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Valued Member
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My brother went to the store recently and brought back some food, drinks and change. Hidden in the change was a gem 1944D full 6 step nickel. Probably grade ms. 65-66. I tucked it away. A few days later as he was grabbing up change he grabbed the War Nickel by mistake. He asked me which pile of change was to be spent and unknowingly grabbed the wrong pile. Later, I looked for the 1944D and he did not know what happened to it. I laughed and said that we had not spent much for the coin. A few days after, apparently I went to the same store and asked for a roll of nickels in change to sort thru. Low and behold as I was a searching for anything interesting, out pops the very same 1944D 6 step coin. At last we had resolved what had happened to the coin. Funny how that works. Whatta beaut. G. |
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Nice, it really is funny how things work sometimes. I guess it's a coin that was just determined to be yours. Next time put it someplace more secure like a 2x2. However, I don't recommend scrawling "SAVE" across the obverse and reverse with a sharpie as it may effect the coins eye appeal and value!
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I suspect we B senile! Perhaps I should really examine the coin, my mind, or my bros. Naw,... the coin wins. G.
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Pillar of the Community
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The coin was meant to be yours gusp  |
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since you got it in change, it can't be an MS anything - the best it could go is AU. but yeah, that's weird.
-steve
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Bedrock of the Community
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You just got to wonder if there are really ghosts, guardian angels or just dumb luck.
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Maybe I am just flat out wrong, but if you get a coin out of circulation (like a cashier's drawer) but has ZERO wear, it is still uncirculated state, is it not?
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MS grade does not mean that the coin is un-circulated it only means it is that grade. Yes you can get coins from a cash drawer and it be in a MS grade.
THE OTHER BRUCE.
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I totally agree !! |
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Valued Member
United States
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From tote bins to bags to rolls to flips to slabs. Sounds like a few people I know. Most would tell you that they circulated. No worse for the wear tho. For the price I paid I cannot complain.
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You are correct you can find ms or bu coins from fedboxs or change sometimes. I found two 1955 philly pennys in fedbox that are almost perfect blazing red. Over last year in nickels I found serval like that. 1941, 1939 , 1960, 1964, 1951 nickels out there. These coins are not worth anything but nice to install in books.
It got me on why they end up in change after all those years like that. I would thought the person who bought them would keep them and never spend it.
Ow well go figure. That wartime silver is nice find and I glad you got back twice.
Chevrolet454s
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That's a great story. You got lucky.
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Over last year in nickels I found serval like that. 1941, 1939 , 1960, 1964, 1951 nickels out there. These coins are not worth anything but nice to install in books.
It got me on why they end up in change after all those years like that. I would thought the person who bought them would keep them and never spend it.
Guy hoards a few MS rolls every year back in the 50's and 60's, turns out he isn't immortal after all. Next of kin gets these rolls of nickels. "Well I got a few hundred dollars in nickels from Grampa anyway." and off to coinstar they go. Even if they tried selling them, like you said they aren't worth that much so the effort of selling them, for a non-collector, is more hassle that the extra return is worth. So it's just easier to deposit them. |
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