Old Coins in Change

[82Rigger]

I ate at Wendy's one day last week and got a 1943 silver dime in my change.

A couple days later I got a 1941 wheat cent in change from somewhere.

Not bad for one week, huh?

Do any of ya'll still find old coins in your change from time to time?

[David]

Occasionally but more often then not if it is an odd one it is someone trying to offload some Canadian coinage

[Andy]

Usually, when you go to a store and get change like this, someone's house got broken into or a kid is ripping off his parents or grandparents.

Stay healthy,
Andy

[82Rigger]

When I lived in Minnesota, there was a LOT of Canadian coinage in circulation. No one seemed to have any problem with it.

[Tina]

i have a silver penny too.. I was counting down my money when i worked at mcdonalds and seen it.. i also do have a 1937 wheat penny..
and a old five dollar bill.. forgot what it is will let ya know..
love ya
tina

[Jerry D]

If you have any old Nickels from the WWII years they have a high silver content(40% I think) because the war effort needed the nickel and the pennies were Steel also at that time. A magnet can find them in your penny jar quick. When I was on Active duty I would trade the cashier for 50 cent pieces and "Ike" dollars when I seen them in the cash register. My wife has a Ben Franklin 50 cent piece I had never seen one of those till she showed me it. we have some misc. old coins we have gotten in change or purchased from Littleton. Its a fun hobby and guaranteed to keep its value at least
One year I went on the Hoover Dam tour with one of the workers I used to know and we went to the base of the dam where the coins people throw over the dam land and I picked up some neat foreign coins and some misc change . My friend that used to work there told us that a few of the employees would pick up the change over the year and use it to go on Vacation you do have to wear a hard hat to keep from getting a nickel embedded in your noggin

[Boats]

Isn't that dime what they a cal a mercury?

[Bernadette]

I know this isn't change, But I got a $2.00 bill as change the other day at 7-11.
It made my day!

[melody1181]

I tend to get a few wheat pennie every once in a while.

Last year I got a very eary one. If I remember right it was in the 1910's. Been a while since I've looked at my coins.

[82Rigger]

Boats,

That's correct - the American public named it the Mercury dime because it looked so closely like the paintings of the Roman god MERCURY.

In actuality the image was intended to be LIBERTY with a winged helmet, representing freedom of thought.

The correct name for the design is the Winged Liberty Head dime.

It was coined from 1916 through 1945.