Happy New Year! Found 2 Cents to End 2014

Today I feel lucky that I found some money to end 2014. I wanted to end the year on a good note and this does it. 

Earlier today I went to Sprouts for a few things and found a penny as I was leaving the store. The penny was sitting up on its side in a  crack in the sidewalk just waiting for me.

Then this evening a neighbor called and asked if I'd take her and a friend to a bar so they didn't have to drive. I was happy to do this then after dropping them off, I went to Fresh and Easy. I found a penny in the self checkout change tray there. 

So, that's 2 more cents found in 2014. This brings my 2014 found money total to a whopping $46.61. That's more than $10 more than I found in 2013 so I'm happy!

I got this wonderful book I Must Say: My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend from my son for Christmas, and it's so funny, just like Marty himself. I just love this guy!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  2 pennies
Year:  pennies:  1997, 2006
U.S. Mint:  D, D
Condition:  tarnished
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $46.61

Found 11 Cents Today on a Bike Ride

Today was a gorgeous day, nice and sunny. The air was brisk but warm with the sun shining. So, I took a bike ride on my new bike.

To add to my found money jar, I found 11 cents!

First I found a penny in a shopping center parking lot then I found a dime on a sidewalk next to a water vending machine. I rode twice as far as I usually walk, so I think I got in about 4 or 5 miles. It was great!

Are you planning a new year's eve or day get together? Here are some ideas for cheese and fruit pairings that are light and delicious!

Golden State Fruit Cheese and Nuts Delight Fruit Basket, 5 Pound

Update:  This evening I went to Fresh and Easy and found two pennies on the floor of the store. Yay! That brings today's found money total to 13 cents.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  3 pennies, 1 dime
Year:  pennies:  1969, 1990, 2004; dime:  2006
U.S. Mint:  D, none, D, D
Condition:  penny tarnished, dime shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $46.59

Found Money Blog: 12 Cents Added to the Coffers

Today I took a walk and found three coins:

• a penny and a dime in a drive through lane of a chicken joint
• a penny in the street (in the gutter to be precise)

So, with just two more days till the new year, I've found $46.46 so far in 2014!

Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  2 pennies, 1 dime
Year:  pennies:  2000, 2012; dime:  2002
U.S. Mint:  D
Condition:  1 tarnished, 2 shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $46.46

Found 60 Cents on a Walk

Today I headed out on a walk and found a mess of coins! Sixty cents worth!

Here's what and where:

• 3 pennies, 1 dime, and 1 quarter in a McDonald's drive through lane
• 3 pennies, 1 nickel, and 1 dime in a bank drive through lane
• 2 pennies at a gas station behind a parked car
• 2 pennies in the street on the way home

I just love finding money! 

I'm starting a new project today and will keep you posted. It has to do with found money, by the way!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  10 pennies, 1 nickel, 2 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  pennies:  1980, 1981, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2013; nickel:  1982; dime:  1994, 2003; quarter:  1997
U.S. Mint:  a few with no mark, the rest D
Condition:  from tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $46.34

Found 7 Coins Total Yesterday and Today

I went to bed last night and as I was reading, I realized I didn't post to my found money blog for the day! I had found two pennies but forgot to post here because I left them in my purse. I was wearing sweatpants, so that's the reason. I usually stick my found money in my pants pocket and take it out when I get home. Oh well! No harm, no foul.

So yesterday, I found those two pennies and I can't remember where. 

Today though, I went to Goodwill (half off day) and ran some other errands andfound these coins:

• two pennies on the floor of a grocery store in a checkout lane
• a dime on the floor in the deli
• a penny in a change tray then a nickel in another change tray, both at self checkout registers

Yay! That makes 20 cents found yesterday and today. 

I posed them next to a cute Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy vintage juice glass I just listed in my Etsy shop.

Oh, one of the coins is a 1934 penny! I really like finding old coins.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  5 pennies, 1 nickel, 1 dime
Year:  pennies:  1934, 1989, 1996, 2006, 2011; nickel:  1997; dime:  1997
U.S. Mint:  a few with no mark, the rest D
Condition:  from tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $45.74

Merry Christmas from Found Money in the Street

I hope everyone had or is having a merry Christmas! I sure did! I'm tired though now.

