January 2019 Found Money

How is 2019 treating you? Good, I hope.

I've decided to do things a little differently this year with my found money blog. I plan to post just once a month since it seems like the days and weeks and months fly by so quickly. If I can, of course, I'll post more often but this sounds like a doable goal.

So far in 2019 (can you seriously believe it's 2019? I can't!) I've found $2.53 plus a Mexican 50 cent coin. Nothing too earth shattering but better than a kick in the butt. 

Here are some Mexican coins available to buy on Amazon in case you want some for yourself. 

Just today I found a dime in a drive through of a Walgreens. I always look when I'm near this sort of drive through lane but I think this is the first time I've actually found any money at one of them. Yee haw!

What about you? Have you found any money so far this year? Please share and let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  53 pennies, 2 nickels, 9 dimes, 4 quarters, a Mexican 50 cent (peso?) coin

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2019 to Date:  $2.53

Year End Found Money... a good chunk to finish the year

Earlier I braved the wind and cold (if you can call 52 cold) and walked around a shopping center parking lot looking for money. I found a dime in a parking space and 2 dimes in a fast food drive through lane and then four pennies in a store so it was worth it!

With this money (34 cents) added to what else I found since I last posted, I have $6.07 to add to my year's total. So...

Drum roll please!

For all of 2018, I found $68.05.

This is my second best year for finding money but no where close to the $100+ I found in 2015.

Do you have resolutions for 2019? Wow, it feels weird typing that. 

What about you? Found any money lately? About how much do think found this year? Please share and let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  72 pennies, 13 nickels, 22 dimes, 10 quarters 

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $68.05

Finally Posting After Months Away... So Much Found Money!

I have had trouble (still) logging in to update this blog but here I am finally. 

After several months away, here's the breakdown of what I've found:

229 pennies ($2.29)

17 nickels ($.85)

45 dimes ($4.50)

21 quarters ($7.25)

for a total of $14.89!

I also found 11 foreign coins:  a tiny 1 cent Euro (so cute!), two 10 cent Mexican coins (also little but not quite as cute), some sort of Asian coin (can't read the symbols but there is a man's face that I don't recognize on the front), a 10 cent Canadian coin, a 1 cent Canadian coin, a 5 cent Canadian coin, two $1 Mexican coins, 1 British penny, and a 50 cent Mexican coin.

Those are always so fun to find! 

I also found a couple of tokens (a car wash token and a Peter Piper Pizza token) as well as a copper tree of life pendant. 

Have you thought about giving some rare coins to someone as a gift this Christmas? It might be a fun and unique hobby for a child or for someone who has everything.

Have you found any money lately? Please share and let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  229 pennies, 17 nickels, 45 dimes, 29 quarters and 7 foreign coins

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $61.98

Finding money most every day

I'm not sure what happened but I've had some trouble with my blog. I thought it was hacked and I wasn't able to post here but after doing a little research tonight, I am in!

Since I last posted (nearly a month ago!) I've found me some coin! $4.85 to be exact! And in all of those coins I found two wheat pennies. One is a 1929 coin and the other a 1950. I love finding the old ones!

I wanted to tell you about this fun item I recently picked up. This solar light takes no batteries (nor prisoners!) and lasts up to 12 hours all on a solar battery. So fun! I think this is great for when the power goes out (provided you have sun to charge it, of course) or any time you want light without using electricity.

Have you found any money lately? Please share and let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  40 pennies (2 of them are wheat pennies!), 5 nickels, 14 dimes, 11 quarters

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $46.99

Found the Motherlode at a Coin Machine Today

This afternoon I stopped at Walmart for a few things and decided to check out the parking lot first for money before heading inside. It's been so hot (surprise surprise) but a storm was coming in, which cooled things down. It was actually fairly pleasant outside about 5:00 pm. I found 31 cents. Score!

Then I went inside and checked out the coin machine. I spotted a penny on the floor in front of the machine then found a pile of coins in the tray! 65 cents plus 3 foreign coins and a button, to be exact! Okay so many not the motherlode but score!

And before today I had found $2.70 since my last post. Score!

That's $3.66 plus the British penny, the Mexican 10 cent coin, and the Mexican $1 coin. Yay!

The money on the left is the money I found before today. The money front and center is what I found in the Walmart parking lot today, and on the right is the motherlode from inside the store in and around the coin machine.

Have you found any money lately? Please share and let us know!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  56 pennies, 8 nickels, 12 dimes, 6 quarters (including a 1943 nickel) and 3 foreign coins:  1 British penny, 1 Mexican 10 cent coin, 1 Mexican $1 coin)

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $42.14

A First for Me! Guess What I Found?

Okay, I won't keep you in suspense. 

Last week I reached into a change tray of a coin machine at the grocery store and found a dime and a penny. 

Big deal, right? Yep, it was a big deal. At least to me because I found my first 1943 steel penny! I'd seen one before but this is the first one I've found.

This photo shows the steel zinc penny sitting on a magnet. During World War II, the United States needed copper for ammunition so they made pennies with steel and zinc. 

Here's a better explanation from Wikipedia:

1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mintseach produced these 1943 Lincoln cents. 

The unique composition of the coin (low-grade steel coated with zinc, instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition) has led to various nicknames, such as wartime cent, steel war penny, and steelie. The 1943 steel cent features the same Victor David Brenner design for the Lincoln cent which had been in use since 1909.

So, I was thrilled to find one of these somewhat rare coins. They are probably not worth a lot, but I will keep this bad boy. I'm thrilled to have found it!

Have you ever seen or found a 1943 steel war penny?

I also found quite a few more coins (shown in the photo) since I last posted here. In total, I found $3.86! One of those coins was a 1946 nickel!

In case you want to start your own steel penny collection, check them out for yourself. 

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  46 pennies, 3 nickels, 15 dimes, 7 quarters (including a 1943 steel zinc penny and a 1946 nickel!)

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $38.48

Finding Coins Around Town

Well, it's that time again. It's been a few weeks since I posted and have found $2.15 in coins. 

Not sure why this photo is displayed sideways but you get the picture. 

Just yesterday I found 2 quarters (50 cents!) in a newspaper vending machine change tray. It's so random where the money just waiting to be found hangs out.

Where have you found money lately? Do you roll your change in those coin roll wrappers? I think I might need to get some since my found money jar is too heavy to carry to a change machine!

Facts About This Found Money

Denomination:  35 pennies, 3 nickels, 12 dimes, 2 quarters

Year:  too many to mess with

U.S. Mint:  same

Condition:  shiny to tarnished

Total Found Money in 2018 to Date:  $34.62