subject:"OT\: State Quarters"


On 2010-11-24 2:33, Boris Liberman wrote:


I am not sure, but after I noticed the state quarters existed, I've
started collecting them. Collected may be a dozen. Need to take a look
at home. They are fun!


Some of the 50 State Quarters stuff might still be available directly 
from the US Mint at http://www.usmint.gov.  If not, they've got plenty 
of other stuff.  They've been doing a series of dollar coins of the 
presidents, and they've been doing US National Park quarters this year 
and maybe last.


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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-24 Thread Boris Liberman

Doug, the whole point of my little adventure in US coinage has been to 
find these coins while visiting USA. Obviously I can get the whole 
set somewhere somehow, but that would be boring, wouldn't it?


On 11/24/2010 3:44 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:

Some of the 50 State Quarters stuff might still be available directly
from the US Mint at http://www.usmint.gov. If not, they've got plenty of
other stuff. They've been doing a series of dollar coins of the
presidents, and they've been doing US National Park quarters this year
and maybe last.




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Re: OT: State Quarters


On 2010-11-24 8:46, Boris Liberman wrote:

Doug, the whole point of my little adventure in US coinage has been to
find these coins while visiting USA. Obviously I can get the whole
set somewhere somehow, but that would be boring, wouldn't it?


In some ways, but it's the only way to get the proof sets timely and at 
a reasonable price, sometimes.  I do both: found coins and bought 
coins, but I'm not terribly serious about either.  I bought the annual 
proof sets of the 50 State Quarters series as they came out, because I 
didn't want to miss any of them as much as due to the improved 
appearance of proofs over circulation quality coins.


There are also issues that have short enough runs that, practically, you 
aren't going to just run into them later unless you hunt them down in 
the coin trading ecosystem.  For example, a year or two ago, they did a 
commemorative for Mr. Braille who invented the Braille writing system 
for blind people.  Having two blind aunts, that was of interest to me. 
The coolest thing was they put his initials on the coin, in Braille, and 
the proof coin came in a plastic capsule you could open to feel it. 
Usually the capsules are sealed on the proofs you get from the Mint.


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Re: OT: State Quarters



Ok I have a stolen coin story as well...

When my mother passed away in 1985... I packed up 8 boxes of things to 
send back home  ... I sent them by Fedex... the one with
my mother's engagement ring (that I was afraid to wear or take with me 
driving from Houston to St. Louis to visit friends) , some needlepoint 
evening bags and a small coin collection that included a mid 1800's gold 
coin (Dollar?) that my grandfather had given one each of to his 9 
children.  My cousins know more about the value of it than did I.  There 
were a few others that I knew I should check out for value but as my 
mother died of a stroke prety much in front of me, I wasnt' thinking 
much about that stuff... I jsut wanted to get everything packed and go 
off to mend.


Well I insured the package with the ring, the purses, the coins  for 
$3,000  Figuring it would get extra care..  all the ohter boxes got home 
safely, the smaller box that was insured for $3,000 was lost by Fed 
ex.  I didn't know enough to ask for triple signature and back then
the tracking wasn't what it is today.  Fed ex  also broke a couple 
pieces of chinaware.  ah well.


I have two silver quarters... not in perfect shape,  I discovered they 
were silver when I tried to put one in a washer at the laundry one day
and it wouldnt take... I really didn't know about them then, but someone 
clued me in.


I'm not really a coin collector - too many other things I'd rather do, 
but now and then I look at the back of my pennies and nickles and dimes 
and the edges of quarters that seem heavier than others.


Ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:


My parent's home (in Bridgewater, NJ) was the subject of a very
amateurish break-in while they were on vacation.   Very little was
taken, except a couple of bottles of liquor and my father's collection
of Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles.  They were spent in local
stores, leading to the arrest of three teenagers.  Like you, my father
recovered almost none of the coins.

Dan
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
 


Long story to follow.

While working my way thru college, I had a night  weekend job of delivering
liquor for a local liquor store in New Jersey. Needless to say I handled
alot of change and was sharp enough to know to weed out the silver coins I
received. Over a few years of doing this I amassed several hundred dollars
of silver coins.

