Silver Indian Head Pennies Stolen?

Don't ya miss Old Western Justice ?..........get a rope !
But yeah....security....security.....security !!.......I hear bank safety deposit boxes are pretty good.....

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eaglefoot: I hear bank safety deposit boxes are pretty good...

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A little OT, but a good story:

I cut concrete for a living.
A bank wanted to increase it's vault size.
They built a new vault extension off the building,
right outside the existing vault.
The deposit box room of the vault to be exact.

The day came to cut the concrete wall to connect
new vault to old...
2 Sheriff's Deputies were posted in/around our
work area. 2 bank guards were posted in the old vault.
They wanted plenty of armed men and watching eyes
when we opened the working vault to the outside world.
Not to mention concrete cutters don't look like the
most trustworthy bunch when we are dirty/sweaty.

We cut through the wall, right where the bank and general
contractor carefully laid out the lines. The new door was
going right next to a safe-box.

Anyway, when we dropped the concrete out,
their layout turned out to be about 2" off!
We cut the concrete on one of the verticals,
and then right through the back of a safe-box!
From the roof to the floor! Every box in that stack of drawers
was filled with concrete slurry... (A mix of water and very
fine concrete powder made from the diamond abrasives)
Slurry is also very acidic due to the lime released.

The contractor and bank manager didn't say anything when
they saw the cut, but they both looked like they were about
to cry. Then they were gone.
We were told to get our tools and get out asap, being
watched by Deps the whole time.

Just an interesting story to pass along...


Edit:
Not a bank vault, but the work is the same...

Yeah; gotta pay attention to what theyre really trying to say. I remember listening to the news about a "stubborn, but loving, dog."

The way it was spoken, it sounded like, "stubborn, butt-loving dog."

Maybe the collector is very naive, I have heard a bunch of you adults actually state that "EVERY" nickel before 1964 is silver, so maybe this person belives pennies were once silver! And theres a lot of con artists on ebay that state this in their auctions!

Actually, I see auctions on ebay all the time about buffalo silver nickels, etc, because they are silver in color. So they try to get away with saying silver nickels when they are just clad.

Personally, I just use my gun safe. I do need to upgrade soon, as my collection of coin's, and my collection of firearm's, are seriously competing for space. Plus, I would like to get something a little heavier, fire proof, and water proof. I feel a good safe is a better deal than a deposit box. Your average thief, cannot crack a safe.

On the Pre-64 nickels...

I have noticed that ads online and on ebay DO play on
the dates.

I have yet to see an auction that flat out says 64-back
nickels are silver... HOWEVER, I have seen plenty of auctions
that make it a point to say something like
"L@@K- Pre-1964 nickels!"

As if to attract someone who would assume that ANY
silver colored coin 64-earlier was actually silver.

There is no other reason or explanation for an auction
containing a 55 Jefferson (for example) to say such a thing,
unless the seller is fishing for a sucker.