An Uncommon Coin Spill

[Clad2Silver]

I spent two hours at a soccer field before a game was about to start and then moved to a softball field for another hour before calling it quits. In those three hours of hunting, I dug 48 coins with a face value of $9.72, including a coin spill of three 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar coins. They were lost fairly recently because they were just barely starting to sink into the ground. I also dug a junk rhinestone earring and a soccer badge.

 

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[cmart63]

Are dollar coins used much in commerce in the US? When I was last there, they were a rarity and dollar bills were mostly being used.

$1 Coins are still not used often in commerce (except at Carwashes that give back your change in $1 coins and in Ice Vending Machines....lol...no joke. I put a $20 note in so I can get back 10 -$1 coins, just for fun. Might one day find the one they placed in cereal boxes.

 

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[Riverbum]

I know I've used them at my local carwash, its the tokens (change) used to operate the Wash. I found it strange that the closer I got to CANADA , the more people actually use them(?)

 

[Clad2Silver]

Bet that earring had your heart racing for a minute.

For a second or two because I was hoping it was silver.....I didn't think the stones were diamonds or rubies.

 

[Clad2Silver]

I know I've used them at my local carwash, its the tokens (change) used to operate the Wash. I found it strange that the closer I got to CANADA , the more people actually use them(?)

Not really strange that closer to Canada people use them more because Canadians have been using their one and two dollar coins for quite a while.

 

[Mdpartner]

My afternoon detecting in Oklahoma

 

[billb]

Very nice congratulations

 

[arkynative]

I work in vending. All of our changers use a mix of the SBA and Pres dollars since they have the same magnetic signature. I would guess someone at a local factory or as posted earlier at a PO machine changed a $5 or $10 and culled the SBAs from the Pres dollars only to lose them. Anyone who thinks the dollar coins aren't in circulation doesn't see the coin buckets I see lol. That being said traditional vending is dying, as many large factories are transitioning to markets in the break rooms eliminating machines for a self check kiosk. Sadly also ending my free CRH days.

 

[DCMatt]

The Post Office here in Reno used Susan B's as change in the stamp machines for years and I'm sure other locations did also. It angered a lot of people, too easy to confuse with quarters.

I was a bank teller when the SBA coins came out. Customers were very excited about the new coins. On Friday afternoon they came to cash pay checks and everyone wanted a few SBA's. The next Friday they started bringing them back to the bank. "Too similar to a quarter!" was almost everyone's complaint.

I do have a late 1970's pinball machine (Nitro Ground Shaker) that takes SBA's. 1 play for a quarter. 5 plays for an SBA. But I rigged it so I don't need coins...

 

[Mike in NM]

Thanks Jeff.....Over the years, I've found a few while detecting, but have never gotten one in circulation even though they've been around for 43 years now.

I dug one a couple months ago and then just received 2 in change from the local Circle K Thursday