$50 bag of a Pennies and a half

[GMan00001]

Went back to pick up the $50 bag of pennies today as I found out they would sell it to me, just wasn't sealed yesterday so the teller wanted to make sure of the amount so neither I nor the bank would be short.

Did ok on the bag
17 wheat pennies (1918-D, 1944, 1945, 1946(3), 1952, 1952-D, 1953-D(2), 1953-S, 1954-D, 1956, 1957-D, 1958-D(3))

24 Canadian (1966, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978(2), 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987(3), 1989(2), 1991, 1994(2), 1996, 1999, 2001(2), 2004)

1 Foreign (Australia, 5 Cents (1980))

1 nickel (1959-D) <-- my first keeper found in the wrong denomination, still waiting for my first silver coin found in a bag of pennies...

Also found a penny that appears to be an strike error. I'll post pics in a few minutes.


And while there yesterday, I was right by the coin machine and was able to spot a 1964 half dollar in the half dollar bag (clear plastic bag with about $4 in halves in it). So today, I brought in a couple of halves and she let me exchange out the half dollar. Also paid exchanged a half for a Canadian 2 Dollar coin (1996).

 

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[GMan00001]

Okay heres the pics of the error.

 

[enamel7]

Looks like a broadstrike to me.

 

[coinlover]

is it copper, or zinc? if its copper, its worth $6, if its zinc its worth $4. nice finds!!

 

[GMan00001]

is it copper, or zinc? if its copper, its worth $6, if its zinc its worth $4. nice finds!!

Not sure, the date is unreadable. I'll have to try the ruler method some day and figure out which type it is as I don't own a scale that will measure it accurately enough.

 

[Immy]

That is a textbook example of brockage. What happened was, when that coin was being struck, the coin that was struck just before it remained stuck to the obverse die, which then got slammed down onto your coin, causing the weak impression. Typically when this happens the non-brockage side will have an extremely sharp strike since there's an added piece of metal on the other side and less metal flow to the brockage side. It's worth at least $5. Nice find! I found a nickel like that once.

 

[coinlover]

is it copper, or zinc? if its copper, its worth $6, if its zinc its worth $4. nice finds!!

oops! i was looking at the wrong thing in the book. if its zinc its worth $38, and if its copper, $25. sounds better! i was looking at broadstrike.

 

[oldred]

Wow GMan, you're putting a hurt on those Wheaties and Indian Heads. I probably would go blind looking at the number you do each week. Look forward to seeing and reading your posts each week. Keep the nice fines coming in!!!