Found Money Blog: October Finders Keepers

So, I didn't realize it had been nearly a month since I last posted. My apologies! I've been busy and my found money pile didn't seem especially big so I kept delaying posting, I guess.

Any hoo, since September 20 I've found $2.53. Not great, but not bad. Better than nuttin' honey.

So, take a look at the photo to the right. See anything good there? Yep, a quarter! It was stuck on this little cover. I couldn't pry it up even using my car key. Dang. I really hate to find money and not be able to get it.

How about you? Did you beat me? Did you find a lot of money in the past month? I really hope so!

Oh, I also found several oddities with the coins I found:

• a wheat penny, a 1939 penny!  
• a folded over penny
• a play coin, again, a penny
• a carwash token
• a Canadian 5 cent coin

I do love find this oddball stuff!

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  33 pennies, 9 nickels, 11 dimes, 2 quarters, 1 Canadian coin, 1 play money penny, and a carwash token
Year:  too many to mess with
U.S. Mint:  same
Condition:  shiny to tarnished
Total Found Money in 2016 to Date:  $31.24

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

Found 41 Cents Running Errands

This morning I ran some errands and I found 41 cents:  6 pennies, a dime, and a quarter.

One of the pennies was in the street and is folded over. I wonder how that happens each time I find a mutilated coin. Who knows?

Facts About This Found Money
Denomination:  6 pennies, 1 dime, 1 quarter
Year:  too many to mess with tonight
U.S. Mint:  ditto
Condition:  shiny to tarnished and one is folded over 
Total Found Money in 2015 to Date:  $24.62