Fast forward about 15 years

My new home was burglarized and among some of the things taken were alot of
those silver coins. I advised the police that most likely these coins would
be used as every day money. Sure enough after a few days, the police
informed me that a couple of kids had tried to use the coins at a local 7-11
store - merchants in the area had been notified of the robbery and the
possibility of silver coins showing up in every day transactions - the 7-11
owner contacted the police and the kids were arrested. When informed of
this, I asked the merchant if I could get my coins back and was told that
they were not kept, but were given out as change in daily transactions -
YEAH RIGHT - he damm well knew what he had and kept them. I still have the
remnants of that silver coin collection but nowhere near the quantity that I
had amassed.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: Jeffery Smith jsmith...@bellsouth.net
Subject: Re: OT: State Quarters


   


In New Orleans, the locals used to refer to dimes (in general) as silver
dimes. That threw me for a while since silver dimes had not been made for
years when I moved here.

I used to run across the occasional Indian Head cent. I guess we are
really dating ourselves with these admissions. ;-)

Jeffery

On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 


When I was a young lad, I would find an Indian Head cent in the change
every now and them.  I would go through the cash registers at my
grandfathers butcher shop and my uncle's gas station, looking for
Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
   


Actually
right - hence ... :)

Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties...  I
look
at the pennies I get and I keep finding them
though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a
hundred
or so

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 


One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any
more.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
wrote:

   


Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email
I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943
copper
coin I could get a prety

Re: OT: State Quarters


Boris Liberman wrote:


On 11/23/2010 9:00 PM, John Sessoms wrote:


Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?



I am not sure, but after I noticed the state quarters existed, I've 
started collecting them. Collected may be a dozen. Need to take a look 
at home. They are fun!


Boris

Yes.. they are... and I got most of mine just checking out my laundry 
money ...


since I have 43 now,  I've given a friend my list of those I'm missing 
and she is helping me hunt :_)


ann



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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-24 Thread Ken Waller

Yep the culprits in my case were a couple of early teen neighbors. The 
police surmised they were amateurish by the things they took and the 
condition they left the house in.


Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com

Subject: Re: OT: State Quarters



My parent's home (in Bridgewater, NJ) was the subject of a very
amateurish break-in while they were on vacation.   Very little was
taken, except a couple of bottles of liquor and my father's collection
of Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles.  They were spent in local
stores, leading to the arrest of three teenagers.  Like you, my father
recovered almost none of the coins.

Dan
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:

Long story to follow.

While working my way thru college, I had a night  weekend job of 
delivering

liquor for a local liquor store in New Jersey. Needless to say I handled
alot of change and was sharp enough to know to weed out the silver coins 
I
received. Over a few years of doing this I amassed several hundred 
dollars

of silver coins.

Fast forward about 15 years

My new home was burglarized and among some of the things taken were alot 
of
those silver coins. I advised the police that most likely these coins 
would

be used as every day money. Sure enough after a few days, the police
informed me that a couple of kids had tried to use the coins at a local 
7-11

store - merchants in the area had been notified of the robbery and the
possibility of silver coins showing up in every day transactions - the 
7-11

owner contacted the police and the kids were arrested. When informed of
this, I asked the merchant if I could get my coins back and was told that
they were not kept, but were given out as change in daily transactions -
YEAH RIGHT - he damm well knew what he had and kept them. I still have 
the
remnants of that silver coin collection but nowhere near the quantity 
that I

had amassed.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: Jeffery Smith 
jsmith...@bellsouth.net

Subject: Re: OT: State Quarters


In New Orleans, the locals used to refer to dimes (in general) as 
silver
dimes. That threw me for a while since silver dimes had not been made 
for

years when I moved here.

