I Did It! I Did It! $100+ Found in 2015

Today I was on a mission.

As I mentioned in my last post, as of Tuesday, December 29, I had found $99.85 this year! I had to find 15 cents more to make it an even $100. Or more, of course!

Yesterday on my walk I found two pennies and a dime so that brought the year's total to $99.97. Not good enough! 

This morning I went to two thrift stores and three other stores and only found 1 penny in the parking lot in front of Big Lots. Ugh. So this afternoon I took my last walk of 2015. I went my regular route and didn't find a thing! Then as I was about to head home, I scouted out the McDonald's drive through and yep, there it was! I found 37 cents (two pennies, a dime, and a quarter). Whoopee!

So that brings my found money total for 2015 to $100.35! I'm tickled pink!

How about starting a found money challenge yourself for 2016? Here's a fun bank to help you know where that money should go. It helps kids learn about sharing, spending, and saving money. 

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  5 pennies, 2 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $100.35

Found Money: $1.68

So, this past week I found $1.68 in coins in the usual places:  parking lots, floor of a store, change trays of vending machines, drive through lanes. This brings my found money for 2015 to a total of $99.85! 

So, that means I'm only 15 cents away from $100 of found money for the year! Yes!!! I know in the next 2 days I can find that. Right? Right! 

I'm on a mission so will keep looking till I find it!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  13 pennies, 1 nickels, 10 dimes, 2 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $99.85

Found Money This Past Week: $1.18

The past week I've found money nearly every day. In total I found $1.18. Not a ton but this is moving me very close to breaking that $100 mark for found money in 2015. Will I do it? I really hope so!

In addition to the coins I found, I also found three foreign coins (2 Canadian 25-cent coins, a 20-cent Euro) and a car wash token. Score!

As you can see, it's lemon season here in Arizona. I made lemonade with my grandson today. Delicious!
Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  33 pennies, 2 nickels, 5 dimes, 1 quarter, 3 foreign coins and a car wash token
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $98.17

Found 40 Cents This Week

Well, I didn't find a ton of money this week. Just 40 cents. But that's okay. Today my grandson and I took a walk and stopped to sit in a little pavilion. While sitting there, I looked down and saw a dime! Then we hopped up and he found a quarter and two pennies, and I found a penny. What fun!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  10 pennies, 3 dimes
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $96.99

Found $100+ in a Purse... But I Didn't Keep It

Tonight on my walk, I found a purse. Well, this was unusual, let me tell you! I have found a couple of wallets before but never an entire purse. It was near a bank in some rocks. Being nosy, I opened it to see if there was an ID inside. I didn't find one but I did see that the wallet had more than $100 in it! Boy, was that tempting!

I didn't keep it though. As I was walking home, I saw a sheriff's car in a shopping center parking lot. So I took the purse to the deputy. She took my information and said she'd try to locate the owner. We had the little "if it were my purse, I'd want someone to turn it in" conversation.

So, I'm back home and just got a call from the deputy who told me that the woman's purse was stolen earlier today and the thief had taken a few things from it but obviously not everything! Like the money! Very strange.

I'm glad I returned it because frankly it was eating at me just walking around with it for the 20 minutes or so I had it. 

I would make a terrible criminal.

But I did find a quarter in a change tray of a water machine on my walk. My reward! In the past week I've found a total of 75 cents. 

The moral of the story:  Just turn in the damned purse (or wallet) and sleep better at night.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  5 pennies, 1 nickel, 4 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $96.59

$1.63 in Found Money Plus Two Canadian Coins

This week I found $1.63, all in coins. I also found two Canadian coins:  a nickel and a penny.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  13 pennies, 8 nickels, 6 dimes, 2 quarters, and 2 Canadian coins
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $95.84

Found Money Totals $1.60

This past week I found $1.60 in coins. One day I found 71 pennies behind some businesses in a strip mall. It was so weird. It was almost like someone took a handful of coins (because 71 pennies is a handful!) and tossed them in the air. Oh well, my gain!


Other places I found money was along the side of the road, on the floor of stores, in parking lots.

In this found money I found a 1939 wheat penny. Yay! Love finding old coins.

How about you? Have you found any money lately? Please let us know.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  85 pennies, 1 nickel, 2 dimes, 2 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $94.21

A Week's Worth of Found Money: $3.48

This past week I found $3.48. Yay! I found the coins (and one dollar bill!) in these places:

• a candy box at an auto parts store
• in parking lots
• in drive through lanes
• in change trays of cash registers
• floor of stores

Have you found any money lately? Please let us know.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  68 pennies, 2 nickels, 7 dimes, 4 quarter, 1 dollar bill
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $92.61

78 Cents in 5 Days

Over the past 5 days I've found 78 cents:  2 quarters, 2 dimes, 1 nickel and 3 pennies. Yay! I found this money in a coin machine tray, on the floor of a store, in a parking lot, and next to a newspaper vending machine.

