Found 31 Cents Today

This morning I took out the trash and found a penny by the dumpster! I was happy but then later today I had to return some library books that were due. After dropping them off and choosing a few other books, I walked around the parking lot of a large shopping center.

Here's what I found:

• a dime in an empty parking space
• a nickel in another empty parking space
• a penny in a Chipotle parking lot
• a penny in a bank drive through driveway
• three pennies and a nickel in a fast food drive through
• a nickel behind a car

Yay! I just love finding money! Have you been lucky lately?

I posed this found money next to a quilted bookmark I made. I have other similar (and different) handmade items for sale in my Etsy shop.

This Found Money Facts:

Denomination:  6 pennies, 3 nickels, 1 dime
Year:   pennies:  unreadable, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2014; nickels:  1979, 1981, 2002; dime:  2001
U.S. Mint:  pennies:  unreadable, the rest D; nickels:  D, P, D; dime:  D
Condition:  range from tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money to Date in 2014:  $13.41

Another Banner Day for Finding Money

Today I ended up finding 58 cents! Woo hoo!

First I took a walk and found money in the street (3 pennies and a nickel), in a McDonald's parking lot (2 pennies and a nickel), in some rocks (1 penny and 1 dime), near another restaurant entrance (1 penny), and in some more rocks (1 penny). I found 28 cents before I got home! 

Then I had to run to the library to return a couple of books that were due today. When I was walking back to my car, I found a nickel and a quarter in an empty parking space! So add 28 and 30 and that's 58 cents.

One of the books I returned was The Taxi-Dance Hall by Paul G. Cressey. This book was published in 1932 and is a fascinating look at taxi-dancers in the 1920s and 1930s. You might know these dancers as dime-a-dance or nickel dancers. Men paid 10 cents to dance with a girl; the owner got a nickel and the dancer got a nickel. Really interesting reading.

How about you? Have you found any money lately?

This Found Money Facts:

Denomination:  8 pennies, 3 nickels, 1 dime, 1 quarter
Year:   too lazy
U.S. Mint:  ditto
Condition:  range from dirty to tarnished, only one shiny penny
Total Found Money to Date in 2014:  $10.78

Found 68 Cents Today

Today I went to Fresh and Easy and found 43 cents in the change tray then a quarter on the ground by my car as I was leaving! 

This Found Money Facts:
Denomination:  3 pennies, 3 nickels, 2 quarters
Year:  pennies:  1962, 1993, 2007; nickels:  1976, 2005, 2012; quarters:  1985, 1991
U.S. Mint:  pennies:  D, none, none; nickels:  all D; quarters:  both D
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money to Date in 2013:  $31.71