I used to run across the occasional Indian Head cent. I guess we are
really dating ourselves with these admissions. ;-)

Jeffery

On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:


When I was a young lad, I would find an Indian Head cent in the change
every now and them. I would go through the cash registers at my
grandfathers butcher shop and my uncle's gas station, looking for
Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com 
wrote:


Actually
right - hence ... :)

Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties... I
look
at the pennies I get and I keep finding them
though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a
hundred
or so

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:


One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any
more.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
wrote:



Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his 
email

I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or 
that

someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943
copper
coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:


Ann:

I'm afraid you won't find many S mintmarks. The San Francisco 
Mint

no longer makes coins for general circulation. They specialize in
proof coins, which are specially struck to have greater luster, and
special issues.


http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

Any S or W (West Point) mint marks you find are special issues,
not meant for general circulation. If you find one in regular
change,
there is is a good chance it was stolen from someone's collection, 
by

someone too stupid to realize its value, who then spent it at face
value instead of selling it as a collectible.

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
wrote:


John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far -
in
less
than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they
were

Re: OT: State Quarters


On 2010-11-24 11:28, Ann Sanfedele wrote:


I am not sure, but after I noticed the state quarters existed, I've
started collecting them. Collected may be a dozen. Need to take a look
at home. They are fun!



Yes.. they are... and I got most of mine just checking out my laundry
money ...

since I have 43 now, I've given a friend my list of those I'm missing
and she is helping me hunt :_)


I finally got one of the National Parks quarters in change today.  It's 
the first one I've seen in circulation.


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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-24 Thread John Sessoms


From: Daniel J. Matyola


Ann:

I'm afraid you won't find many S mintmarks.  The San Francisco Mint
no longer makes coins for general circulation.  They specialize in
proof coins, which are specially struck to have greater luster, and
special issues.

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

Any S or W (West Point) mint marks you find are special issues,
not meant for general circulation.  If you find one in regular change,
there is is a good chance it was stolen from someone's collection, by
someone too stupid to realize its value, who then spent it at face
value instead of selling it as a collectible.

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan



Thanks Dan and Ann.

I knew the 'S' mark was San Francisco, and that any coin with an 'S' 
mark is most likely a proof coin. I just didn't know they made proof's 
in clad coins. I thought they only made proofs in silver for collectors.


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Re: OT: State Quarters


On 2010-11-24 21:42, John Sessoms wrote:


I thought they only made proofs in silver for collectors.


That may have been true once, but not anymore.  You can by proof sets of 
all the coins currently on offer, and a few more older ones, directly 
from the US Mint in proof form.  These days, proof simply means 
double- or, occasionally, triple-struck, and better polished.  Oh, and a 
fraction of a penny's worth of protective plastic capsule. :-)


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Re: OT: State Quarters


Doug Franklin wrote:


On 2010-11-24 11:28, Ann Sanfedele wrote:


I am not sure, but after I noticed the state quarters existed, I've
started collecting them. Collected may be a dozen. Need to take a look
at home. They are fun!





Yes.. they are... and I got most of mine just checking out my laundry
money ...

since I have 43 now, I've given a friend my list of those I'm missing
and she is helping me hunt :_)



I finally got one of the National Parks quarters in change today.  
It's the first one I've seen in circulation. 


I got the Yosemite one a week or so ago.

And I just go one of the few states I was missing today.

ann



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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-24 Thread John Sessoms


From: Ann Sanfedele


Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943
copper coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
I dentified with being out of step? you betcha


I'm not really a coin collector, but I tend to latch on to any oddities 
that pass through my hands, simply because they're fun. I still find 
occasional wheat pennies and more rarely still run across a steel penny.


When I was at Target, I was the go-to guy for odd money; the A guest 
wants to pay with this. Is it real money? guy.


Sure. It's real, you just don't see them that often any more. I'll take 
that one if you want me to, and give you this one in its place, then you 
won't have to worry about it.  8^D


Got a $5.00 US Treasury Note (just like a regular Federal Reserve Note 
except that the serial number is red ink and it says U.S. Treasury 
instead of Federal Reserve); several two dollar bills - bi-centennial 
and non-bicentennial versions, even a $2.00 silver certificate once.


A few other silver certificates, several silver dimes and an Indian Head 
penny. Some Kennedy silver half dollars, an Eisenhower dollar or two and 
a Peace dollar.


Even got a don't give a damn about a greenback dollar Greenback Dollar.

I was always up-front about it, I don't know what it's worth, but you 
could take that out to the coin guy at the flea market and he'd probably 
buy it from you.


