Finding Money, Car Wash Tokens, and Random Coins

This month I've found a good amount of loose change. $4.46 to be exact since May 10. Not bad. 

I've also found three car wash tokens and Mexican pesos (10 cent and 20 cent coins). I love finding the random stuff just as much as American coins. 

Have you been finding money? Please let us know what money or other goodies you've found.

With summer just around the corner, I was checking out some fun hot weather toys.

     

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  41 pennies, 6 nickels, 14 dimes, 9 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2017 to Date:  $16.74

Found Money Blog: Found Three Pennies Today

Today I had to run to the fabric store for some buttons. While checking out, I spotted a penny on the shelf under the counter. Mine!

Then I went to the 99 Cent store and found a penny on the floor near a register then another penny in the parking lot on the way to my car. Score!

UPDATE:  I just got home from a walk and I found another penny and a 10 cent Mexican peso coin. Yay! I won't add the peso to my found money total but I'm adding that penny!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  3 pennies
Year:   pennies:  1977, 2000, 2002
U.S. Mint:  D, D, D
Condition:  tarnished one and all
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $31.42

Found Two Mexican and Three U.S. Coins

Today I took a walk and headed in to El Supre, a Mexican grocery store. I found 2 Mexican coins in a coin machine and a U.S. nickel on the floor!

Then I spotted a dime in the parking lot and on the way home I found a penny on the sidewalk. Yay! 

I posed the coins on a curb next to some pretty yellow and orange flowers. I'm only counting the U.S. coins for my found money total since it's too hard to convert the Mexican coins (to me it is anyway!).

This Found Money Facts:

Denomination:  1 penny, 1 nickel, 1 dime; 2 Mexican coins
Year:   penny:  1983; nickel:  1992; dime:  2013; Mexican coins:  50 cent, 2002 and $2, 2012
U.S. Mint:  pennies:  D; nickel:  P; dime:  D
Condition: range from tarnished to shiny and everything in between
Total Found Money to Date in 2014:  $12.51

Found 7 U.S. Coins and 1 Mexican Coin

Today I walked up to Sprouts to get some fruit and vegetables. On the way there, I walked through a gas station and found a penny. Then I walked through a Starbucks drive through and found another penny. As I left Sprouts, I spotted a dime between two cars. 

Then I walked for several blocks and decided to check out the McDonald's where I found 2 pennies in the drive through and 1 penny next to the door to go inside. 

Then I walked through another gas station and saw what I thought was a dime but it turned out to be a Mexican 50 peso piece. I won't count it in my found money total. Later when I was almost home, I found a penny on the sidewalk! 

That's a total of 16 cents plus the Mexican coin. Yay!

One of the pennies is a 1944 penny (a wheat penny). Love finding those!

This Found Money Facts:
Denomination:  6 pennies, 1 dime, 1 Mexican 50 peso
Year:   pennies:  1944, 1983, 1999, 2013, 2013, 2013; dime:  2008; Mexican coin:  2012
U.S. Mint:  all U.S. coins D
Condition:  some tarnished, some shiny like new
Total Found Money to Date in 2014:  $5.47

Found American, Canadian, and Mexican Coins Today!

Today I ran up to Goodwill since it was half off day. After finding a few things there, I went to a grocery store and on the way, I found a penny in the parking lot. 

Then I found the two 10 cent coins (one Mexican and one Canadian) and an American penny in the coin machine at the front of the store. The exchange rates follow:

• Canadian 10 cent coin is worth $.0918 American (a cent more than our dimes)
• Mexican 10 cent coin is worth $.0077 American (less than 1 cent)

Then I went to another grocery store and found a dime on the floor. I won't count the Mexican peso since it's not even worth a penny, but will count the Canadian dime as 10 cents in my found money total.

It was fun finding foreign money today!

UPDATE:  I just made a quick run to Fresh and Easy and found 4 pennies there!


This Found Money Facts:
Denomination:  6 pennies, 1 dime, 1 Canadian 10 cent coin, 1 Mexican 10 cent coin
Year:   pennies:  2001, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2013; dime:  2006; Canadian:  1992; Mexican:  2004
U.S. Mint:  American coins:  all D, D, D
Condition:  range from tarnished to shiny and two are scratched
Total Found Money to Date in 2014:  $2.25