I got a new bike for Christmas and took it out for a spin earlier. I'm sore! But while tooling around on it, I found 42 cents! Here's what and where:

• I first found a penny on a sidewalk.
• Then I found two pennies and a quarter in the street while crossing at an intersection. Good thing I was pushing my bike.
• Next I found a penny at a gas station then one at a fast food drive through lane.
• Next I found a dime in the street.
• Then I found two pennies in another drive through lane.
• I don't remember where I found the other penny.

And I didn't report a penny I found on Tuesday so will add it to today's total making it 43 cents found. Yay! This year was a great one for finding money. I'm eager to see how much more I find in the final six days of 2014.

Pokemon Rare Grabbag - 20 Rare Pokemon Cards

My grandson gave me the Pokemon card. He's nuts for Pokemon right now.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  8 pennies, 1 dime, 1 quarter
Year:  pennies:  1969, 1984, 1986, 1997, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014; dime:  1974; quarter:  2004
U.S. Mint:  all D
Condition:  from tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $45.54

Found 4 Cents

Today I finished up my Christmas shopping. Seriously. I'm done!

While at Target getting a few things, I found a penny on the floor then later I took a walk and I found a penny at a gas station then two more pennies in a drive through lane of a Mexican restaurant.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  4 pennies
Year:  pennies:  1987, 1997, 2012, 2014 
U.S. Mint:  all D
Condition:  from tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $45.11

Found Foreign Money: Coins from Three Countries

Today I walked to the grocery store and on my walk I found coins from three countries! It's international day at the Found Money in the Street blog!

Here's what I found:

• a penny in my parking lot
• a penny in the street (the gutter)
• another penny in the street (the gutter again), but this one was a Canadian penny
• a coin in the street as I was crossing the street that I thought was a nickel but it's  a 25-cent Aruba coin!
• a nickel and a penny in the grocery store parking lot
• a penny in a change tray at the grocery store
• a nickel in the copier change tray
• a penny in a parking lot

So, I found coins from the United States, Canada, and Aruba. Woo hoo! It had been awhile since I'd found any foreign coins. As usual, I'm not counting the Canada and Aruba coins in my found money total so that makes 15 cents found today. But the coins will go in my found money jar.

This 15 cents brings my 2014 found money total to more than $45! Woo hoo!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  5 pennies, 2 nickels, 1 Canadian penny, 1 Aruba 25 cent coin
Year:  pennies:  1982, 1995, 2001, 2010, 2014; nickels:  1992, 2001; Canadian penny:  1998; Aruba coin:  1988
U.S. Mint:  U.S. coins all D
Condition:  from dinged and tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $45.07

Found 26 Cents at the Grocery Store

Today I spent the day with my grandkids.Wonderful! Then on the way home I stopped at a few stores to get some gifts and groceries. At at the grocery store I found a quarter in a change tray and a penny on the floor! Yay! 26 cents found!

Are you all ready for Christmas?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  1 penny, 1 quarter
Year:  1996, 2000
U.S. Mint:  D, P
Condition:  both fairly shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $44.92

Size Matters -- It's a Dime, Not a Penny

I found two pennies this morning then this afternoon I took a walk and found a whole bunch more coins. Here's what and where (as best as I can remember):

• this morning, the two pennies in a parking lot
• then on the walk, four pennies in an apartment building parking lot
• a dime in the street
• a penny in the street
• another dime at a gas station
• a penny at a car wash
• what I thought was a penny in the street (but turns out it was a dime and the only reason I could tell was it was smaller than a penny, just as black as a very tarnished penny though, but size does matter)
• a penny in a parking space in front of an auto parts store

Yay! That's 38 cents found today!
Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  8 pennies, 3 dimes
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  ditto
Condition:  some dirty, some shiny, some tarnished, one dime is gouged and scratched with what looks like copper showing through
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $44.66

Found Six Pennies Walking Back from the Post Office

Today I had to take three items I sold in my Etsy shop to the post office to mail. On my way back to my car, I found six pennies:

• two in the street
• two in a parking lot
• two in parking spaces

Are you all ready for Christmas? I plan to start baking tomorrow or Saturday and only need to get a few more gifts.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  6 pennies
Year:  ?, ?, 1989, 1991, 2006, 2006
U.S. Mint:  ?, ?, all the rest D
Condition:  some dirty, some shiny, some tarnished, one is very dinged up and one is so tarnished it's unreadable and it's bent
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $44.28

Found 10 Pennies Today

This morning I ran some errands and found two pennies in a parking lot then three pennies on the floor of a store. Five pennies!

