What Do You Find In A Convenience Store, You Ask?

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Derek Valued Member United States 125 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 05:12 am This is going to be a fun one for me. I won't have this luxury anymore, and I've only had the chance to search his coins a few times (less than a dozen, I think), and I thought you guys might like this short show of 16 coins. First up... (These are my first coins I ever put in coin flaps, so excuse the ones done backwards! LOL) EXHIBIT A: If these guys don't show up well, it could be because they are proof? (I say yes!) I remember this was one of those guys in my pile of change before I learned what a proof looked like! (One of those coins that I thought was fake! I guess that's why I took it from him) This guy is a clad, which makes me a little sad.. EXHIBIT B: Eisenhower Silvers and 64 Kennedies Looks like this guy is in backwards, and doesn't fit in! (epic coin fitting skills!) EXHIBIT C: Two Franklins, One lousy Merc and one lousy Barber My oldest genuine circulation find to date: Last but not least, EXHIBIT D: You found WHAAAAA? My mouth flew open when I discovered this guy. Who would spend this?! HUH?! Was your bill one dollar, or thirty bucks? Ah well, thank you crazy person! And that, my friends, is all unfortunately. What coins didn't make the cut? Oh, I don't know, a couple dozen silver kennedies that would be boring to show, and the many, many silver coins I would have grabbed as well if I knew what coins (read silver) to look for back when I got most of these in 2008, with the most silver found and I learned silver INCLUDES half dollars 1965-1969 (I didn't know that for a looong time). Also excluded was sever dozen, and I mean dozens of forieng coins, some of which I still haven't identified properly. I may post them in the world coin forum if I ever get to that. Thanks for looking guys, hope you thought this was interesting. P.S. That Merc and Barb are not really lousy - I love them! Report this Post to the Staff

Dusto5 Valued Member United States 84 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 07:07 am You found those at a convenient store? Do you work there? Working a cash register has got to be one of the easiest ways to pick up old silver cheap. Really nice finds! Report this Post to the Staff
blackjack Valued Member United States 386 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 07:31 am Nice, Derek. Years ago I worked nights at a WaWa aka Krauser's and found silver dimes from time to time. It made those shifts a lot more palatable. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 07:36 am I really like the look of that silver eagle. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
argentum Pillar of the Community United States 1195 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 09:11 am Lousy merc? Looks nice to me. Nina might be jealous. Edited by argentum 01/09/2013 09:12 am Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 10:41 am Desperate times call for desperate measures. Those that are unknowing will do the unexpected. I am sure that I am plagiarizing someone. Edited by oih82w8 01/09/2013 10:44 am Report this Post to the Staff
upstate Pillar of the Community United States 3278 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 11:24 am Quote: My mouth flew open when I discovered this guy. Who would spend this?! Maybe somebodies getting into dad's or grampa's collection Report this Post to the Staff
Derek Valued Member United States 125 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 11:27 am I never worked there, but I did go over to see how it works, and what was going on. It is my step dad's convenience store, so it didn't matter what I did when I was there. Anyways, I got most of those, but not all, when that one time he let me look through and count some $800 in halves and dollar coins he accumulated over some period of time. That was some of the best of what I found in that, and I only now realize I forgot to post the buffalo, but it was dateless anyways so thats not a loss. He still owns the store, but doesn't work there anymore, so no more coins for me sadly. They started to get a little stale in the end anyways, since more and more of what he had was being flooded with Presidential dollar coins. Yes, apparently presidential coins are in heavy use in the area his store is located. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 5:56 pm Nice finds! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
NathanASE Pillar of the Community United States 1511 Posts	Posted 01/09/2013 6:38 pm Wow... Great great finds!! Definitley very nice! I guess it must be the unsuspecting/knowing that spend them.. Poor them... Lol... A few years ago a friend of mine used to work at a 24hr store in a bad section (very bad) of a nearby city and at like 2am some kid came in and bought a pack of butts with a handful of Morgan's... Ok not a handful, but however many that would equal a pack of butts a few years ago.. So at least 5-7... My guess was he took them from his parents... But anyways really great finds! Even cooler since they came from a family store! Report this Post to the Staff
kaubhai New Member United States 28 Posts	Posted 01/10/2013 7:36 pm wow... very nice goodies indeed.. looks like I got to start a night shift at convenience store, after my full day job. Report this Post to the Staff
RES Valued Member United States 252 Posts	Posted 01/14/2013 3:19 pm I've recently set up a snack fund at work. I took on the project with the sole hopes that I would find some old silver or nice AU coins. I've turned up a wheat in the week that I've been running it. Report this Post to the Staff
ninamason Pillar of the Community United States 1227 Posts	Posted 01/14/2013 3:47 pm Derek, I also work at a gas station--sounds like we have some similar stories! Check all your coins in Exhibit A--those with S mintmarks are proofs. Now, about that Peace dollar . . . . please make sure that it's in coin orientation, not medal; that it passes the tissue test; that it is not magnetic; and that it is within weight. In the two years I've worked for Circle K I've either taken in or seen someone else take in a grand total of 38 old silver dollars. Two of them were real (weirdly, both the real ones were Morgans). I still have two fakes, both 1922 Peaces like yours. My Secret Santa sent me a real Peace and a real Morgan for comparison (thank you again, jfransch!) and I was stunned--I'd thought the fake that fooled me for eight months was heavy, but holy crow, compared to a real one it weighs NOTHING!! The crown and lettering on yours both concern me--they look like one of my fakes. I'm not saying yours IS--I'm just saying this is an easy way for folks who know they have counterfeits to make some dishonest money (lots of clerks don't know what these are; lots DO, but don't know much about them). Report this Post to the Staff
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