I'm sneaking up on $90 of found money this year! I wonder if I'll crack $100 for my 2015 found money total? I hope so!
Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  3 pennies, 1 nickel, 2 dimes, 2 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $89.17

Found Money Blog: Five Days, 49 Cents

In the past five days I found 49 cents:  3 dimes and 19 pennies. Yay!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  19 pennies, 3 dimes
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $88.38

Finding Money: A Penny Here, A Quarter There

This week I found several pennies, six to be exact, and one quarter.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  6 pennies, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $87.89

Found Money Blog: Six Days, $4.54

Well, I hit the jack pot today! I found $4.35! This was spread out over the following places:  the floor of a store and of a restaurant, a drive through lane, and a change tray of a coin machine. I also found 19 cents the other five days for a grand total over six days of $4.54.

In today's found money I found a 1926 wheat penny and a car wash token and a Tubac Golf Resort token. And what a coinky-dink... I went with friends this morning to the Tubac Golf Resort for breakfast. How about that?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  11 pennies, 1 dime
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $87.58

Found Money: 21 Cents

It's been a slow week in the found money department. I found 11 cents on Tuesday, 3 cents on Thursday, and 7 cents Saturday. I found this money in parking lots, in a store, and in a drive through lane.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  11 pennies, 1 dime
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $83.04

Money Money Money: Found money totaling $2.48

I found $2.48 recently. Most was on Saturday at a Fry's grocery store in the change tray of a coin machine. My grandson and I split it. My take:  $2.30! Woo hoo!

The rest of the money was found on the floor of a store and in parking lots.
Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  3 pennies, 5  nickels, 12 dimes, 4 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $82.83

Found Money Blog: 83 Cents

Since my last post, I've found 83 cents. I found the money in the usual places:  parking lots, change tray at the grocery store, floor of stores.

This found money pushes my 2015 found money total past $80. 

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  8 pennies, 5 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $80.35

Found Money: 23 Cents

The past three days I've found 23 cents. And a play penny! That is all for now.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  3 pennies, 2 dimes
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $79.42

Found Money Blog: 96 Cents in Four Days

I've been walking each evening, though it's getting dark so much earlier now and it's still hot, so that makes it tough. Anyway, here's what I found money wise the last four days:

On Tuesday, September 22, I found 12 cents (2 pennies, 1 dime). 

On Wednesday, September 23, I found these coins:  7 cents (2 pennies, 1 nickel)

On Thursday, September 24, I found 25 cents (5 pennies, 2 nickels, 1 dime)

And today, Friday, September 25, I found 52 cents (12 pennies, 1 nickel, 1 dime, 1 quarter)

It's just amazing to me the amount of money there is out there to find! I found this in lots of places including parking lots, near cars, drive through lanes, in the street, in front of an ATM, and more.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  19 pennies, 4 nickels, 3 dimes, 1 quarter1
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up, one penny is curled
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $79.19

Found Money Blog: $1.25 in Three Days

The last three days I've found $1.25 in coins plus two Peter Piper Pizza tokens!

On Saturday, September 19 here's what I found:  61 cents (31 pennies, 1 nickel, and 1 quarter). I found 23 pennies on the sidewalk in front of a bus stop bench. Go figure! One of the pennies is a wheat penny from 1946. Love finding those old coins!

On Sunday, September 20 I found these coins:  23 cents (3 pennies, 2 dimes)

And today, Monday, September 21 I found this:  41 cents and 2 Peter Piper Pizza tokens (6 pennies, 1 dime, 1 quarter)

It's just amazing to me the amount of money there is lying around. But I'm not complaining.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  40 pennies, 1 nickel, 3 dimes, 2 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up, one penny is curled
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $78.23

Six Days, $1.37 Found

Over the last six days, I've found $1.37. Not too bad. Here's what and when:

• Sunday, September 13:  56 cents (1 penny, 3 dimes, 1 quarter)
• Monday, September 14:  non
• Tuesday, September 15:  2 cents and a 1 cent Euro coin and 3 tokens (a Peter Piper Pizza token and 2 car wash tokens)
• Wednesday, September 16:  11 cents (11 pennies)
• Thursday, September 17:  8 cents and a Mexican 10 cent coin (8 pennies)
• Friday, September 18:  60 cents (10 pennies and 5 dimes)

I love finding foreign money and this week found coins from both Mexico and Europe.