It's interesting how quickly the value piles up if you just make a 
decision not to spend any of the State Quarters (or DC/Territory and the 
new America the Beautiful series) when they're in your change.


I'd come home with 2 - 5 quarters every day, which is $200 - $400 a year 
even if none of them is ever worth more than face value.


A couple of them *are* worth more than face value. I've run across some 
error quarters. Nothing major, just obstructed die or rotated die 
sufficient that it's worth anywhere from $0.50 - $10.00.


And, I'll take a silver quarter as change any time someone wants to give 
me one. Won't squawk about it one bit either.



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Re: OT: State Quarters


Boris Liberman wrote:

Doug, the whole point of my little adventure in US coinage has been to 
find these coins while visiting USA. Obviously I can get the whole 
set somewhere somehow, but that would be boring, wouldn't it?


On 11/24/2010 3:44 PM, Doug Franklin wrote:


Some of the 50 State Quarters stuff might still be available directly
from the US Mint at http://www.usmint.gov. If not, they've got plenty of
other stuff. They've been doing a series of dollar coins of the
presidents, and they've been doing US National Park quarters this year
and maybe last.




Right - and while one can buy Ansel Adams' photos of  Yosemite  or 
(insert fave photographer and place here) Id wager everyone on this list 
would rather visit take a photograph of it themselves.  :-)


It is definitely  more fun!

ann



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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-24 Thread paul stenquist

I sold newspapers at a paper stand and in the street when I was 12 and 13.. 
That would have been 1960. I grossed  $70 to $100  a week in change, so I 
started collecting coins. At one time I had most of the Lincoln pennies, with 
the exception of the really rare ones, like the 1909 S and the copper 1943. I 
also had about 80% of the Indian Heads, most of the buffalo nickels and maybe 
half of the standing liberty quarters. I even had a half dozen shield nickels. 
Sole them all when I was in my late teens for going out money. Such is life.
Paul
On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:38 PM, John Sessoms wrote:

 From: Ann Sanfedele
 
 Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
 I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
 didn't know a thing about it...
 
 aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
 someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
 all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943
 copper coin I could get a prety nice price for one.
 
 I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
 school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
 I dentified with being out of step? you betcha
 
 I'm not really a coin collector, but I tend to latch on to any oddities that 
 pass through my hands, simply because they're fun. I still find occasional 
 wheat pennies and more rarely still run across a steel penny.
 
 When I was at Target, I was the go-to guy for odd money; the A guest wants 
 to pay with this. Is it real money? guy.
 
 Sure. It's real, you just don't see them that often any more. I'll take that 
 one if you want me to, and give you this one in its place, then you won't 
 have to worry about it.  8^D
 
 Got a $5.00 US Treasury Note (just like a regular Federal Reserve Note except 
 that the serial number is red ink and it says U.S. Treasury instead of 
 Federal Reserve); several two dollar bills - bi-centennial and 
 non-bicentennial versions, even a $2.00 silver certificate once.
 
 A few other silver certificates, several silver dimes and an Indian Head 
 penny. Some Kennedy silver half dollars, an Eisenhower dollar or two and a 
 Peace dollar.
 
 Even got a don't give a damn about a greenback dollar Greenback Dollar.
 
 I was always up-front about it, I don't know what it's worth, but you could 
 take that out to the coin guy at the flea market and he'd probably buy it 
 from you.
 
 It's interesting how quickly the value piles up if you just make a decision 
 not to spend any of the State Quarters (or DC/Territory and the new America 
 the Beautiful series) when they're in your change.
 
 I'd come home with 2 - 5 quarters every day, which is $200 - $400 a year even 
 if none of them is ever worth more than face value.
 
 A couple of them *are* worth more than face value. I've run across some error 
 quarters. Nothing major, just obstructed die or rotated die sufficient that 
 it's worth anywhere from $0.50 - $10.00.
 
 And, I'll take a silver quarter as change any time someone wants to give me 
 one. Won't squawk about it one bit either.
 
 
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OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread John Sessoms


Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters 
than I do?


I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the 
state quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch 
pocket on my jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think 
I've spent less than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.


Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once 
in a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state  put 'em 
into plastic tubes.


Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get 
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by 
year.


Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the 
pile I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't 
grabbing a 'D' quarter.


Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular 
clad quarter.


Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

S means San Francisco, D means Denver, and no mint mark means Philadelphia.
San Francisco mint quarters would normally be proof coins.  Some, but
not most, proofs are silver rather than the usual nickel-copper-clad
coins.  Proof coins lose most of their value once they enter
circulation.

http://coins.about.com/od/coinvalues/l/bl_state_quarter_values_coins_prices.htm
http://lynncoins.com/proof-silver-quarters.htm

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
 Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

 Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters than
 I do?

 I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

 Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the state
 quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on my
 jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less
 than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.

 Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once in a
 while I sort through the piles and separate them by state  put 'em into
 plastic tubes.

 Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get enough
 to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by year.

 Anyway, I'm rambling ...

 I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the pile I
 hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a 'D'
 quarter.

 Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

 I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular clad
 quarter.

 Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele


John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too..  I have 43 different ones so far  - in 
less than a month...   but I hadn't thought about looking at whether 
they were P or D  and didnt know about S at all


Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit 
would be nice to  have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have  in text but I'm 
getting to know the pictures.  


Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the 
procedure as I didnt see your post until yesterday...


ann



John Sessoms wrote:


Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state 
quarters than I do?


I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the 
state quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch 
pocket on my jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think 
I've spent less than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.


Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every 
once in a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state  
put 'em into plastic tubes.


Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get 
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them 
by year.


Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the 
pile I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't 
grabbing a 'D' quarter.


Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular 
clad quarter.


Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D






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I'm afraid you won't find many S mintmarks. The San Francisco Mint
no longer makes coins for general circulation. They specialize in
proof coins, which are specially struck to have greater luster, and
special issues.

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

Any S or W (West Point) mint marks you find are special issues,
not meant for general circulation. If you find one in regular change,
there is is a good chance it was stolen from someone's collection, by
someone too stupid to realize its value, who then spent it at face
value instead of selling it as a collectible.

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - in less
than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they were P
or D and didnt know about S at all

Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit would be
nice to have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have in text but I'm
getting to know the pictures.
Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the procedure
as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

ann

John Sessoms wrote:

Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters
than I do?

I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the state
quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on my
jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less
than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.

Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once in
a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em into
plastic tubes.

Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by
year.

Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the pile
I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a 'D'
quarter.

Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular
clad quarter.

Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele

Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943
copper coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I

I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Ann:

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - in less
than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they were P
or D and didnt know about S at all

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the procedure
as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

ann

John Sessoms wrote:

Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters
than I do?

I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once in
a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em into
plastic tubes.

Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by
year.

Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the pile
I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a 'D'
quarter.

Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular
clad quarter.

Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any more.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:
Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943 copper
coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Ann:

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - in
less
than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they were
P
or D and didnt know about S at all

Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit would
be
nice to have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have in text but I'm
getting to know the pictures.
Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the
procedure
as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

ann

John Sessoms wrote:

Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters
than I do?

I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the
state
quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on
my
jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less
than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.

Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once
in
a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em
into
plastic tubes.

Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by
year.

Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the
pile
I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a
'D'
quarter.

Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular
clad quarter.

Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread Doug Franklin


On 2010-11-23 20:00, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any more.


True, but I got a '42 D nickel in change yesterday. :-)

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Re: OT: State Quarters

Wow;  that is quite lucky!  Congratulations.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Doug Franklin
jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote:
 On 2010-11-23 20:00, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any more.

 True, but I got a '42 D nickel in change yesterday. :-)

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread eckinator

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Doug Franklin
jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote:

 True, but I got a '42 D nickel in change yesterday. :-)

42 D? I had no idea they made nickels /that/ big... do you need an
underwire wallet to carry it?

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread Ann Sanfedele

Actually
right - hence ... :)

Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties... I
look at the pennies I get and I keep finding them
though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a
hundred or so

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any more.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943 copper
coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Ann:

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - in
less
than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they were
P
or D and didnt know about S at all

Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit would
be
nice to have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have in text but I'm
getting to know the pictures.
Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the
procedure
as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

ann

John Sessoms wrote:

Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters
than I do?

