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So I'm at my uncle's house telling him about my new-found hobby. He says that he has a big jar of coins that he was planning on taking to the coinstar machine this week. I ask him to let me borrow it first and I'll return it in a week. He agrees. Since I'm the world heavyweight champion at being awful taking pictures a list will have to do. Here's what I found: Cents I needed for my album: 1909 1909 vdb 1914 1915 1915-D 1916 1916-S 1917-S 1918-S 1919-D 1921 1922-D  1924-D  1924-S 1925-D 1925-S 1927-D 1928-D 1929-D 1930-S 1931 1931-D 1932 1932-D 1933 1933-D 1934-D 1935-S 1936-D 1936-S I also got: -five 1943 wheaties -over 200 other wheaties -1920 Buff nickel -35 Canadian cents -countless nice red cents of misc 60's and 70's -about 20 of the 1982 small dates. I'm still trying to differentiate between the copper and zinc. I think getting a scale will be the only way for me to tell. -1992 proof half -random cent slug -cent with an imprint of an 'AR' inside of the outline of the state of Arkansas on it. I asked the guy at the local coin shop and he said that someone was just messing around with it, and it's nothing great If I remember more I'll post it here, but man, that was fun going through that stuff. |
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Pillar of the Community
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wow, your uncle's hoard is amazing!
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For the zinc vs copper, take a popsicle stick and tape it on to a hexagonal pencil. Take two pre 1982 pennies and move them so the scale balances. Tape one in place, and mark where the other one is. Test it with a pre and post 1982 penny. It is very simple and works great.
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Bedrock of the Community
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WOW! That's amazing!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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That's awesome!
(Side note: Since you were 'mining' those coins it might be appropriate to note that the original phrase is mother lode, which is a principal vein or zone of veins of gold or silver ore. In your case the ore was primarily copper but I would say you definitely hit it.)
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Valued Member
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Great find. Did you pay him the same thing CoinStar would have?
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Incredible! Quote:
Side note: Since you were 'mining' those coins it might be appropriate to note that the original phrase is mother lode As far as I know, there is no such thing as a mother load, only a mother lode. Edited by jbuck
12/11/2008 3:31 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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My mother always said we 5 sons were an extreme mother load  Jim |
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So would the shell inside the shotgun used at a 'Shotgun Wedding' be considered a 'mother load?'
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Pillar of the Community
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no, no, no...you have to go put those coins in the Coinstar machine! How else am I supposed to find them in one of my boxes?  Nice finds SJUHawks, I only WISH I could find a 22-D or 24-D in a roll. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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The '24-D is the most amazing find! How much did the jar weigh?
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Pillar of the Community
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Awesome find. Wish I could get some luck like that :D
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow! That's a great find!
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If he had that kind of collection of years in the jar, he must've been hoarding for a while! Any idea the monetary value of the coins in the jar?
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Well first I separated the coins by denomination, so I have a decent idea. There was about $300 to $400 in there. He told me I didn't have to give him anything for what I took.
That felt too dirty, so I just gave him what the coinstar would have, and he was fine with that.
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Posted 12/11/2008 06:01 am
