a coin worth...... a up to 15 years in the pen ????

[JimGilmore]

Today I made it out early and tried hitting some of the local playgrounds before all the other coin shooters got to the parks...
I was ablye to hit 3 parks.
Over all I found.
1- $5 dollar bill crumpled up
1- 1881 liberty head dollar
7- quarters
11- dimes
4- nickles
20-pennies
9- chucky cheese tokens
1- mulligans token
1- square magnet
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So the actual value is $8.25 cents
On the third park I went to the first think I found was a magnet. Then I started to hit chucky cheese tokens. There were 9 of them plus the mulligans token at the bottom of a slide. Imagine my surprise when I went under the swing and found a 1881 liberty head dollar, It was nice and clean with nice detail. Unfortunatly when I stuck it into my pouch the magenet I found a few mins. earlier stuck to it. So it's a counterfiet coin. Might win as most unusual coin but in my club I highly doubt it will win. But 8 dollars in a single morning is pretty good for here.

 

[HaroldILL.]

Man you had me goin' on the 1881 liberty head! Still a nice days hunt.

 

[ironsight]

Back in that day when a dollar coin meant something, yep they were counterfeited alright.
Can't say i've ever knowingly seen a counterfeit coin.
Now that the powers-to-be have you vectored in from this public forum, why not post a pic of that coin before they haul you off!

 

[JimGilmore]

I did some searching on line and it seems that a lot of counterfiet coins are coming from china.

 

[ken ward]

You might know,,, Made in China. No wonder they are junk... KEN. Ind.

 

[ironsight]

I did some searching on line and it seems that a lot of counterfiet coins are coming from china.

Though easier to counterfeit, but why would any foreign country circulate counterfeited U.S. coins?..small potatoes-peanuts!
I'd think they'd go for $100+ bills instead.

 

[JimGilmore]

True, but consider the average value of a morgan silver dollar and you'll see why. These are coins that easily bring $20 a pop.

 

[PSS1963]

Interesting that it wasn't rusted . . . couldn't have been there long!

-pete

 

[JimGilmore]

no i doubt more than a day. and had found a folded $5 dollar bill in the same playground. The playgrounds here are hit a lot.

 

[ironsight]

True, but consider the average value of a morgan silver dollar and you'll see why. These are coins that easily bring $20 a pop.

Good point Jim!
$20 to the seller only if the buyer doesn't have any magnets laying around.

 

[JimGilmore]

That is true but until you have seen a counterfiet. You most like lt would never think to check. On the other hand I found it in a very well hunted tot lot. SO I was surspicious to start with.

 

[kaolinwasher]

hold on you may not have known this but the counterfeit is worth more than the real one cuz less got minted , =============== NOT