I found these coins at a car wash, drive through lanes, near an ATM, grocery store floor and change trays, near a coin machine, parking lots, in the street, just here, there, and everywhere!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  32 pennies, 8 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up, one penny is curled
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $76.98

Found $1.97 in Six Days

In the past six days I've found $1.97 in coins! Yes, it was all found in the usual spots:  at a bus stop, at a car wash, on the floor of stores, in change trays, at a gas station, drive through lanes, in the street and in parking lots, all over the place. 

I found this money this week:

• Monday:  none
• Tuesday:  72 cents including a folded over penny as shown on the left side of the photo
• Wednesday:  28 cents
• Thursday:  14 cents
• Friday:  41 cents
• Saturday:  42 cents

Have you found any money lately? Where do you usually find money?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  32 pennies, 9 dimes, 3 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $75.61

Five Days, $1.46 in Found Money

The past five days, I've found money each day and this totaled $1.46. I also found a Mexican coin (a 50 cent piece) and a Canadian coin (a penny)! I love finding foreign money.

So, here's what I found:

• Wednesday, September 2:  25 cents (5 pennies, 2 dimes)
• Thursday, September 3:  64 cents (4 pennies, 1 nickel, 3 dimes, 1 quarter)
• Friday, September 4:  7 cents (7 pennies) and a Mexican 50 cent coin
• Saturday, September 5:  43 cents (8 pennies, 1 dime, 1 quarter)
• Sunday, September 6:  7 cents (7 pennies) and a Canadian penny

And once again I found this money in the usual places:  at a car wash, on the floor of stores, in change trays, at a gas station, drive through lanes, in the street and in parking lots, all over the place. You get the idea.

Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  31 pennies, 1 nickel, 6 dimes, 2 quarters, 1 Mexican coin, 1 Canadian coin
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $73.64

Found Money Blog: $1.17

The past few days I've found $1.17. Here's a breakdown of what I found and when I found it:

• Friday, August 28:  49 cents (4 pennies, 2 dimes, 1 quarter)
• Saturday, August 29:  26 cents (1 pennies, 1 quarter)
• Sunday, August 30:  34 cents (9 pennies, 1 quarter)
• Tuesday, September 1:  8 cents (8 pennies)

I found these coins in all of the usual places:  drive through lanes, in the street, on the floor of stores, in parking lots, and at gas stations and a car wash, on the floor of a grocery store and probably some places I've forgotten.

I took the photo this evening before my walk where I found 8 pennies, but you get the idea. I painted and stamped these rocks that are posing with the found money.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  22 pennies, 2 dimes, 3 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $72.18

Found $6.63 in Five Days

The past five days I've found a whopping $6.63! The clincher was tonight on my walk. I found a five dollar bill in a parking lot! Here's a breakdown of what I found when:

• Sunday, August 23:  33 cents (8 pennies, 1 quarter)
• Monday, August 24:  8 cents (3 pennies, 1 nickel)
• Tuesday, August 25:  29 cents (9 pennies, 2 dimes)
• Wednesday, August 26:  23 cents (3 pennies, 2 dimes)
• Thursday, August 27:  $5.70 (5 pennies, 4 dimes, 1 quarter, 1 $5 bill)

I found this money in all of the usual places:  drive through lanes, in the street, on the floor of stores, in parking lots and at gas stations, in change trays at the grocery store, in pay phone change trays, and more.

With this windfall, I've found more than $71 so far this year. Have you had much luck finding money? I sure hope so!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  28 pennies, 1 nickel, 8 dimes, 2 quarters, 1 $5 bill
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $71.01

Five Days of Finding Money: $3.21

In the past five days I've found a nice little chunk of change:  $3.21!

Here's what and when:

• Tuesday, August 18:  37 cents (12 pennies, 1 quarter)
• Wednesday, August 19:  33 cents (3 pennies, 3 dimes)
• Thursday, August 20:  $1.63 (8 pennies, 3 dimes, 1 quarter, a dollar bill!)
• Friday, August 21:  23 cents (3 pennies, 2 dimes)
• Saturday, August 22:  66 cents (5 pennies, 1 dime, 2 quarters)

I found this money all over the place:  in the street, on the floor of stores, in parking lots and at gas stations, in change trays at the grocery store, in pay phone change trays, and more.

