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Posted 11/04/2012 03:18 am
Harry: You better believe it. The vast majority of my collection is found at work, not purchased.
AND I ALMOST HAD THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. That's okay--the story is worth it:
So I picked up a roll of nickels to throw in my drawer. Someone had written on the side in Sharpie: "2012-O" (I later determined that was supposed to be a D, but whoever wrote it canNOT handle straight lines, apparently, because it is an O). I popped the wrapped end--it's one of those with the rolled, exposed end and then the one end you have to fold over--and HOLY NICKELS, BATMAN four BU 2012 pop out. I quickly pushed them back in with my thumbnail (I had syrup all over my hands and didn't want to touch them), put the roll on my register to buy later and pick up the next roll which is labeled in that same hand . . .
. . . "V-Nicks"
You can imagine how hard my heart tripped over that one. An entire roll of V nickels? This wouldn't be unheard-of; a coworker at another store got an entire roll of Mercury and pre-1964 dimes straight from the bank, and rumour has it that entire rolls (or vast-majority-of-the-rolls) of IHC have been turned in by customers in the past. Certainly a few days ago we had someone make a purchase all in silver half-dollars--so, I wondered, had that person returned . . . ?
I didn't even waste time playing nice--I ripped the paper right down the side, and out spilled . . . .
. . . . an entire roll of heavily-circulated 1990's nickels. Someone either reused the wrapper, or was trolling HARD.
Ah, but those 2012 BU--someone must want them, right? Still not a bad buy! Not quite so fast, Jack. I got 'em home and popped the roll, wanting to make sure it was as advertised after that disappointing experience with the so-called "V-nicks." And . . .
. . . . there were 15 very lovely coins in there, a couple with what I think might be bag marks (teensy-tiny nicks of a kind I don't usually see from circulation, on surfaces that are otherwise near-mirrors), and the rest of them were all dirty and circulated. The fifth coin to pop out was a buttstank nasty 1964. I SEE YOU, COIN-COLLECTOR TROLL. *folds arms* Now I suspect someone is playing with me.
AND I ALMOST HAD THE MOST AMAZING THING EVER TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. That's okay--the story is worth it:
So I picked up a roll of nickels to throw in my drawer. Someone had written on the side in Sharpie: "2012-O" (I later determined that was supposed to be a D, but whoever wrote it canNOT handle straight lines, apparently, because it is an O). I popped the wrapped end--it's one of those with the rolled, exposed end and then the one end you have to fold over--and HOLY NICKELS, BATMAN four BU 2012 pop out. I quickly pushed them back in with my thumbnail (I had syrup all over my hands and didn't want to touch them), put the roll on my register to buy later and pick up the next roll which is labeled in that same hand . . .
. . . "V-Nicks"
You can imagine how hard my heart tripped over that one. An entire roll of V nickels? This wouldn't be unheard-of; a coworker at another store got an entire roll of Mercury and pre-1964 dimes straight from the bank, and rumour has it that entire rolls (or vast-majority-of-the-rolls) of IHC have been turned in by customers in the past. Certainly a few days ago we had someone make a purchase all in silver half-dollars--so, I wondered, had that person returned . . . ?
I didn't even waste time playing nice--I ripped the paper right down the side, and out spilled . . . .
. . . . an entire roll of heavily-circulated 1990's nickels. Someone either reused the wrapper, or was trolling HARD.
Ah, but those 2012 BU--someone must want them, right? Still not a bad buy! Not quite so fast, Jack. I got 'em home and popped the roll, wanting to make sure it was as advertised after that disappointing experience with the so-called "V-nicks." And . . .
. . . . there were 15 very lovely coins in there, a couple with what I think might be bag marks (teensy-tiny nicks of a kind I don't usually see from circulation, on surfaces that are otherwise near-mirrors), and the rest of them were all dirty and circulated. The fifth coin to pop out was a buttstank nasty 1964. I SEE YOU, COIN-COLLECTOR TROLL. *folds arms* Now I suspect someone is playing with me.
hmm strange coincidence? OR, yeah I could see how you'd suspect someone was toying with your emotions, especially if they knew you collect coins. I know my heart started racing just reading that.