I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the
state
quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on
my
jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less
than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.

Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once
in
a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em
into
plastic tubes.

Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by
year.

Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the
pile
I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a
'D'
quarter.

Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular
clad quarter.

Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

When I was a young lad, I would find an Indian Head cent in the change
every now and them. I would go through the cash registers at my
grandfathers butcher shop and my uncle's gas station, looking for
Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Actually
right - hence ... :)

Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties... I look
at the pennies I get and I keep finding them
though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a hundred
or so

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any more.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943 copper
coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Ann:

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
wrote:

John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - in
less
than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they
were
P
or D and didnt know about S at all

Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit
would
be
nice to have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have in text but I'm
getting to know the pictures.
Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the
procedure
as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

ann

John Sessoms wrote:

Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state
quarters
than I do?

I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the
state
quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket
on
my
jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent
less
than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.

Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every
once
in
a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em
into
plastic tubes.

Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them
by
year.

Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the
pile
I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing
a
'D'
quarter.

Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular
clad quarter.

Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread Doug Franklin


On 2010-11-23 21:03, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

When I was a young lad, I would find an Indian Head cent in the change
every now and them.  I would go through the cash registers at my
grandfathers butcher shop and my uncle's gas station, looking for
Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles.


I think the best handful of change I ever got from a transaction was 
three real buffalo nickels in really good condition back in about 1978 
or so.


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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread Jeffery Smith

In New Orleans, the locals used to refer to dimes (in general) as silver
dimes. That threw me for a while since silver dimes had not been made for
years when I moved here.

I used to run across the occasional Indian Head cent. I guess we are really
dating ourselves with these admissions. ;-)

Jeffery

On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Actually
right - hence ... :)

Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties... I look
at the pennies I get and I keep finding them
though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a hundred
or so

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any more.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943 copper
coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Ann:

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
wrote:

John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - in
less
than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they
were
P
or D and didnt know about S at all

Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit
would
be
nice to have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have in text but I'm
getting to know the pictures.
Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the
procedure
as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

ann

John Sessoms wrote:

Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state
quarters
than I do?

I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the
state
quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket
on
my
jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent
less
than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.

Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every
once
in
a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em
into
plastic tubes.

Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them
by
year.

Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the
pile
I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing
a
'D'
quarter.

Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular
clad quarter.

Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread Bob Sullivan

Found a '57 wheat cent in my pocket today! Regards, Bob S.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Actually
right - hence ... :)

Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties... I look
at the pennies I get and I keep finding them
though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a hundred
or so

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any more.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943 copper
coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

Ann:

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
wrote:

John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - in
less
than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they
were
P
or D and didnt know about S at all

Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit
would
be
nice to have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have in text but I'm
getting to know the pictures.
Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the
procedure
as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

ann

John Sessoms wrote:

Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state
quarters
than I do?

I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the
state
quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket
on
my
jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent
less
than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.

Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every
once
in
a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em
into
plastic tubes.

Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get
enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them
by
year.

Anyway, I'm rambling ...

I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the
pile
I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing
a
'D'
quarter.

Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular
clad quarter.

Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread drd1135

That's a pretty old pocket. 
-Original Message-
From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:21:56 
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Found a '57 wheat cent in my pocket today!   Regards,  Bob S.

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

 Actually
 right - hence ... :)

 Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties...  I look
 at the pennies I get and I keep finding them
 though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a hundred
 or so

 ann

 Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any more.

 Dan

 On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

 Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
 I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email I
 didn't know a thing about it...

 aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
 someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
 all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943 copper
 coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

 I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
 school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
 I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

 ann

 Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

 Ann:

 I'm afraid you won't find many S mintmarks.  The San Francisco Mint
 no longer makes coins for general circulation.  They specialize in
 proof coins, which are specially struck to have greater luster, and
 special issues.

 http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

 Any S or W (West Point) mint marks you find are special issues,
 not meant for general circulation.  If you find one in regular change,
 there is is a good chance it was stolen from someone's collection, by
 someone too stupid to realize its value, who then spent it at face
 value instead of selling it as a collectible.

