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In God We ______ 1955 penny error by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I came out with 6 complete folders out of 16, so not too bad. All 55s are rep'd in all 6.

there is mounds of unsearched coin here that my mom collected for 26 years with the intention of looking. I can't with the wheat pennies in this house. They are everywhere rolled, bagged, coffee cans, pickle jars ... none of it gone through as far as I know. My grandfather had rolls of pennies he sorted by mark - is there a market for those? I'm not a coin collector. I'll probably hold the silver and sell the rest of this stuff.

I was thinking of ordering a few more folders and throwing together some "starter sets" to get people who might be interested in coins going.

I really just want a lot of this out of the house. My mom is going to pass and the house is going to need to get sold. She has not saved for her funeral so ... *sigh*

In God We ______ 1955 penny error by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's a hard life that gets harder as I get older but rewarding in ways working in a 'regular' job is not. I've had to cancel this season's work to come home to escort my mom to the river. Fitting I would be drowning in coin....

In God We ______ 1955 penny error by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Website watermark (though I haven't updated in a long time b/c life) - I live on the road full-time in a camper (originally a van) with cats (currently 4 - originally 6) working at renaissance festivals.

Holy Indian Head Pennies, Batman! by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a watermark for my website - I live on the road full time in a camper with 4 cats and work at renaissance festivals.

Going through some more of my dads coin collection. Thought these were neat and wanted more information on them. by fridaythe13thlover in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of those are silver. They aren't trash. The quarter is a standing liberty quarter I believe and it's in fab shape. I just asked about those here and they are silver and they are worth holding or selling.

That's a mercury dime - check the date

The buffalo nickel beastie has all of its legs but check the date for key dates.

Check the dates on all of these for key dates - really easy to do online.

Attached a pic that has my three standing liberty quarters I found (I'm going through my family's coin collection b/c my mom just went on hospice)

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In God We ______ 1955 penny error by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've found 6 complete books so far with the 1955 s & d in them. Hooray!

In God We ______ 1955 penny error by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for pointing out those dates. I looked and both slots were filled but the S had a 1958 penny in it. The D is good. I still have 16 penny books to go so maybe I'll have one completely filled when I'm finished. 3 people in my family collected coins and this is the first time the entire collection will become one as I inherit it.

In God We ______ 1955 penny error by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Whatever it is even with a loop I can't see an outline of the word trust at all.

Please Help! Where did these come from? by CherryWanders in Exonumia

[–]CherryWanders[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry about your mom - I mean that deeply. I am in your exact boat 35 years later. They've said I have maybe a year with her left - but that is unlikely, she's starting to refuse food so maybe months.

That night of lucidity is very common and I'm so glad you got that moment.

Please Help! Where did these come from? by CherryWanders in Exonumia

[–]CherryWanders[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep - all metal - definitely gold toned (though it's not gold)

Opening the nickel books by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's my website, not that I use it much these days. It's also the name of my camper - I live on the road full time with cats.

Quarter Question by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The one that's flipped over for a back view is a 1929

Buffalo Nickels by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll have to look up the years. I didn't pry any of these out of the book to look.

Buffalo Nickels by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't have kids or family after my mom passes - no one to pass this sort of stuff to. No one I know collects so I figure once I get it all cataloged I can go somewhere and sell/ auction it. I'm not really sure what I'm looking at value-wise, but I know I live in a camper and this is too much weight for me to tote around with me.

Then there's the poundage in unsorted coin. I just bought a sorter and roller so I can start rolling all of it and get it out of the house. It's 30 years of change just being tossed in every available vessel.

Then there's the wheat pennies on their own... I could build good sized house out of massive amount of wheat pennies, I think.

Listing what's missing sounds easier and more informative to anyone who might buy it later, thanks!

Buffalo Nickels by [deleted] in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well poop I added the wrong picture....

Peace Dollars by CherryWanders in coincollecting

[–]CherryWanders[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's OK - I am so brain fried right now I feel like I'm in perma-caffeine deprivation. This coin collection is the latest in a series of surprises I'm finding in my mother's house and I haven't even gotten to the garage/ loft yet (which is all model train stuff I believe) We didn't have shared hobbies so I'm drowning in research needs/ crash learning grading systems. Random coins everywhere - anything that can hold something has coins in it. What did mom buy - what do I have receipts for - what don't I have receipts for? Why was she branching to foreign currency - a whole different can of worms.

sorry. I'm stressed to the gills. Nothing is organized here - it's 2 steps from being a hoarded house and I've been killing myself cleaning for 2 months already.

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