One almost never sees "wheaties" or steel cents in circulation any more.
Dan On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-) > I only mentioned looking for "s' cause John did -- prior to his email I > didn't know a thing about it... > > aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that > someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future, > all I know about coins are what "wheaties" are and if I got a 1943 copper > coin I could get a prety nice price for one. > > I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade > school... thinking it was the unusual one.... think I > I dentified with being out of step? you betcha > > ann > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> Ann: >> >> I'm afraid you won't find many "S" mintmarks. The San Francisco Mint >> no longer makes coins for general circulation. They specialize in >> proof coins, which are specially struck to have greater luster, and >> special issues. >> >> >> http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=15253&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10211 >> >> Any "S" or "W" (West Point) mint marks you find are special issues, >> not meant for general circulation. If you find one in regular change, >> there is is a good chance it was stolen from someone's collection, by >> someone too stupid to realize its value, who then spent it at face >> value instead of selling it as a collectible. >> >> I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated >> mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint. >> >> Dan >> >> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> John -- this is odd .. >>> I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - in >>> less >>> than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they were >>> P >>> or D and didnt know about "S" at all >>> >>> Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit would >>> be >>> nice to have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so. >>> I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have in text but I'm >>> getting to know the pictures. >>> Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an "S" lol >>> >>> glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the >>> procedure >>> as I didnt see your post until yesterday... >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>> >>> John Sessoms wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do? >>>> >>>> Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters >>>> than I do? >>>> >>>> I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me. >>>> >>>> Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the >>>> state >>>> quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on >>>> my >>>> jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less >>>> than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999. >>>> >>>> Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once >>>> in >>>> a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state & put 'em >>>> into >>>> plastic tubes. >>>> >>>> Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get >>>> enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by >>>> year. >>>> >>>> Anyway, I'm rambling ... >>>> >>>> I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the >>>> pile >>>> I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a >>>> 'D' >>>> quarter. >>>> >>>> Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter. >>>> >>>> I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular >>>> clad quarter. >>>> >>>> Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
