Ended - Project $100k- Circulating Dollar And Half Dollar Coins

I did not think I'd join this party, but my other collection needed feeding.

I saw some 3600 better date (pre 1986) Topps baseball cards available at a sports card shop yesterday while searching "junk era" (1986-1993) cards for hole fillers and other junk sets I wanted to work on. Shop owner wanted $40 for the near complete set of 1985 among those. They were still there today when I called, so I haggled $50 over the phone for those plus the 3000 '84, '86, and '87 cards that were in the box as well.

The $50 I scared up to buy them, for better for worse, were spare SBA and Presidentials that I had tucked in my fob pocket. He asked "Where'd you get these?" as he checked the rolls. I told him and said that I still had 5 missing from my folder. He then gave me a tip on a local coin collector that worked at the liquor store down the street. I may be paying that tip a visit sometime soon.

95,272.50 to go now.

so far today

in Golden Dollars
4 for breakfast
36 at local coin show
3 for dessert

27 SBA + 1 Kennedy half in gas for my truck

so far today $70.50

$95,186 to go

$5 at the corner store.

$95,179

I plan to stop by my bank either today or tomorrow to get more.

FYI - Today, I went by my bank to get more small dollars. The cashier started to pull the ones out of her drawer, when I mentioned I wanted something more like 500 from the safe. She waited for the head cashier to get through with another customer, then told her I wanted about 500 small coins. They had loose rolls, but they also had a sealed box from their supplier. I moved money from savings (that is not drawing any interest) and picked up a $1000 box of bank wrapped rolls of small dollars. I will spend tonight going through to separate golden dollars and SBA. It should take me about 2 months to spend them.

Update: 1000 = 52 SBA, 303 SAC/NA, 643 Pres, 1 impaired/bent proof, and 1 UK 2 Pence

Try leaving them as tips when you eat out. The waiter Saturday was happy to get them.

FYI - Numbers for Project $100K

The close of 8/5 means 4 months have passed since this project was started.

In 4 months, $4833 were spent:
1st month - $615
2nd month - $1099
3rd month - $1422
4th month - $1697

If $1697 is spent per month going forward, this project might complete by April 6, 2017

Fuzzy317 of the proof of the two pence of the hoard