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I'm a pastor and in 2000 a member of my church called me about a strange coin she'd found on the floor at a local supermarket. When she showed it to me I could not believe my eyes. It was a Victoria gold sovereign! Someone must have had it as a pocket piece and lost it at the store. I told her what it was and, bless her heart, she gave it to me!
Paul Bulgerin
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Puerto Rico
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I found a 1913 penny and a 1934 nickel in my parents change jar.
btw, the jar is a tin from the 50's and is absolutely massive so it took like an hour to look through to try and find old stuff.
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United States
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Not strange really, but while working as a teller in a CU a gentelman came and wanted to cash in about 40 BU and proof Kennedy half dollars from various years. Needless to say I withdrew them and took them home with me.  |
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United States
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War Nickel on floor of my bank in front of teller station.
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Canada
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I just found a 1943 - s War Nickel in a customer wrap. There was also a 1949 and 1957-d in the roll. Needless to say this is my first customer wrapped roll. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Going to try to breath life back into this thread.
Strangest place huh.... I think the 1964-D Rosie in the air duct has to be the winner for me.
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Well I was in the local coin store last year and saw some bags of coins laying on the floor in a corner. When I asked if those were waiting to be sorted they said "No, those are Lincolns waiting to go to the bank for face value." Being the nice guy I am I offered to relieve them of the burdensome trip to the bank.(; They said sure.
I'm slow as molasses searching $50 bags and just got into the second one.
It was all copper, memorials and 916 wheats!! Sure didn't expect to find those wheats in a face value bag from a coin store.
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05/24/2019 10:00 pm
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United States
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My Grandma worked in a corner drugstore in the 1970's. She took in a lot of common silver coins. She also took in an 1850 Spanish 10 reales. My brother worked in a different corner drug store, also in the 70's. An old lady came in with 40 Indian Head cents to buy a pack of cigarettes. I worked in a carry out in the late 70's. One day a drunk came in trying to trade a coin collection for booze. I saw what he had, turned him away and was getting ready to call the cops when the owner of the coins came in looking for the drunk. |
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United States
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That's an interesting one, hope the guy got all his coins back
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United States
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The year was 1978 and I was stationed in South Korea, we were out on a training mission and humped up a mountain to set up defense perimeters. I was cleaning out an old foxhole and found an odd looking 1974 penny with the state of Washington stamped on it. Years later I found out it wasn't a real penny, it was one of those private mint things. The amazing thing is, I still have it.
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United States
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Wonder how that got there....
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United Kingdom
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When metal detecting I once got a signal right under a cow pat. I dug it up and found an 1898 British penny.
Back when I was at school, I was helping a teacher clear out an old cupboard and I found a coin at the bottom. I put it in my pocket and took it home, where I identified it as a 1901 Russian 3 kopeks. How it got in that cupboard I'll never know. It's still in my collection.
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Wonder how that got there... Probably fell out of someone's pocket, the front pockets on those fatigues weren't the best for keeping things in. I never carried anything in those pockets. |
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