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Pillar of the Community
United States
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1967 40% Kennedy
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Valued Member
United States
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My LCS always gives interesting change. I have recently received Ikes, Kennedys (no silver), Susan B, and mint dollars. I pay in cash with a big bill so I get lots of change!
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 United States
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Not the LCS, but a coin show dealer would give out star notes and old banks notes (including some United States Notes and silver certificates) in his change (especially to the YNs). Keep in mind, the star notes were high runs and the old notes were rough enough to erase the premium, but they were nice enough to spark interest or a conversation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've never thought about this before. What a nice, fun way to keep a customer coming back.
My LCS is a tiny place only open a few days a week. Last time I was there, I mentioned to the owner that I hadn't gotten any 2023 quarters in circulation yet. He reached into his change drawer, fished one out and gave it to me. For free!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Got a Bicentennial half in change from my LCS today!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've not experienced this with LCS change, but a coin I bought off ebay a few years ago came with vintage stamps for postage, and then I got on their mailing list and their catalog also came plastered with vintage stamps. I recall their name was Miller Stamps & Coins or something. Edited by kbbpll
09/15/2023 11:18 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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It happens in the UK too. One store I visit sometimes in Newcastle gives out commemorative nickel-brass £2 coins (minted from 1986 to 1996) in change - these never circulated much but are still legal tender. And a shop in London once gave me 5p change entirely in BU 1971 pennies.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Had an LCS give me a torn series 1928 $2 in change.
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United States
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I remember when I was around 12 going into a Kroger and buying some cello packs of baseball cards and the change was $.75...all three quarters received were bicentennials so I went back to the register and asked for change for a dollar and did this 4-5 times until I had all the quarters he had and collected 18 bicentennials that day. This would have been 1983-84, so it wasn't that they were that rare yet, it was just neat to find a run of beautiful coins at the time. The first 'dump' I ever found.
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 Canada
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When I was a kid, the LCS occasionally gave me 50 cent coins. You don't see them in circulation here, so I was happy to get them. That being said, more recently a dealer at a coin show gave me a handful of them in change. Since I now have all the years, I unloaded them on the next dealer I bought from, haha.
When I was in Buffalo I received a nice crisp 1976 $2 bill from a coin shop owner. I appreciated that, as the one in my collection wasn't as nice.
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United States
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Back in the early 1990s when I was actively putting together my first serious coin collection, I frequented a coin shop in Colorado Springs from which I purchased a lot of that material.
On one occasion, the proprietor of the shop was counting back my change for a purchase I had made.
He ended the count with "....and one penny!"
The final coin he plopped into my hand was an 1847 large cent!
It was basically a cull coin because it had a large 'X' scratched across Liberty's face. If not for that defacement, it would have easily been a nice VF grade.
Nonetheless, I was thrilled to get that coin in change, and it became a treasured part of the collection.
Sadly, the Large Cent was sold along with the rest of the collection in 2002 to help finance our oldest daughter's college tuition.
Since then, I've been slowly building up my second collection.
Wish I'd held on to that old '47....
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Back in the early 1990s when I was actively putting together my first serious coin collection, I frequented a coin shop in Colorado Springs from which I purchased a lot of that material... Fun story!  Quote:
Sadly, the Large Cent was sold along with the rest of the collection in 2002...Wish I'd held on to that old '47.... 
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