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Yes - cherry coke too! The machines at 5 guys allows you to choose a wide variety of drinks. I wonder how many syrup syringes/containers there are in those machines! Some of those long forgotten flavors...and many new concoctions...are again available. Some carbonated water and presto-change-o: memories.
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How about grilled danish and phosphates( cherry, lime, orange etc,) at the "sit-down counter," yes they did exist, at the corner drugstore. That was a real treat for a few nickels. The druggist once let me search through some Indianhead cents he had which I still have some 60 years later.
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It's funny how an old 1960 nickel can bring back old memories. I believe that's part of the draw in coin collecting. I remember throwing my bottle against the wall and climbing out of my crib for the first time. It was hairy scaling that rail. I did it though, I remember hanging on real tight as I went over. Years later my mother told me the bottle was glass and broke,the last one she ever gave me. You can definitely think long before you talk. I also remember seeing wood chips in tissue paper. The ice man, milkman, and doctor came to our house.
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Coinmasters... Yes, I do remember getting a shot of vanilla in a Pepsi at the drug store soda fountain. We also used to get a shot of cherry in our Dr Peppers, too! I mentioned "Believe It Or Not Peanuts" because they were very popular in the South. In each tube of peanuts was a wax paper wrapped coin....anywhere from a cent to a quarter. I distinctly remember getting a nickel one time that turned out to be a silver War Nickel! Those tubes of peanuts were very, very popular in the 1950's and 60's. I never got a quarter. I believe they outlawed those peanut tubes with money because the idiot Texas Attorney General at that time ruled it was a form of gambling! (The AG in Texas now isn't much better!) On those 1960 bar nickels though, we did spend a lot of them! Most of them I remember were "D" mint coins. |
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I am confused ... Are we talking about nickels ... Or RC's and moon pies ...  -------------------------------- I did not know we were supposed to be looking for Bar nickels ... But I think I know where a couple are .... Might have to check on them this week. Thanks for posting them |
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Westernsky it was gambling, little kids were buying the peanuts trying to get the one in a thousand with the quarter. That was back when sometimes the government actually did know what was best for us. Quote:
supposed to be looking for Bar nickels Gr58, only if you like them, there is a small premium associated with them - it will rise, they're not making them anymore. The biggest markets for now, are for the Doubled Dies and rare dates. It's all up to the preference of the individual. I am posting a close-up of all the coins in my Bar Nickel Collection. I will post them in the order I found them. My favorite is the last one. Anyone that's thinking of spending one, please PM me first. I have room for a few more.   |
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In Alan Herbert's "Official Price Guide to Mint Errors seventh edition" published in 2007 you nickel has a special class in the PDS System. In the Die Division (II) II-E-12 "Bar" Die Break. A "Bar" die break is defined as: A broken area of the die with a MISSING piece of die metal occurring only between the rim and any of the letters in LIBERTY and the digits of the date on the Jefferson nickel, showing on the struck coin as a raised AREA of the die metal usually joining the letter or digit to the rim. |
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I did not know we were supposed to be looking for Bar nickels ... Gr58, only if you like them, there is a small premium associated with them I posted that with a smile. I like having new coins to look for. I did pick one up today, but now I am thinking I might have had a couple already ... So now I have to look through hundreds od nickel to see if I had any.  |
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Thanks JC, I think I like it even more now. Do you know if there are any other than the 60, 61, and 62 dates?
GR58, I think you're hooked on them already. If you get a chance show us your new one.
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They did look like Cuds to me. There are on the edge of the die. Thanks for that link JC Stevens. |
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So they are classified as Bar Nickels in any year the die breaks in the specified areas. Appreciate the info and link JC. One day I will find a Modern Bar Nickel.
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I was thinking the same thing coop
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