Found Coins Update

It's been a while since I've made a post about my lucky found coin finds. I've now been keeping track of the total of my finds in a spreadsheet. Here's the latest grand total:

Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009

• CAN: $142.05 
• USD: US$0.96 
• POUNDS: £0.31 
• Jiao: $0.06 
• Mex: MEX$1.00 
• BD$: $0.01 
• Euro €0.05

For those of you who regularly find Canadian coins, you may want to check out my checklist of potentially valuable Canadian coins.  As always, the general rule for valuable coins is that "anything out of the ordinary should be put aside for further investigation."

The most interesting coin I've found recently has been the Bermudian cent (listed in the total above under BD$).  You can start finding out about the interesting history behind this currency on the Bermudian dollar Wikipedia article.

QUESTION: What has been the most interesting coin you've found recently & why? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.

More Lucky Found Money - Canadian Coins and Some American Pennies

Since my last post, I've found a total of 1 quarter, 3 nickels, 3 dimes, and 44 pennies for a total found change of $1.14 (Canadian). I also found 7 American pennies ($0.01USD).

Total Found Change Since Last Post: $1.14CAN + $0.07USD
Total Recorded 2011: $4.44CAN + $1.14CAN + $0.07USD= $5.58CAN + $0.07USD
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $120.35CAN + $1.14CAN + $0.30USD + $0.07USD + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$
= 121.49CAN + $0.37USD + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex.

QUESTION: How do you collect and tally your lucky found money? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.

Since my last post, I've found a total of 2 quarters, 3 dimes, and 49 pennies for a total found change of $1.29.

Total Found Change Since Last Post: $1.29CAN
Total Recorded 2011: $3.15 + $1.29 = $4.44CAN
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $119.06CAN + $1.29CAN + $0.30USD + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$.
= $120.35CAN + $0.30USD + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$.

QUESTION: How is 2011 going for you in terms of lucky found change and money?

More Good Fortune - Lucky Bills and Coins

Since my last post, I've found a (Canadian) $5.00 bill, two twoonies ($2.00CAN coins), one quarter ($25.00CAN), ten dimes ($0.10CAN coins), two nickles ($0.05CAN coins), and 42 lucky pennies ($0.01CAN coins) for a total of $10.67 over the course of 18 days for a daily lucky found money average of approximately $0.56. Nice :)

Total Found Change Since Last Post: $10.67
Total Recorded 2010: $58.91 + €0.06 + £0.01 + 1.00Mex$
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $72.74 + $10.67 + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$= $83.41 + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$.

QUESTION: How does your performance in finding lucky found money in 2010 compare to your performance in 2009? Please share your experiences in the comments section of this post.

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Recent Lucky Found Coins

Since my last post on my lucky found coin and money finds earlier in July, I have found 84 pennies (Canadian one cent coins), 13 dimes (Canadian ten cent coins), 3 nickles (Canadian five cent coins), and 2 quarters (Canadian twenty-five cent coins) for a total lucky found change of $2.79. Yahoo!

Total Found Change Since Last Post: $2.79
Total Recorded 2010: $48.24 + €0.06 + £0.01 + 1.00Mex$
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $$69.95 + $2.79 + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$= $72.74 + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$.

QUESTIONS: How do you use your lucky found change? Do you use it to expand your good fortune, and if yes, how? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.

Lucky Money: Coins and Bills

Since my last post, I've exceeded my lucky found change total from 2009 - and there are still five more months of the year left! :) Since my last post on my lucky found change finds on June 25, 2010, I've found a total of $28.74 in lucky found coins & bills, plus one Mexican peso. Here's the breakdown: 1 x $20.00 bill, 1 x $5.00 bill, 1 x $2.00 (toonie - two dollar Canadian coin), 2 x $0.25 (quarter), 6 x $0.10 (dime), 64 x 0.01 (lucky pennies), 1 x 1.00Mex$ (Mexican peso). Not a bad haul! :)

Total Found Change Since Last Post: $28.74 + 1.00Mex$
Total Recorded 2010: $45.45 + €0.06 + £0.01 + 1.00Mex$
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $41.21 + $28.74 + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$= $69.95 + £0.31 + €0.06 + 1.00Mex$.

