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New Member
United States
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Someone in one of the forums had a statement attached to their post that said...(not the exact quote)..."You can tell a coin collector when you see one. They're the ones bending over picking up coins in parking lots." I was leaving a store 2 days ago, saw Two Cents on the pavement and stopped to pick them up and check the date. Then I remembered the person's post and had to laugh at myself. :-) And, No, they weren't DDO's or anything else worth more than one cent. But it's still a lot of fun and a hard habit to break.  |
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a hard habit to break. I agree,i have been doing it all my life. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Same in Australia but with 5c coins. No one wants to pick them up but me it seems
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Moderator
United States
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I pickup coins in parking lots, and I also pickup & collect can pull tabs for a charity.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I used to pick them up but then thought of the various bodily fluids that may be on them so I have stopped.Yuk  Edited by numismo
09/11/2013 10:20 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I would if I could but after so many operations, bending over for anything is just a bit to painfull. Of course if I saw a $100 bill I'd make an exception.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hey, it's free money!
And you never know what coin it could be. It's like roll hunting or looking at your change; but you paid TRULY zero for it!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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For example: my best find off the ground was a 1964-D silver dime.
I also found a 1969-S JFK counterstamp penny on the asphalt. I was so excited to find that thing!
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Valued Member
United States
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Haha, I pick up change all the time. No reason to just leave money lying around.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
797 Posts |
I picked up a random quarter outside of a Bank here in the US, ended up being a 2012 Canadian Dime with the Red Maple Leaf. That was a bit of a suprise for me to find around here
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Who cares if we do? I pick them up, by the end of the year I've made a free 10-15 bucks, more on good years! |
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Valued Member
United States
217 Posts |
There is/was a blog by an old professor who would go on "money walks" to keep in shape. He basically identified several routes that went past bank parking lots, car washes (either coins left on top of the boxes where you put them in or on the ground next to the vacuums), newspaper/pay phones/vending machines to check the slots, under drive through windows, and any other place he could think that coins could easily get lost. In a year he ended up with a little over a hundred bucks worth of coins which he donated to a charity, and, of course, he was a lot healtheir from the walks!
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New Member
United States
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There's a story (unknown if true) told about Warren Buffet where he was in an elevator with a number of other very high-net-worth guys when they all spotted a penny on the floor. No one went to reach for it except Buffet, who commented: "The start of the next billion.".
Even aside from collecting, grabbing change on the ground adds up over time, especially if invested/compounded.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found my first two French Francs that way in an airport shuttle station. I was about 8 and me and grandpa were picking up Grandma from a trip back east. Wondrous things!
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Valued Member
United States
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found a wheat on the ground just the other day!
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Posted 09/11/2013 06:32 am