 I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
 mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

 Dan

 On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
 wrote:

 John -- this is odd ..
 I jsut started doing this too..  I have 43 different ones so far  - in
 less
 than a month...   but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they
 were
 P
 or D  and didnt know about S at all

 Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit
 would
 be
 nice to  have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
 I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have  in text but I'm
 getting to know the pictures.
 Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

 glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well_before_ the
 procedure
 as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

 ann

 John Sessoms wrote:

 Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

 Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state
 quarters
 than I do?

 I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

 Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the
 state
 quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket
 on
 my
 jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent
 less
 than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999.

 Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every
 once
 in
 a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state  put 'em
 into
 plastic tubes.

 Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get
 enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them
 by
 year.

 Anyway, I'm rambling ...

 I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the
 pile
 I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing
 a
 'D'
 quarter.

 Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter.

 I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular
 clad quarter.

 Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D

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Re: OT: State Quarters

2010-11-23 Thread Ken Waller


Long story to follow.

While working my way thru college, I had a night  weekend job of delivering 
liquor for a local liquor store in New Jersey. Needless to say I handled 
alot of change and was sharp enough to know to weed out the silver coins I 
received. Over a few years of doing this I amassed several hundred dollars 
of silver coins.


Fast forward about 15 years

My new home was burglarized and among some of the things taken were alot of 
those silver coins. I advised the police that most likely these coins would 
be used as every day money. Sure enough after a few days, the police 
informed me that a couple of kids had tried to use the coins at a local 7-11 
store - merchants in the area had been notified of the robbery and the 
possibility of silver coins showing up in every day transactions - the 7-11 
owner contacted the police and the kids were arrested. When informed of 
this, I asked the merchant if I could get my coins back and was told that 
they were not kept, but were given out as change in daily transactions - 
YEAH RIGHT - he damm well knew what he had and kept them. I still have the 
remnants of that silver coin collection but nowhere near the quantity that I 
had amassed.


Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - 
From: Jeffery Smith jsmith...@bellsouth.net

Subject: Re: OT: State Quarters


In New Orleans, the locals used to refer to dimes (in general) as silver 
dimes. That threw me for a while since silver dimes had not been made for 
years when I moved here.


I used to run across the occasional Indian Head cent. I guess we are 
really dating ourselves with these admissions. ;-)


Jeffery

On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:


When I was a young lad, I would find an Indian Head cent in the change
every now and them.  I would go through the cash registers at my
grandfathers butcher shop and my uncle's gas station, looking for
Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:


Actually
right - hence ... :)

Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties...  I 
look

at the pennies I get and I keep finding them
though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a 
hundred

or so

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

One almost never sees wheaties or steel cents in circulation any 
more.


Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com 
wrote:




Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-)
I only mentioned looking for s' cause John did -- prior to his email 
I

didn't know a thing about it...

aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that
someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future,
all I know about coins are what wheaties are and if I got a 1943 
copper

coin I could get a prety nice price for one.

I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade
school... thinking it was the unusual one think I
I dentified with being out of step? you betcha

ann

Daniel J. Matyola wrote:


Ann:

I'm afraid you won't find many S mintmarks.  The San Francisco Mint
no longer makes coins for general circulation.  They specialize in
proof coins, which are specially struck to have greater luster, and
special issues.

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001storeId=10001productId=15253langId=-1parent_category_rn=10211

Any S or W (West Point) mint marks you find are special issues,
not meant for general circulation.  If you find one in regular 
change,

there is is a good chance it was stolen from someone's collection, by
someone too stupid to realize its value, who then spent it at face
value instead of selling it as a collectible.

I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated
mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint.

Dan

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com
wrote:


John -- this is odd ..
I jsut started doing this too..  I have 43 different ones so far  - 
in

less
than a month...   but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they
were
P
or D  and didnt know about S at all

Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit
would
be
nice to  have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so.
I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have  in text but 
I'm

getting to know the pictures.
Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an S lol

glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the
procedure
as I didnt see your post until yesterday...

ann

John Sessoms wrote:


Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do?

Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state
quarters
than I do?

I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me.

Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the
state
quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch 
pocket

Re: OT: State Quarters