Doubled Die
By ChildOfTheWheat
Chapter 1
"Barb, as a friend, I suggest filing for bankruptcy! I mean, there's no possible way to just, well, pull money from a hat! I'm sorry, but I think you should file for bankruptcy." It's ironic in a way; Barb thought that they would file for bankruptcy, when they live on a plot that was occupied by a bank in the 1950's. Anyway, she'd more than likely suffer the consequences than file for bankruptcy. After what happened last time she filed, she knew she could never file again.
A year or so ago, Barb opened a small shop that sold books, coffee, and other small things. Unfortunately, the same year a Barns 'n Nobles opened up down town, and she lost so much money she had to file for bankruptcy. The embarrassment alone was almost too much to bear, and early the next year, she divorced her husband.
After her visit with Burt, the banker, Barb did everything she could to get money. She sold things on
ebay, she painted pictures, she made crafts, and she even went as far as to buy a metal detector, not that she ever used it. Barb just wasn't into adventuring, and the metal detector had just been another waste of money for her. But soon enough, she would find out that saving the metal detector was the best decision of her life.
One night, when Barb was bored, she decided to go to the library. When she got in her '76 camaro, she drove down to the gas station to get a coffee. After she paid in cash, the cashier gave her an interesting penny. The penny was dated 1955 and had two wheat things on the back. When she got to the library, she looked it up on the computer. Sure enough, this was a rare coin. Hmm. she thought maybe there is a market for these things. She quickly switched over to
ebay, and with the quick flick of her wrist, she found what she was looking for.
As she was browsing, she found that the coin was worth about $1.50 in the condition that it was in. However, Barb wasn't ready to sell it quite yet. She liked having something unique, but inexpensive. So, Barb held onto the coin and checked out the latest edition of The
Red Book, and went home.
After reading some of the
Red Book, Barb found an interesting piece: the 1955 double die obverse which is worth over $2,000 a piece, and could be picked up by a metal detector. Well, she thought, I own a metal detector! I wonder where I could find these coins though.
Chapter 2
The next day, Barb had a meeting with Burt at his office. "So, I need the money in 3 days, otherwise the bank will confiscate your house" Burt said. "Well," started Barb, "I don't have the money yet, but I'm working on it!" "That's not good enough though, Barb. I need that money! You're not taking this seriously enough! We will take your house and everything in it! Don't you see?! But, if you could just give me the money in time, you'll be fine." As Barb starts to walk out Burt says "And don't spend any money on any lottery tickets!" Barb just rolled her eyes, got in her car, and drove to the casino.
When Barb got home, she was depressed." 3 more days until the bank seizes my property, I guess I should call my mom and ask if I could move in". Barb thought. Just as she picked up the phone, she heard what sounded like digging out side, and then everything went quite. Barb paused, alarmed, and called the police. She looked out the window just in time to see a squad car pull up and two young men run into the woods. "Why were they digging?" she wondered.
At around 2 AM the police left. After inspecting the area, the police concluded that the juveniles had been digging a spot to hide beer, as the hole was filled with 6-packs. The police were somewhat suspicious as to why they were burring booze, but for now there was no suspects.
Chapter 3
Barb woke up at about 8 in the morning. It was a fresh , beautiful day and the birds were sining. After a breakfast of leftover pizza, she went outside with her metal detector to see if she could find any more beer cans. She started sweeping her detector around, not really finding anything. Then, she got a hit! She dug down, singled out the place, and found a coin. Upon further inspection, it was a 1976 quarter. Well, free money I guess. Barb kept searching until lunch, and then she called it quits. She had searched half her property and didn't think she would find anything else. After a meal of freshly microwaved pizza, she layed down for a nap . About half an hour into her sleep, she heard voices coming from outside her house. She peaked out the window, and saw more people digging! She crept outside the house and looked to see what they were doing. Apparently, the young kids were trying to dig up cans! "Hah!" Yelled Barb. "I caught you this time! Hand over the booze or I'll call the cops!". The kids took off running, and left the cans behind. "Where do they find this stuff?" she thought. As she moved closer to the cans, she noticed something. They weren't beer cans at all! They were tin cans, and it looks like they were full of change! Barb immediately sweeped her detector over the ground, and dug up several more cans of coins. She took them inside and looked over them. She noticed that most of the coins were 1955 pennies, the same type as the one she received in change the other night. Upon careful inspection, she found that over half the coins exhibited extreme doubling. Unfortunately, she cleaned the coins herself before taking them to a dealer. When the dealer saw them, it was bitter sweet. For one thing, they were the rare variety, however they were pretty badly cleaned. He made an offer with her: $20,000 for all 500 doubled die wheat cents. Barb accepted, and she was able to pay off her debt.
THE ENDI know it was a bad story, but cut me a break. Its my first one!
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