! Ok, enough whoring the Ace, on with the goods...

Here's the total loot for today.

Total clad: $3.49. Just topped $10 for the week with 3 days left, nice.
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Mexican 50 Peso from 1982 from before the 'economic collapse'. Old face value: nearly $4. Since collapse: .004 cents (USD). Not even a half a penny! The nickel content is a little better at about fifteen cents. No idea if this is 'collectible', but I think it is an awesome find! (Fun fact: After the collapse, the Mexican government issued a 'nuevo peso' ($1 USD = 13 Nuevo Pesos, currently) which had a value of 1000 'old' pesos. And, strangely enough, the 'old' ones are still in circulation. In Mexico, wallets are called wheel-barrows.)

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This ring looks silver to me, and has the 925 stamp, but I'm not -really- sure about it... what do you guys think?

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This one is interesting, as I haven't encountered a penny that has been anywhere near this green. I think it says
1928, but I can't be sure. I am wondering how I could go about cleaning it, if that is even possible. Would electrolysis work on this? I know its probably too far gone to have any real value, but you know, you always value stuff more that you've put work into. Any ideas?

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I know everyone has seen something like this many, many times. It's our good friend, Mr. Rotten Von Explodyzincoln! Maybe I should post this as it's own thread somewhere, but I really have an issue here with what is basically biodegradable currency. I find 'real' pennies all the time up to 8 inches or so that have been there for a decade or more that come out of the ground as it they were dropped yesterday. Then I find this garbage, especially from the 2000's, just under the surface. I am beggining to get quite a collection of these and I have no idea how to get rid of them. Do you guys just take the 10% loss at a coinstar just to be able to unload these? Our money is literally turning into trash. Very sad.

so that's my score for today, I had a great time, and once again, Ace 250 is awesome. Thanks for looking!

-EpsilonMinus

 

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[EpsilonMinus]

Re: 2010 01 21: What's bigger than a Half but worth less than a penny?

WtG! I get all my batterys from the 99 cent store. They last just as long as the ones I've tried at the big box stores.

What I get are the Rayovac alkalines that come in a 12 pack for around $5 and that gets me about 18 hours of pretty solid detecting. I'm going to start experimenting with rechargeables and see how those compare.

 

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[EpsilonMinus]

Re: 2010 01 21: What's bigger than a Half but worth less than a penny?

Those green Copper pennies can be soaked in vinegar for a few hours or overnight (just enough to be able to date the coin). I've also smacked them hard against ceramic tiles (in the bathroom .. don't tell my wife) and the greencrud does flake off. Sometimes they're not bad under there and sometimes crap.

The zincoln's .. well I've got a 5 gallon bucket full. I've heard (on one of the forums) they can be taken to a place (Los Angeles, downtown in my case) and if thew coin is at least 50%+ it's redeemable. Also have heard you can roll them up and write damaged on the roll and certain banks will take them. The crudier ones, for sure Coinstar won't take.

BTW I separate out all the real copper pennies and am saving them for the copper content. I also save sinkers for the lead content (LOL).

HH Joe

Wow, five gallons of crudy pennies, that is epic. I think a lot of people are saving the copper pennies. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the government itself was saving them as well to make into new pennies. I hadn't heard before about turning in messed up pennies as damaged but now that you mentioned that I will be calling up my bank to find out, hah. Thanks for the tips!

 

[phantomfinder]

Re: 2010 01 21: What's bigger than a Half but worth less than a penny?

Nice finds , If you add a little salt with that vinegar . It will help to remove a lot more of that green rust. WTG on your finds

 

[EpsilonMinus]

Re: 2010 01 21: What's bigger than a Half but worth less than a penny?

Nice finds , If you add a little salt with that vinegar . It will help to remove a lot more of that green rust. WTG on your finds

I will give that a try, thanks for the tip!