What coins or bills do you find the most?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52170)
Staten Island, New York
March 15, 2019 2:01pm CST
Hubby found a dollar at work recently. No one claimed it so he took it.
Usually, all I find are pennies. If i get lucky, sometimes I stumble upon a nickel or a dime. And if I get really lucky a quarter or two show up.
I found three quarters not that long ago. And they were stacked on top of each other. Wonder why? If someone accidentally drops coins they won't be neatly stacked.
What coins or bills do you find the most? What's the most you've ever found in one day?
I did find a dollar bill once but didn't pick it up because it was at the very bottom of an escalator that I was using and there were people right behind me. When I returned for it a minute later it was not there anymore.
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@yukimori (10192)
• United States
16 Mar 19
Recently, it's been pennies. I found one in the dollar store this morning and another when I picked up my daughter's birthday cake at the grocery store. A few weeks ago my kids decided to embarrass me by getting down on the floor in front of a Coinstar machine in the local Walmart. The little stinkers pulled 41 cents out from under there, and there were still more coins they couldn't reach. 
Overall, though, I seem to wind up with way more dimes than anything else. I'm not sure why that is. Maybe because they're the smallest coin in circulation? Last year I ended up with something like $40 in large bills, which definitely isn't the norm.
I find a lot of "weird" coins, too... last week I found a Canadian nickel and penny at a Coinstar machine. A few months ago I found a really neat copper token from the Hoover Dam, and around the same time I found a handful of coins that included a few Euros and Turkish lira. I've found British pounds and Korean won and even a few Philippine pesos, too. That last one is kind of funny, because I rarely find Mexican pesos and we're only about five hours away from the Mexican border. Go figure! 
Overall, though, I seem to wind up with way more dimes than anything else. I'm not sure why that is. Maybe because they're the smallest coin in circulation? Last year I ended up with something like $40 in large bills, which definitely isn't the norm.
I find a lot of "weird" coins, too... last week I found a Canadian nickel and penny at a Coinstar machine. A few months ago I found a really neat copper token from the Hoover Dam, and around the same time I found a handful of coins that included a few Euros and Turkish lira. I've found British pounds and Korean won and even a few Philippine pesos, too. That last one is kind of funny, because I rarely find Mexican pesos and we're only about five hours away from the Mexican border. Go figure! 1 person likes this
.@yukimori (10192)
• United States
16 Mar 19
@lovebuglena Most of my foreign currency has come from Coinstar machines. A lot of people around here just leave what the machine won't take. Most of the coins I get as change seem to be Canadian pennies, although there have been some notable ones like a quarter from the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. I used to buy them out of the tills at work whenever I came across them.
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@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
Wow! That's quite a diverse collection of coins. I am not sure that I've ever found any non-US coins anywhere other than an occasional Canadian penny. But I've gotten change in the store where some coins were not US or even Canadian.
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@LadyDuck (502491)
• Italy
16 Mar 19
We have more coins than in the US, the one I find more is the 2 CHF (more or less same as $2), because it is the coin we use to get the cart at the supermarket. Bringing the cart back some people drop the coin and they surely cannot find it. The most I found in one day, if I remember well, was a $20 bill.
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@yukimori (10192)
• United States
16 Mar 19
@lovebuglena Incentive to bring carts back instead of leaving them out in the parking lot, maybe?
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@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
You have to pay for shopping carts?
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@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
@yukimori Oh, I think I've seen something like this somewhere. Cannot recall where though. But I wonder what that does. Unless it's supposed to prevent cart theft.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
16 Mar 19
pennies and quarters.i think some people pitch pennies down as useless.
@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
I can agree that many people don't bother picking up a penny when they see one. But pennies do add up.
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@Torunn (8606)
• Norway
15 Mar 19
I found a 1000 NOK note once, about 100 euros. Usually I find 1NOK, the smallest coin.
I saw a person in front of me in a queue lose 2000 NOK in Notes out of her pocket once, picked it up, handed it back and got 10 % finders fee. She hadn't noticed that they fell out.
@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
She paid you for handing her back the money she didn't know she dropped?
@Torunn (8606)
• Norway
16 Mar 19
@lovebuglena Yes, she said that was the usual finders fee. Not sure if it's the law or just something most people do if you f.ex. loose a wallet and somebody finds it for you
@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
@Torunn I never heard of a finders fee. And is it bigger if you find bigger amounts to give back to their rightful owners?
@porwest (112876)
• United States
16 Mar 19
I have found a $20 bill twice. Once when I was a teen working at a grocery store in one the aisles. And once more recently in the drive through at Jack's. When I was in pest control I did services for bars and would often find handfuls of change under the bar. Most of the time it's just pennies though. I scoop up what I can.
@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
Finders keepers. 
Always nice to find change or bills lying around.
Always nice to find change or bills lying around.1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
@porwest 99% of the time when I find change on the ground I pick it up.
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@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
That was a pretty good find.
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
15 Mar 19
I found $5.00 on the sidewalk last summer right after we moved to our latest home!! That was probably the most I have ever found!!
@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
If I've ever found a $5 it would have been in one of my jackets, jeans or hand bags. Never on the street.
@lovebuglena (52170)
• Staten Island, New York
16 Mar 19
I remember I deposited $23 worth of pennies to the bank once. Of course, most were mine and not ones I found on the street.
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