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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good idea for a Christmas gift! In my opinion, the Christmas controversy is kind of stupid. If you celebrate Christmas, that's fine. If you celebrate a different holiday, that's fine as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4932 Posts |
Great idea! My parents hooked me up with something like 10 rolls of nickels and 10 rolls of cents last year. Was pretty awesome :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
519 Posts |
What a great idea! And of course you can say Christmas.
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Valued Member
 United States
100 Posts |
Thanks for the warm welcome back! When I mentioned the Christmas thing it was sort of "tongue-in-cheek". "Political Correctness" seems to be getting out of hand these days. The company I work for no longer has a Christmas party (it is now called a holiday party). Our overseas sites call it a Year-End party. My town cannot put up any religious Christmas displays, for fear that it might offend someone. Thankfully, I still have a Christmas tree (not a holiday tree).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1202 Posts |
If the kids get you coins, go through the rolls with them! Might be a good chance to get them interested in the hobby and can be something fun to have in common with them. Btw welcome back!
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Valued Member
 United States
100 Posts |
Thanks! Great idea to have the kids help go through them. You never know, they may come back to the hobby.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
622 Posts |
That's what I got from my wife last year. A box of cents, nickels, and dimes. It's pretty much the only time I've roll hunted in the last couple years. It was fun.
I requested it again for this years present!
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Valued Member
 United States
100 Posts |
Happy New Year everyone! So I got a box of cents (bank-wrapped) as a Christmas gift from my kids. I found about 12 wheats in it, along with a few other minor errors and varieties of LMCs. So I bought another 20 rolls from the same bank branch, but this time they were all customer wrapped rolls. I spent New Year's Eve going through them and found an entire roll of wheats, ranging in dates from 1923 through 1957. This has never happened to me before, and I practically screamed with joy. The total between the box and the other 10 rolls was 89 wheats, including one 1958 sparkling with mint luster, and a 1957-D (uncirculated) which was apparently plated in chrome!?! It was so brilliant and shiny that I could not photograph it properly.
I cannot wait until tomorrow morning when that bank branch opens. I will be first in line to buy more rolls.
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Valued Member
 United States
100 Posts |
Oh Yeah, I almost forgot. I also got a 1944-P War Nickel in change from a local pizzeria, also on New Years Eve. What a way to end the year!
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
Sounds like you're off to a great start this year. I hope your good luck continues.
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Moderator
 United States
190135 Posts |
An excellent way to end one year and start the next. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
538 Posts |
I too got a box of cents around Christmas and to my surprise when I opened the box it was all 2015 bu coins.
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Valued Member
 United States
100 Posts |
So I went back to the same bank branch the next day and got the same teller. I picked up 20 rolls and they all were customer wrapped, just like the first batch. However, they only yielded a total of 3 wheats and a 1981-S proof cent.
I will keep using the original remaining $25 box money I received as the gift, and keep exchanging for rolls. I wonder how long I can make this gift last.
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Rest in Peace
United States
7075 Posts |
You can make it last until you have $25 worth of keepers -- or if you add your own money to cover the cost of the keepers -- this could go on forever. That's the beauty of it. I hope you're having a lot of fun. 
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Valued Member
 United States
100 Posts |
I am indeed having lots of fun with this... I had almost forgotten how addicting this can be. I just heard about some 2015 DDO Lincolns recently discovered. LIBERTY is slightly doubled I think. A "minor" error, but it should still be fun looking for them. And to think I haven't even been checking the 2015s. Thousands of them must have crossed my path by now...
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