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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
I started working as a manager at Pizza Hut about two months ago and have skimmed the change every day at work so far. I always take a few quarters and dimes with me to work and exchange them for copper pennies, nickels, and hopefully one day silver. I have found 1 common wheat and usually get about 20 copper pennies a day. My oldest nickel was a 42 non silver and a few pre 64s. Picked a bicentennial quarter and a couple ATB Quarters. I have found a probably 5 s mint pennies as well and actually found a 72s today. My mother gave me a 63 dime the other day from her work and my brother gave me a 43P War Nickel that he had in change. Will update if I find anything else. |
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Pillar of the Community
798 Posts |
How are you able to do that, my uncle worked at a Zellar`s a decade ago and he got fired for picking up a piece of garbage and putting it in his pocket. My sister currently works at Burger king and I keep on telling her to watch out for various coins and she never does because she claims she`s to busy and its fast paced. When your at work what time of the day do you skim the change, if I ever got a job somewhere and asked my boss anything like that everybody I know have said I would be fired. If that is true then this is a very sad world but it kind of already is. Good luck with your finds  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
Years ago, I would leave school at 2:12 to be at work at 2:30. When I got there, the 2:00 drawer would be there for me to count and bag. Some days, the 11:00 drawer would be there too. I would routinely find silver and old LWCs so I would always carry a few dollars to exchange. I also had the key to the cash box for coins and currency. I once found 4 rolls of silver quarters - a good day. On my best day, I snagged 4 Franklins, 2 Kennedys, a couple of Barber and Mercury dimes, and 3 $2 bills (circa 1953). I never complained about counting drawers after that! Advice: be upfront with your managers about what you are doing. Do it after the drawers are counted and validated against the cash drawer receipts. Do the exchange in front of the individual in charge only after getting approval to do so. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
663 Posts |
Rackster, out of all of the advice and tips given in these forums, that may have been the best advice I've ever seen here! :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4809 Posts |
LOL - I hope not, but I hope useful! I remember that day like it was yesterday. I started counting the drawer and my boss was sitting on the other end of the office when he told me the 11:00 drawer hadn't been counted either. I finished counting the drawer and noted all the coins/currency I wanted to exchange. I took my wallet out (nylon with Velcro to date myself) and paid out for face value. I got the next drawer and found coins in that one too. Completed round 2 and took a look at my boss. He was amazed with the finds and told me that he's found Silver Certificates on occasion. I found those too.
What was nice was that I noted the drawer count against the tape and the associated variances, documented that, and was able to do the swap before deposit. The bank verified that I didn't dip (actual vs. deposit slip). Never had a problem.
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Valued Member
United States
139 Posts |
I work at a liquor store and get cool finds almost daily. Everybody knows that I am a coin collector and they even tell me when something winds up in there drawer. I usually put some of my own pocket change on top of my register at the beginning of my shift. If I see anything I want to swap, I just swap it out with that change. Quick and easy.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
663 Posts |
Hahaha I was saying Rackster's advice is good to follow so you don't get fired! Gotta have money to search money right?!?!
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Valued Member
United States
183 Posts |
It kind of makes me a bit salty that bank tellers get unrestricted access first to coins before we do. Imagine how many coins their would be for us if bank tellers never snagged everything before we had the chance! ( now if I was a bank teller I would probably be doing the same thing, but I would never take that job)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I do miss working with cash on a daily basis for my job. I always made a quick sweep of my till before going on the clock, and then a more thorough check while I was counting my drawer. I had to compete with a couple other cashiers and an old guy in the cash office, but I'd find wheaties and pre-60 nickels on an almost daily basis, with an occasional silver about once every few months. It was like CRHing, but I didn't have to deal with rejects.
My general manager grudgingly tolerated it since I was never short on my till, but the other managers were curious and often asked if I found anything good that day. I was fortunate to work with such open-minded people.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1747 Posts |
As a store manager I would do the cash most evenings, and I would pull out all the copper cents but being up in Canada we would rarely see any silver come in.
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Valued Member
 United States
337 Posts |
Well I'm a manager and I've already told my GM about it and to save any wheat pennies if he come across them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7618 Posts |
Best place to coin hunt was your own casino's cash room in Las Vegas in the mid 60's through the 1980's.
Ask Ted Binion.
(Oops, forgot he's dead)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2168 Posts |
The 40% halves are one item many aren't quite that aware of or War Nickels. Also, there have been silver proofs offered since the early 90s. So watch for silver in all places! A friend of mine picked up some late 60s halves that were loose in a teller drawer so I would guess unaware or just doesn't realize what is there. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3345 Posts |
Found a 1923-S Buffalo in the drawer at work the other day
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1217 Posts |
I found a girl on craigslist selling several silver coins one time. Turns out she is a cashier at a gas station. Over the past year and a half I have educated her on what coins and currency to look for. She said others were offering her 50% of the value of silver. I pay her just under melt or close to fair market value of non-silver or bills. Have gotten several 40 and 90% halves, silver quarters/dimes, buffs, Liberty nickels and wheats. Just got a 1934c federal reserve 5$ note. The time spent educating her has paid off for both of us. I get a text from her every few months and pick up her finds. |
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Posted 07/08/2014 11:54 pm
