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My son went to Las Vegas last weekend and got a $10 coupon from his hotel to play the slots in the attached casino. He ended up with $0.25 and decided to just cash it in for the heck of it. The lady at the counter must have been annoyed to have to deal with such a small amount, since she gave him the following:   I've seen coins that have gone through the laundry before, but I can't imagine what could have caused this apart from deliberate disfigurement. I don't imagine any vending machine would accept this, and I'm not even sure if it's even still legal tender at this point...  [And, no -- I don't recall the name of the hotel he was staying at.] |
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That's poor form on her part. Your quarter might not even be usable as a coin anymore. People remember little digs like that from a business.
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Talk about some passive aggressive messaging.  |
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If coins could talk... That one would say "OUCH!" I have a bag full of stuff like that from box hunting. The last time I took them to a credit union, they told me the Fed won't redeem them anymore. I don't believe that. More likely the carrier doesn't want to be bothered. "I like money. I can't believe you like money, too. We should hang out."
Frito
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That one would say "OUCH!"
I have a bag full of stuff like that from box hunting. The last time I took them to a credit union, they told me the Fed won't redeem them anymore. I don't believe that. More likely the carrier doesn't want to be bothered. I believe banks are passing these out but won't redeem them. These are repaired coins and they are treated as normal currency coming into banks, sent to counting houses, rolled and sent back to banks and finally being issued. But coin that fails to go through the counter and damaged coin returned by clients are not redeemed. You simply have to spend them one or two at a time. The counting houses used to ship a lot of this to the FED and other damaged coin from incinerators and the like such as what fell out of recycled cars. But, my understanding is they won't accept them any longer so more are ending up in landfill. Most of these are easy to fix with a couple well placed taps with a hammer and a little filing. I've seen some repaired coins that circulated for years as evidenced by heavy wear on the repairs. I'm not even sure the FED is pulling out worn coins any longer. When they get too thin they won't operate machines but the rate of wear is very low now days because the coins get scratched to death instead of worn away. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Oh, and it's in better condition than about 35% of the date. A few of these have already passed on.
These are going to be tough in nice XF and AU because the low rims on this date fail to protect the design.
...Long live the '85-P...
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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I'd guess this coin went through an industrial process in the mid-'90's was repaired and has circulated very lightly ever since. It was either a few years in circulation or one year in Vegas. Sometimes what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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These are repaired coins... Very interesting!  |
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i get coins like that sometimes, either found or in change. I put them into rolls and they go back to my fiat bank.
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That one would say "OUCH!" I think that is would have much more to say than just ouch.  |
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Definately qualifies for my ugly coin album.
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I have a 1965 that is similar. I hang onto them as pocket pieces.
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