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Valued Member
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That's what I thought too Dave, at least $20 in halves.
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I think this is my favorite find in circulation several years ago. Very nice!  |
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Rest in Peace
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Congrats , That 3 cent CN is in nice shape . |
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United States
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Dealers are unscrupulous... Ive seen so many people bring in huge collections and only get offered silver value, the coins werent looked through for type, grade, or date... Smh
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dealers don't want to be bothered w/ taking the time to sort through modern coinage as there's not much profit to be had... On one hand, I understand, but an offer of only $20 for the whole tray is ridiculous  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Great story and super find. My closest to this was about 10 years ago, while checking out at the convenience store, I looked into the till tray for some reason & saw a V nickel. I asked the cashier, who was of middle eastern decent, if I could have it? He picked it up, and said he'd been "chingalayed". I said no you haven't I'll take it off your hands, here's a nickel. It was just a common V nickel, but the one and only I've ever found in circulation. |
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Rest in Peace
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Fantastic find. Has to be in the running for oldest machine find.
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Valued Member
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Chingalayed! Lol! Thats an awesome word! I found a walking liberty about 2 years ago while going through a box of quarters for silver when I was bored...
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Valued Member
United States
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I almost dropped my coffee on the floor. $20? Get the beeeep out of here. Btw, I can't help it, but I am curious about which half dollars are inside the plastic coin holders in the tray...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You got that out of a vending machine? I don't know the machine was able to handle an odd sized coin like that.
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I am guessing it passed through and ended up in the return slot.
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Pillar of the Community
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 with Jbuck. Probably someone tried to spend it and it was rejected |
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You got that out of a vending machine? I don't know the machine was able to handle an odd sized coin like that. They are the same diameter as a modern dime. |
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They are the same diameter as a modern dime. For some reason I had it in my head that the 3CN was a tad bigger (a full 18 mm), but you are right, it is 17.9 mm just like the dime. |
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Forgive me for not answering sooner... thanks for the feedback all.
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