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BadThad
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 Posted 11/02/2009 5:48 pm
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A dear friend of mine had been telling me about all the coins he has. He retired about 5 years ago, he's 72 now. He is definately just a hoarder and not a collector. I finally went over to his house today to see the hoard and OMG. There was 5 gallon water bottles and other containers that all had coins in them. It was all separated by cent, nickel, dime, quarter, etc.
The story is each day when he came home from work, he'd toss his change into these various containers, keeping each denomination separate. He said he'd been doing it 20 or 30 years without ever cashing in. Now he's at the point where he just wants to get rid of it so....of course....I said NO PROBLEM. For the job of removal and checking, I can keep anything I want (of low numismatic value) and if I find an error of value, that will obviously be his.
I could only carry some of the stuff out from his house today...it's just too heavy. I broke down some of the bigger containers into bags. I started with the Lincolns of course! It's an absolute JACK POT of 80-90's red, BU cents and about 40% copper so far. Man, this is REALLY helping me with my BU roll set. After just about an hour I pulled about 100 blazing red gem Zincolns from this first container.
Now, I don't collect quarters, dimes or nickels. The ONLY thing I'm searching for in that stuff is silver. A quick scan showed, just like the cents, lots of BU 80-90's coins. Any of you collectors interested in that stuff? Obviously, it will be all unsearched except for silver. There's so much I'm a bit overwhelmed!
So far I've just planned on dumping everything I don't want at the bank coin counter.
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pyrbob
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Posted 11/02/2009 5:55 pm
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There are alot of us on this forum who collect early Jeffersons. I keep anything 1958 on back. It would be interesting to see what is in your nickel jar in early Jeffies.
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Moe145
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Posted 11/02/2009 6:19 pm
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NICE!
I love friends like this!
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wheezydog
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Ferret552
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Posted 11/02/2009 7:24 pm
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I'd totally take the leftovers off of your hands...
In all honesty, I wish I had friends like those... my friends are much more interested in spending them. 
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RFB
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Posted 11/02/2009 8:21 pm
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Thank you for thinking of us, very considerate of you. Count me in for some nickels if available.
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biokemist6
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jewellge
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ceaton
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Posted 11/02/2009 9:38 pm
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Yeah i'd be interested in any left over BU cents and BU quarters....been wanting to start a decent quarter collection.
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DVCollector
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Posted 11/02/2009 9:39 pm
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Cool story!
Are you going to check for the major varieties?
Good luck with those! 
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nickelsearcher
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Posted 11/02/2009 10:17 pm
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Great story BadThad ....
Keep us posted on what you find in that hoard.
David
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Parklane64
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hc8604
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Posted 11/02/2009 11:57 pm
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I would too be interested in the BU modern stuff. I have started to take interested in them, whether cents, quarters, etc.
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WashQuartJesse
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Posted 11/03/2009 5:43 pm
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You should put together mixed b.u. rolls of the different denominations and come up with roll prices. I'd be interested in several quarter rolls.
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numismo
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Posted 11/03/2009 6:12 pm
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Looks like Christmas came early for you. Glad you came into this stuff, besides the nice varieties you've found recently.
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BadThad
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Posted 11/04/2009 01:22 am
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Wow...lots of responses! I will keep you guys in mind once I get a handle on all this stuff. For now looking at the Lincolns is my priority...of course, LOL.
I tested a different container of cents tonight (a big glass bottle) and it's amazing. The latest date is 1986 in this jar. About 25-30% copper and lots and lots of BU early 80's cents. It had several 1972's too, I like looking for the DDO's. Every time I pour out a small pile to work on I'm oooooohhh and ahhhhhhh over the BU Zincolns. LOL After seaching all those boxes and bags of the past I almost feel I wasted my time. These BU Lincolns and nice copper have me spoiled! This stuff is a searchers delight.
I can't wait to get to the other containers. He said he would just fill a container and then start on a new one. So each container must represent a certain period in time. Based on the two containers I've examined thus far, one of them goes to 1986 and the other one to 1996.
FUN FUN FUN! 
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