This afternoon I took a walk and found five more pennies! Yay! Ten cents total found today. I'll take it.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  10 pennies
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  ditto
Condition:  some dirty, some shiny, some tarnished 
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $44.22

Found a Penny Today

Today I found a penny. I can't remember where. I ran some errands so I imagine it was in a parking lot or something. 

Sorry.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  1 penny
Year:  1980
U.S. Mint:  D
Condition:  dirty and tarnished 
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $44.12

Found 52 Cents This Day

Today I did some Christmas shopping and found quite a few coins. Just take a look!

• a penny in the street
• a penny and a dime in front of a store
• two pennies, a nickel, and two dimes at a car wash
• two pennies in a parking spot
• a penny at a gas station

I actually washed my car and when I was done, wandering around by the vacuums looking for coins (which I found!), I noticed that someone had used one of the vacuums and left with time left on it. So, being the cheapskate that I am, I drove over and used up the remaining suction. I got most of the floors tidied up. Nice!

So, are you finding more coins this time of year, too? I think people are just dropping more coins as they are shopping. What do you think?

UPDATE:  I just ran to the grocery store where I found a nickel in the change tray of the self-checkout register! Yay! That brings today's found money total to a whopping 57 cents.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  7 pennies, 2 nickels, 4 dimes
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  ditto
Condition:  from shiny to tarnished 
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $44.11

Watched Wild and Found a Penny

Today I saw the movie Wild and just loved it! I read the book a few years ago and loved it, so I figured the movie would follow suit. They left out some detail but it was fairly long (nearly 2 hours) so they had to trim some fat somewhere. This is still an excellent movie, and if you haven't read the book by Cheryl Strayed yet, I'd do it then go watch the movie. It'll make a lot more sense with all of the background info you get from the book, but it isn't really necessary.

So, this afternoon I took a walk (not a 1,100-mile walk like in the movie, mind you) but a couple of miles, I guess. I found a penny, one lone penny, at a car wash.

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Oprah's Book Club 2.0 1)

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  1 penny
Year:  2006
U.S. Mint:  D
Condition:  tarnished and dinged up
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $43.54

Found 17 Coins Today for a Total of $1.64

Today was one of those days when I just kept finding coins! I love days like this.

Here is what and where (as far as I can remember):

• a dime in the street
• a quarter, a dime, and two pennies on the floor of a grocery store
• four quarters at a gas station at the entrance of the drive through for the car wash
• another dime in the street as I was about to cross the street
• three pennies at a mall (I never go to malls and really hoped I'd find more!)

The rest is a blur, but a good blur, mind you!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  9 pennies, 3 dimes, 5 quarters
Year:  way too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  ditto
Condition:  shiny to tarnished to dinged up
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $43.53

Two Nickels to Rub Together

What is it with nickels lately? I'm not complaining at all, min you, but this is the second time recently that I've found two nickels. And yes, after finding them, I was rubbing them together in my pocket. I'm rich! I'm rich!

I was at the grocery store using the self checkout register and heard a clicking in the register next to me. The man who had been there checking out had left but a coin dropped into the tray. I checked it out and it was one of these nickels!

Then I was walking to my car and spotted another nickel on the sidewalk. Love it!

I posed this found money next to some stitch markers I'll be listing in my Etsy store. 

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  2 nickels
Year:  1994, 1996
U.S. Mint:  D, P
Condition:  shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $41.89

Found Four Random Pennies Today

Today I spent the day running around like a chicken with my head cut off, or maybe it just felt like it. While I was out and about, I found these coins:

• a penny at a gas station
• a penny in a parking lot walking to the library
• a penny at the post office
• a penny in some rocks on the way to the grocery store

Have you found any coins lately? Any bills?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  4 pennies
Year:  pennies:  1990, 1992, 1998, 2014
U.S. Mint:  all D
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $41.79

Found a Penny at the Dollar Store

Today after I went to the post office I walked to the Dollar Tree for a few things. On my way in the store, I spotted a penny on the threshold so I snatched it up! 


Have you ever had Utz potato chips? I am hooked! The Dollar Tree started selling them a few weeks ago and I just love them. They're so good! So, I got a bag and a few other things. Yummy!