I love finding money! I can't believe I've found more than $65 so far this year. How about you?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  31 pennies, 9 dimes, 4 quarters, 1 dollar bill
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $65.31

Six Days, $1.12 Found -- Found Money Blog

Over the past six days I found $1.12. Here's the breakdown:

• Wednesday, August 12:  13 cents (3 pennies, 1 dime)
• Thursday, August 13:  49 cents (4 pennies, 2 dimes, 1 quarter)
• Saturday, August 15:  8 cents (8 pennies)
• Monday, August 17:  43 cents (23 pennies, 2 dimes)

Ta da! Have you found any money lately?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  38 pennies, 5 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $62.10

3 Days, 27 Cents

The past three days have been okay as far as finding money goes. Not great, but okay. 

Sunday I found 15 cents (10 pennies and a nickel) plus a 5 cent Euro coin! As usual, I won't count the Euro in my found money total.

Monday I found just 4 pennies.

Today I found 3 pennies and a nickel.

I found this money at a gas station, a car wash, parking lots, in the street, and on the floor of a store.

Have you found any money lately? Please share your tales of found money with us!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  17 pennies, 2 nickels, 1 Euro coin
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $60.98

Found Money Blog: 3 Days, $1.30 Found

Over the last 3 days I've found a bunch of coins. Here's what and when:

• Thursday, August 6:  73 cents
• Friday, August 7:  11 cents
• Saturday, August 8:  46 cents

Coins of note include a penny that was stuck in the tar in a parking lot. I used my car key to pry it free. Of course one side of it has a big glob of tar on it, but it's good enough for my found money jar!

This $1.30 pushes my 2015 found money total over the $60 mark for the year! Woo hoo!!!

Check out this cool bank. It has three compartments:  spend, save, share. I love this idea for kids (and adults) to divvy up that money appropriately.

Moonjar Classic Moneybox: Save, Spend, Share

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  20 pennies, 6 dimes, 2 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $60.71

Found Money: $1.23 in 5 Days

The past 5 days I've found $1.23 in coins:

Saturday, August 1:  51 cents
Sunday, August 2:  38 cents
Monday, August 3:  16 cents
Tuesday, August 4:  5 cents
Wednesday, August 5:  13 cents

I found this money in the usual places:  grocery store floor, in the street, at a gas station, in a drive through lane. I just love finding money!
Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  28 pennies, 2 nickels, 6 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $59.41

Found $2.19 in 4 Days

Today is the last day of July (and there's a blue moon tonight!). The past four days I've found quite a bit of money:

• Tuesday, July 28:  $1.85 plus a Romanian coin
• Wednesday, July 29:  17 cents
• Thursday, July 30:  13 cents
• today, Friday, July 31:  4 cents

That's a total of $2.19! Woo hoo! I found this money in the usual places:  in the street, on the store of a floor, in parking lots, in a change tray at the grocery store, at a gas station, and other spots I've forgotten.

One penny I found in the street is folded over! It's the coin on the left in the photo.

The coin from Romania looks like a penny but reads 5 Bani, Romania 2011. This coin is under the folded coin, on the left bottom.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  39 pennies, 1 nickel, 5 dimes, 5 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $58.18

5 Days, 60 Cents Found Money

In the past 5 days, I have found 60 cents:

• Thursday, July 23:  17 cents
• Friday, July 24:  nuttin' honey
• Saturday, July 25:  3 cents
• Sunday, July 26:  1 penny
• today, Monday, July 27:  39 cents

I found this money here, there, and everywhere:  in the street, on the store of a floor, in parking lots, in some rocks by a sidewalk.

One of the pennies I found is a 1956 wheat penny!

Saturday I went camping (yes, in a tent!). Here's a pretty picture of the area north of Flagstaff where we camped.

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  10 pennies, 1 nickel, 2 dimes, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished, several are dinged up
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $55.99

Vacation Found Money-- $1.82 in 2 Weeks

I just went on vacation to Illinois then drove to the east coast with two sisters. Along my travels I found money, of course!

In total I found $1.82:  4 quarters, 3 dimes, and 52 pennies.

I didn't write down all the places where I found this money but I traveled through 14 states and I found money in most of them.

I also found some miscellaneous stuff that I added to my little snack size bag. Particularly cute are the mini clothespin and a silver charm that reads "Life is tough but I am tougher."

Here is a photo of Liberty Enlightening the World (the Statue of Liberty's real name) from the ferry leaving Liberty Island after we'd visited her.

Have you found any money recently?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  52 pennies, 3 dimes, 4 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished and one penny has a hole in it
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $55.39

3 Days, $1.60

The past three days I found $1.60! Sunday:  33 cents; Monday:  $1.12; and today:  15 cents.

I found these coins in the normal places:  parking lots, in the street, change trays at the grocery store, floor stores, pay phone change trays, drive through lanes, gas stations.

How about you?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  19 pennies, 1 nickel, 6 dimes, 3 quarters
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $53.57