QUESTION: What has been your largest lucky found coin or bill find? Please share the details of your exciting finds in the comment section of this post.

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The Universe Pays Me - A Platothora of Lucky Coins

I haven't written a post in quite some time. However, I've still been finding lucky coins almost every single day. Since my last post on my lucky coin finds on April 30th, I've found a total of 154 lucky pennies, 18 lucky dimes, 10 lucky nickles, 4 lucky quarters, and 1 lucky toonie ($2 Canadian coin) for a total found lucky change of $6.84 over 56 days. This gives me a daily average over this time of approximately $0.12 per day. Please compare this to my
daily found change running average from 2009.

Total Found Change Since Last Post: $6.84
Total Recorded 2010: $16.71 + €0.06 + £0.01
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $34.37 + $6.84 + £0.31 + €0.06 = $41.21 + £0.31 + €0.06.

QUESTION: What was your lucky found coins daily average for May 2010? Please share your success in the comments section of this post.

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Found Change Finds From Walk to Post office and Rock Concert

This morning I had to mail off a package at the local Canada Post Office.  On my way back I found a dime :)

This evening I went downtown to do a quick 1 minute interview with geoffmobile and to check out a the band Ready Rabbit play at the Roxy Night Club (932 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC).  On my way home from the concert, I found 5 lucky pennies :)

Today's Total Found Change: $0.15
Total Recorded 2010: $1.82 + €0.05
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $26.17 + $0.15 + £0.30 + €0.05 = $26.32 + £0.30 + €0.05.

In an earlier post on the Lucky Penny Journal, I shared finding a 5 cent Euro coin.  QUESTION: What's the most interesting found change coin you've found this year?  Please share in the comments section of this post.

Mid-day Walk Downtown for Business and Evening Walk to Get Groceries

Today I had to go downtown for business. On my way, I stopped by Gorilla Food for a seasonal green juice with lemon and ginger.  On the trip downtown and back, I found two dimes, five lucky pennies, and a 5 cent Euro coin.

This evening, I went for another walk to a local grocery store to pick up some organic bananas and a few other items.  I found one lucky penny on the trip.

Today's Total Found Change: $0.26 + €0.05

Total Recorded 2010: $1.67 + €0.05
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $25.91 +£0.30 +$0.26 + €0.05 = $26. 17 + £0.30 + €0.05

QUESTION:  How much found change did you find today? Please share your success in the comments section of this post.

Yet Another Lucky Penny!

My daily walk today took me to the Value Village on Edmonds Street in Burnaby, BC, Canada in order to drop off a few household items I wanted to clear out.  On the trip home, I found yet another lucky penny! 

Today's Total Found Change: $0.01
Total Recorded 2010: $0.31
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $24.80 +£0.30 +$0.01 = $24.81 + £0.30

Here's a simple calculation that I like to do to track how my finds over the course of the year.  I take my total recorded for the year, then divide by the the number of days into the year -- at the end of the year (i.e., day 365), I then have my daily average for the year.  For example, today is January 6, 2010.  It's the 6th day of the year.  So my "running average" (is there a more appropriate term?) is $0.31/6 ~ $0.05 - that is, over the last 6 days, I've found approximately 5 cents per day. This is actually not that bad. If I keep up this "running average" I'll have found about $18.25 ($0.05/day x 365 days) by the end of 2010. For comparison, my daily average for 2009 was $24.50/365 days ~ 0.067 cents per day.

QUESTION: What kind of calculations do you use to keep track of your performance at finding lucky pennies and other found change? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post.

One Dime Richer on the Return Trip from a Visit to the Local Public Library

After doing some work this morning, I took a walk to my local library to get out a book on Canadian coins so that I could answer a question about the value of Canadian pennies posted as a comment to my checklist of valuable Canadian coins.  On one of the paths leading out the library I found a dime :)

Today's Total Found Change: $0.10
Total Recorded 2010: $0.30
Grand Total Since Recording January 19, 2009: $24.70 +£0.30 +$0.10 = $24.80 + £0.30

QUESTION: How much found change did you find today? Please share your stories in the comments section of this post.