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Hello everybody, today I was at McDonald`s and was looking in the charity container and noticed a silver dime, I was wondering if there was any possible way at all to exchange a coin for this dime. Usually other people come to empty it and the workers have no idea when that happens, the container is also locked. Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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 You can try asking to see the manager then ask for the dime and offer to donate a $1 or $2 in exchange  , that will be an offer they cannot refuse  |
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United States
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In my opinion, no. The donor may have donated a valuable coin, on purpose.
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Moe145, Wouldn't they need to sell it first to make any profit? They usually just roll them and take them to the bank. I did have a quarter ready for the exchange but a Lonnie or toonie is good too |
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The donor may have donated a valuable coin, on purpose. If that is the case, which is the better outcome... letting Normic67 buy the dime for one or two dollars or letting it get dumped with the rest of the change at face value?  |
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Moe145, Wouldn't they need to sell it first to make any profit? No. This is a known "thing" in America - donating valuable coins in charity buckets. It's on the recipient to be aware of any potential. If you're keeping score, you'll note that there's a news story every single year of a valuable gold coin being found in a Salvation Army Christmas bucket. That's deliberate. There is a loose association of gold collectors who do this every year. |
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United States
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 I expect to see the story in the next few weeks. Happens every year. |
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United States
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You could just grab the entire thing and run out with it. Then you would not only get your Silver Coin but a lot of other ones that may be even worth more.  I wonder what your explanation would be in court. And I can just imagine what a cop would say while arresting you. I too have seen coins in those bins. I look and say OH well, coulda, shoulda, woulda. |
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It's been debated many times on the forum before: what to do if you see a worth-above-face-value coin in a donation bucket or charity bin.
There's not really much you can do about it for that specific coin you've seen, but more generally, the best solution is for you to volunteer for that charity to help count their donations and go through their coins for them, and either buy everything from them or, if you either can't afford or don't want the coins you find, you agree to sell the coins on their behalf. That way, you get access to the coins and the charity gets fair value for their donations.
The charity may already have a "coin expert" in their counting room doing this, in which case, I agree - their "special" coins are off-limits to you.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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That's interesting, I didn't know they did that. I'm going to look for something like that in the news. I went up to the McDonald's and they said they had another manager that would be there next week, I probably wont get it though. But the day I see a 1948 dollar in that box is the day I'm camping out there. |
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You could call the charity and tell them to be on the look out and offer, $5 or $10 so it's a win-win.
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United States
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The charity may already have a "coin expert" in their counting room doing this, in which case, I agree - their "special" coins are off-limits to you. And not only a coin expert with charities, but also with other things at places where people drop off contributions. For example where I live there was a gun collection made and a gift certificate for gym shoes for each gun. A cop I know said only about half the guns make it past the first table. The cops watch for and collect the better ones. At a Goodwill place I dropped off some cloths. One item was a leather coat. The person taking the stuff in said, this is for me, thanks. Ever wonder about the people that have a laundromat. Imagine the vast amount of coins they see every day. I met person that had a few of them. He told me he makes almost as much selling coins as he does with the business. |
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Ya charity buckets is an iffy one.
Yet I have done it with tip jars at restaurants.
I saw a 1956 quarter in one, asked if I could have it for a dollar. Of course they said yes.
On another occasion, I saw a $1 bill with serial #00006649. I thought it was interesting, lowest # I've seen, and asked to switch it with $2.
They looked at me weird, but then said sure. I explained that "I collect those type of things" and they let me buy it.
So for charity, I would imagine it's the same principle.
The worst they can do is say no. That's my motto.
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okay here it is. How the heck did I forget about this, over a year later. you guys are lucky I remember what happen. What happen was well, the McDonalds is across the street from my high school and I was going from auto class to foods class, auto class is on the far side of the school and foods class is on the other side of the school ironically closest to the McDonalds. On the way to foods class I was asking my SEA education assistant if I could go to the McDonalds and get the coin because it was Wednesday, the day they said the manager would be there. She said I would need to ask the foods teacher so when I got to the class I asked her and she gave me the go ahead, I ran out of the school and went down across the street to the McDonalds as all my class mates saw through the window. I asked for the manager and she came and dumped the whole container out all over the counter and I got the dime and gave her a quarter. The dime happened to be a 1964 Canadian dime. I went back to the foods class and showed everybody it and when I got home showed my dad. If my coin collection was a city this dime would not be a building like all the rest, it would be a monument for how it was acquired.
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I hate seeing old threads bumped, and was pretty angry....until I saw the post that bumped it. Too cool, man. That's the kind of initiative that sets people apart in life.  |
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