They only sell the regular chips but this looks like a lovely variety available on Amazon! 

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  1 penny
Year:  pennies:  2002
U.S. Mint:  D
Condition:  tarnished
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $41.75

Found Six Coins Today

This morning I went out to take out the trash and found a quarter and a penny in the parking lot! Yay! I talked to the rooster who has taken up residence here at our complex for a bit then fed him some bread.

Here's a picture of him saying hi outside my door.

Later today I found a penny in a parking lot next to a car, another penny on the floor of a store, a penny on a sidewalk, and a penny in the street while walking home from the store.
Thirty cents total. Not bad!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  5 pennies, 1 quarter
Year:  pennies:  1978, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2011; quarter:  1998
U.S. Mint:  2 pennies with none, all the rest D
Condition:  tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $41.74

Found 43 Cents While on a Walk

Today I took a walk since it was such a beautiful day. We had a few days of cloudy, rainy weather and I hadn't been able to walk. Or more like it, I chose not to.

So, right away I starting finding money. Here's what and where:

• a dime in an apartment parking lot
• a dime and three pennies at a bus stop; one penny on the ground and a dime and two pennies on the bench
• two pennies at a fast food parking lot
• a dime in a bank drive through
• a penny in the street
• a penny at a gas station
• the rest are sort of a blur but I found the rest of the pennies in a fast food drive through, on a sidewalk, three in the street, and I just can't remember the rest

So cool! I posed the found coins next to a cup I painted with a lady's face. 

Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  13 pennies, 3 dimes
Year:  too many
U.S. Mint:  yep, too many
Condition:  tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $41.44

Found a Penny While Donating Yard Sale Rejects

Today I drove to Chandler, Arizona to a friend's sister's house. They were having a yard sale and were nice enough to let me bring some of my junk to sell. And some of it did indeed sell, but I also had plenty that didn't make it to a new home. That stuff I donated to Goodwill. While unloading it, I found a penny on the ground.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  1 penny
Year:  1996
U.S. Mint:  D
Condition:  tarnished
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $41.01

And Three Pennies Makes $41

Today I found three pennies bringing my 2014 found money total to a cool $41! I'm happy with that!

I took a walk and found one in a parking lot and one on the floor of the grocery store. Then I found the third one on the floor of another grocery store this evening.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  3 pennies
Year:  1981, 1984, 2014
U.S. Mint:  D, D, D
Condition:  the gamut from tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $41.00

A Day for Finding Dimes

Yes, today was a day for finding dimes. And dimes only. 

Granted, I only found two of them but I just love to find any silver coins! I love finding copper ones too though. I'm not really very picky when it comes to finding money.

I found the first dime in a parking lot when I was leaving a study I did today. It was just some finger pricks. $30! To learn more about these studies and clinical trials I've done, check out my ebook Earn Money as a Lab Rat.

Then later I found another dime when I was walking out of Michael's. It was right there on the floor by the door. Small, silver, and shiny, but it caught my eye!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  2 dimes
Year:  1989, 2001
U.S. Mint:  D, P
Condition:  both shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $40.97

Found 13 Coins Totaling 40 Cents

Today I ran some errands and found a boatload (well, a tiny toy boatload) of coins:

• a penny on the floor of the post office
• 2 pennies in the post office parking lot
• 2 pennies in the street (the gutter area, but still part of the street)
• a dime in a parking lot right next to a pile of banana peels (weird!)
• a penny on the floor of the dollar store
• a dime on the sidewalk right out side the dollar store
• a dime and 3 pennies on the floor of Walmart
• a penny in my parking lot

Woo hoo! How about you? Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  10 pennies, 3 dimes
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  ditto
Condition:  range from tarnished to shiny
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $40.77

Found 12 Cents on a Walk

This afternoon a friend called that I hadn't talked to in months. It was great catching up with her! So, I headed out for a walk while we talked and at a fast food drive through I found two pennies then I spotted a very beat up dime in a crack in the middle of the street.

Yay! 12 cents to add to my 2014 found money! 

Have you jumped on the Cyber Monday buying spree? 

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  2 pennies, 1 dime
Year:  pennies:  1980, 2013; dime:  1990
U.S. Mint:  all D
Condition:  one penny's tarnished/one shiny, and beat up, dirty dime
Total Found Money in 2014 to Date:  $40.37