Received in change

[ausjack]

good score nevol..well done mate :good:

[Fulvio]

Took $1,025 of reject coins to the bank today (FINALLY ran out of 5¢!! Yay!), and since I was the only customer in the place, we got chatting while counting. Teller was fascinated with the whole collecting thing. So when he asked what I wanted to do with the grand, I asked for fivers, and proceeded to check them at the counter. Again, he asked what I was looking for, so I explained. Got 5 keepers, a radar, a nice new one, and a couple of BA's. So then I said turn the rejects into $100's, as we'd already discussed test notes. He actually went through all his notes checking numbers for me, and pulled out two of them. Made it a useful excercise overall.

I am definitely going to have to cultivate this one... I promised to take in some finds next week to show him, and he'll keep an eye out for interesting "junk" destined for destruction.

[MattGold]

Took $1,025 of reject coins to the bank today (FINALLY ran out of 5¢!! Yay!), and since I was the only customer in the place, we got chatting while counting. Teller was fascinated with the whole collecting thing. So when he asked what I wanted to do with the grand, I asked for fivers, and proceeded to check them at the counter. Again, he asked what I was looking for, so I explained. Got 5 keepers, a radar, a nice new one, and a couple of BA's. So then I said turn the rejects into $100's, as we'd already discussed test notes. He actually went through all his notes checking numbers for me, and pulled out two of them. Made it a useful excercise overall.

I am definitely going to have to cultivate this one... I promised to take in some finds next week to show him, and he'll keep an eye out for interesting "junk" destined for destruction.

Nice mate nice, I come across some notes every now and than so I must remember to keep them and post up here for anyone that may be interested. My partner usually spends them as she says I already collect too many coins :dodgy: I'm slowly getting my bank tellers interested, my dad reckons I should go nuts and open up a second bank account to noodle double to coins lol..

Matt

[Fulvio]

my dad reckons I should go nuts and open up a second bank account to noodle double to coins lol..

I did that. Opened a CBA account, then discovered the bastards were taking tax out of it, making it a very poor investment, so I emptied it. But I still qualify as a customer, so I can happily go and noodle their stockpiles I guess.

[Fulvio]

I am definitely going to have to cultivate this one... I promised to take in some finds next week to show him, and he'll keep an eye out for interesting "junk" destined for destruction.

Went back today to turn a couple of bundles of $5 notes back into coins, and as promised I took some 2x2's in to show him. And he pulled a pair of crisp, almost unharmed paper $50's plus a federation $5 out of the junk pile for me. :yahoo: WOOHOOO!!!! :yahoo:

This guy is definitely a keeper.

And then as a bonus, the first bag of $1's I opened had three new errors.. a 2010 with a cud on the top roo's tail, a 2011 with a cud on the big roo's chest, and a 2008 with the most massive cuds yet, on the left of the 1 and the bottom of the big roo's tail.

[Pedro]

Pocket change yesterday revealed:

- 2011 $2

- 2013 Canberrra 20c

- 1999 $1 with rim cud (was nearly going to ditch the coin except the light hit the edge where the cud was and it will now stay on)

Pedro

[Nevol]

2010 with a cud on the top roo's tail, a 2011 with a cud on the big roo's chest, and a 2008 with the most massive cuds yet, on the left of the 1 and the bottom of the big roo's tail.

Piccies please. :beg: :biggrin:

[r9453]

It never occurred to me that one could noodle for fun and profit (mostly fun), until I joined up here. I even have my 92 year old aunt noodling her purse.

I have proof and unc sets but I don't have a circulated set. I did have 40 or 50 commemoratives set aside but today I went through all the change in the house and found another 50 coins. I have no idea how many coins I'm likely to find or need or want and I wont bore you with daily updates.

I realise I probably will never get a full set but thats not the point, is it? I would say the find of the day was a 1966 20 cent.

Cheers,

[MattGold]

Out of the pokies today....






Now I'm home, back to packing the house up..

Matt

[Davidium]

Today I found a very good condition 1971 20cent piece. Very happy as its one of the lowest montages. Only beef is that it had a stain on the queen side

[MattGold]

Today I found a very good condition 1971 20cent piece. Very happy as its one of the lowest montages. Only beef is that it had a stain on the queen side

I know how you feel, I found a very nice 1978 20 cent, not the lowest of mintages but still good looking, than I flip the coin to look at the reverse and it's been coloured in with a texta or something lol

I'm still to find a nice looking 1971, I've got a good looking "68" 20 cent with nice rainbow toning but it's a fairly dark coin so I can't get a clear piccie of the toning!!!

Matt

[ausjack]

try taking on an angle MG as I've found the colour disapears for some reason when taking a pic lookin straight down at it..don't know why this is sorry

[Mister T]

I found a very nice 1978 20 cent, not the lowest of mintages but still good looking, than I flip the coin to look at the reverse and it's been coloured in with a texta or something

Acetone is your friend.

[robbiegal]

I got a 1965 quarter dollar in change this afternoon! (instead of a 10c)

are you moving house Matt?

[JeffH]

I have had the odd quarter passed off as 10¢. In fact that is what got me started on my state quarters set when an Indiana quarter turned up masquerading as 10¢!

Now I have that nearly sorted (didn't take any notice of mintmarks early on but, got sucked in) I am thinking, just thinking, about the idea of National parks quarters now.
[Coin collecting does show infectious disease type symptoms.]

Jeff