Spending Dateless Buffalos

Went hiking out in Western Mass yesterday. Beautiful country out there, beautiful weather too.

Got lunch at an old-fashioned hamburger stand afterward, the kind of place that only accepts cash so had no trouble tucking a few buffalos in with my payment. Got some ice cream afterward and tucked a few more buffalos in that payment too. Later on went to a farm-stand, got fresh peaches, corn, early-season plums etc. Paid cash and snuck a few more buffalos in with my exact change. Was a very warm day and a long hike so the wife wanted some iced coffee after that... We found a local coffeeshop down the road, hadn't been there in 15 years but it's still there, got drinks and a couple pastries, paid cash, exact change as always, and there went a few more buffalos.

Overall I put 12 buffalos back in circulation yesterday, nobody said a word, which no longer surprises me. All of the cashiers were younger, probably local teens with summer jobs, and they seem to have no interest in the coins, but they also didn't bat an eye or complain or fall apart when I paid cash. Happy to see there are still competent people out there in the world who can count and make change when needed! And I know those buffs will make someone smile when they eventually get noticed so I feel pretty good.

PS: our lunch spot in Sunderland, Mass:

My last buff dump was in early 2023. Inserted four or five in a couple rolls of nickels I swapped out at a bank.

@NumisRob -

Boston is my hometown so I know all about the "T"... a lot has changed since you were here. I bet the T fare was 75 cents on your visit in the early 90s. It's $2.40 now. And no more tokens, they switched to "Charlie Cards" about 20 years ago. The T got rid of the token clerks and installed fare vending machines that sometimes work, sometimes don't. In fact they're already replacing those machines with a new system for a cool BILLION dollars. But the first iteration of fare vending machines accepted tokens as partial payment at their face value - I think it was $1.75 - for a few years. I miss tokens because I never had to guess whether I had enough money for a ride. I just stuck my hand in my pocket. Either I had a token or I didn't. Now we have these cards and they look the same whether they have $20 or $0. That makes a big difference when I'm running for a train... And for some reason the cards "expire" after 5 years, even if you use them evey day and have money on them. Then you have to go downtown, stand in line, and exchange the old card for a new one.

As for the cull V nickel, nice to see the machine took that, same dimensions as our current coins so makes sense!

@ijn1944 -

Nice! There are some happy coin roll hunters out there. Your buffs migh be featured in a youtube video. I've seen more than a few of them, happy collectors spilling a roll of coins and showing us what they find. Customer rolled coins like yours are always the most interesting!

Great spends!

Fantastic!

@Lugie -

In my adventure of spending these nickels I quickly learned that most people don't even look at them. I got not one single comment when spending them. I think they just look like nickels to most people.

But half dollars look like ... well, they look like half dollars and those stand out because people don't use half dollars much anymore.

There are a couple threads on here about spending dollar coins and two dollar bills. The most interesting part to me is the folks who spend Ikes! Now those stand out!

Here's a link:

http://goccf.com/t/247505