Dean’s finds

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Dec 14th:
Weekend coin hunt.

I got some coin rolls from my local bank on Friday.
I was pleased to find a fair share of US coins, a nice 1969 nickel, a 2000p nickel a couple of foreign coins and…
a silver dime from 1958!

At the Bank machine, I pulled out some $10s and to my surprise, six of them were old Macdonald $10s!

Enjoy!
Dean

December 18th finds:

Since my last silver find, I have gone through $700 worth of coins.  Today, I picked up a box of dimes from my local bank, hoping for more silver, since this bank has always paid out.

Unfortunately, all I got was $4.30 in US dimes and one UK five pence coin.

The reality of hunting rolls is that 90% of the time, you find nothing.  That’s why I haven’t bothered to post photos of all of the rolls I got in the last few days.

I wonder if different chartered banks exchange coins with each other.  I have a “dump” bank branch of RBC and I pick up a lot of coin from a TD bank close by. 

Enjoy!
Dean

Need to develop a "coin roll hunter" code ... to put on hunted rolls so when someone else gets them they know.    "crh" = hunted  ns=no silver

Need to develop a "coin roll hunter" code ... to put on hunted rolls so when someone else gets them they know.    "crh" = hunted  ns=no silver

I used to use a Sharpie to put a dot at the top of each roll I returned.
Lately, I've been searching hundreds of rolls per week and I've become lazy and stopped doing it.  Perhaps I should start marking my searched rolls again.

December 30th:
Main Branch Madness!

I went to the main branches of all of the big banks yesterday.  There wasn't much to be found, but I did manage to score a few bills!

The teller at Scotiabank gave me six journey $5s.

When I went to RBC, the teller was reluctant to give me anything, saying that “he’s not supposed to”.  After some convincing, he relented and gave me two ratty old $1s and a single journey $20.  The teller was new—of course, the teller I was used to dealing with got promoted!

I have a feeling there was more old money in the cage, but the teller clearly wasn’t comfortable giving it out. With further work, I will get him to understand this hobby.  😀

I decided to stop at one more bank on my way home and the teller at this bank was more than willing to give me a huge pile of notes!

Interestingly, there were three polymer $10s in the mutilated pile— one old Macdonald $10 and two 2017 commemorative notes that had nothing wrong with them.  There is certainly an active effort to withdraw these notes, but I rescued them so I can spend them and prolong their lives.

I took the opportunity to buy some coin rolls and unfortunately, there was no silver.

I did find a few foreign coins including a 10 cent piece from Aruba and a Chinese coin.  There was also a fair amount of US coin in this batch.

Enjoy!
Dean





 

December 30th:

Some photos of what I found in the coin rolls…

December 31st:
New Year’s Eve coin hunt!

I went to a couple of banks today and got some coin rolls.

Hopefully, 2025 will end with me finding silver!

I’m encouraged by these two rolls…the wrapper looks ancient!

Wish me luck!

Dean

January 2nd part 1:
Coin hunt update.

Well, my last coin hunt of 2025 turned out to be a bust.  No silver, no US coins and no commemoratives.
I was disappointed to find nothing but modern coins in those two vintage dime wrappers…I hate to think that they contained silver coins that someone cashed in and then re-used the rolling papers…

But here are the silver coins I found in 2025.

Enjoy!
Dean

January 2nd part 2:

I went to my local bank today and the teller gave me $270 in rolled coins.

2026 looks to be starting on a positive note because along with a fair share of US dimes, I was able to get a 2017 quarter and a 1953 nickel.  Unfortunately, it looks like the near leaf, shoulder fold variety, which is the common one.

Even better, the dime rolls yielded a 1967 silver dime!

Enjoy!
Dean

Very nice silver finds over the year, looks like at least $400 given todays value of silver congrats!

January 7th:
Free coins are always nice!

I visited two banks today.  Neither of them had any paper money, but I managed to come away with some treasures.

The first bank had three rolls of pennies.  I also bought some customer wrapped coins while I was there.

The second bank offered me some customer wrapped coins and because it was near the end of the day, the tellers started chatting with me about why I do what I do.

After some friendly banter, the manager said that he had a gift for me.  He reached into the change tray and gave me a handful of miscellaneous coins, free of charge!

Among the finds are two 50 Euro cent pieces; one from Belgium and the other from Spain.

There were some Canadian coins and some US…most notably, three US pennies, one of which is dated 2025!

I know that there are millions of 2025 US pennies, but it’s still cool to find one here in Canada.

I hope there are more treasures in the rolls…

Wish me luck!

Dean

Jan 9th coin hunt update:

I didn’t have any earth shattering finds in the coin rolls I brought home the other day.  Other than a healthy share of US coins, I was happy to find a 1941 nickel and a few 1990 nickels as well.

I wonder if the 2000 freedom quarter is a proof or a regular strike?  It has a frosted maple leaf.

Enjoy!
Dean

Jan 9th finds:

I went to one of my banks today and I was able to rescue a few paper notes.  Nothing special, but I did find it odd to find two consecutive but circulated (and one of them mutilated) $1 notes.  Maybe they were wallet partners for a very long time and then finally deposited?  As longcas both serial numbers are legible, the owner would have received full face value for 3/4 of a note.

Of course, the AOH $5 is not an insert note… 🤣
I also asked for some coin rolls because, well, why not?  😀

Enjoy!
Dean

Jan 9th coin hunt update:

I searched through last night’s coin pickups and I was rewarded!

Aside from a good chunk of US change, I got a bunch if BU condition 2017 quarters and one colour version…I have only found one colour 2017 previously so this is a cool find.

Foreign finds were plentiful with one 5p coin from the UK, one 5c coin from the Cayman Islands and two Chinese Yuan.  Unfortunately, when I find foreign coins other than the US or Europe, they are worthless or of very little value.
The Chinese Yuan is worth 20 Canadian cents each and I found them in quarter rolls.  ☹️

But the loss incurred from the foreign coins was immediately offset by one silver dime from 1947 and a silver quarter from 1968!. Additionally, there were two nickels from 1963 in excellent lustrous condition and a 12 sided nickel from 1962.


Enjoy!
Dean

Jan 10th finds:

After striking silver yesterday, I went back to the same bank and bought as many rolls as they were willing to sell to me.  Let’s hope that there are more treasures in the rolls because I suspect that this is a collection dump, especially since I found paper bills at this branch yesterday.

It just so happens that this branch has a competitor bank (Scotiabank) right next door, so I popped in.  Usually Scotiabank gives me nothing, but today, the teller offered me two big nickel dollars and a nickel 50 cent piece!  Pressing my luck, I bought some coin rolls from Scotiabank. 

Which bank will win in terms of finds?

Stay tuned!

Dean