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I was working as a short order cook in high school when I heard on of the waitresses open a roll of quarters and dump it in the drawer. I heard that familiar sound and claimed every silver quarter from behind the grill. Went over, cashed it out. Then I realized I'd have to replace the roll with one from the safe. I found three more rolls of silver - it was a goooooooood day! No doubt where those quarters came from though. A saaaaaaaaaaad day for someone else.
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jbuck: I also love wheat pennies. They're still common enough that you will find one if you look long enough, but they are rare enough to feel like you've found something special when you find one. They were the first coin I ever collected. The reverse is just plain cool. Compared to the more modern looking Lincoln Memorial reverse, the wheat reverse always felt kind of obsolete but in a good way. The Wheat penny is one of my favorite coins, and has my favorite reverse of all time. |
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Dasalo: If somebody comes into the store and pays with coins that are old or worth more than face value, I quietly accept them at face value and buy them later. As you said, you shouldn't accuse the customer of stealing with no real evidence.
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Quote: It could always be a kid who has a collection he doesn't care about who is spending the coins. Perhaps he inherited it from a grandparent and doesn't see it as treasure, but as plain old money. True. I often say that it is an uneducated heir or a thief. Quote:
jbuck: I also love wheat pennies. They're still common enough that you will find one if you look long enough, but they are rare enough to feel like you've found something special when you find one. You get it!  |
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I guess it's just a product of growing up in bad neighborhoods, my mind jumps right to the worst explanation. Anyway, my finds from Friday and Saturday. 8 wheats ranging from 41 to 53, a S-mint cent, 4 Canadian pennies and a 1945-D War Nickel. |
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I somehow wound up with a rather odd selection today at work. I got the usual assortment of 3 wheats, an S-mint nickel, a pair of Canadian pennies and a Canadian nickel. Then I got a rather less usual quartet. A 1990-S proof cent used purchasing a coffee by an elderly gentleman. A UAE 1 Dihram coin mixed in with a bunch of quarters, and if those weren't strange enough... A coworker at another store called me near the end of her shift and said she had a pair of Canadian dollar coins and asked if I'd like to buy them from her till. I said yeah, assuming that I was going to be getting a pair of loonies. What I got instead was this...  How did these even make it into a register in the US? They don't match the size of any of our dollar coins, closer to a half than either an Ike or SBA! Edited by Dasaki
04/01/2014 12:07 am
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Another two days, another little surprise. Wednesday I found a pair of Canadian cents, pretty normal. I also received a funky looking token in place of a quarter, no idea what it's for as all it says is 'No cash value' on one side with an eagle on the other. The final coin, and the real surprise though, was when I looked in my coworker's drawer when he had it open, and spotted a proof quarter, 1976-S clad proof bicentennial quarter, pretty impaired though. Today was a single-coin day, but it was a decent one, 1944-P War Nickel for 5 cents. |
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Two more shifts down, another two sets of findings.
On the fourth, I got the basics, 4 wheats ('19, 2x '44, '58-D), a '74-S cent and three Canadian cents. I also received a 2010 Chinese Yi Jiao coin as a cent.
Today I had a much larger take. 6 wheats ('24, 2x '44, '55-D, '56-D, '58-D), a '69-S cent, three Canadian cents and a Canadian quarter for the usual stuff. I also scored silver for face with a 1956 dime. The coin that actually surprised me though is the 1943-D steel cent that I received in a handful of change the customer wanted put in gas. They probably mistook it for a nickel or dime as it was the only cent in the bunch, but they didn't comment when I only counted it for a cent.
Random thought: considering reducing my posts in this thread to once a week, Saturday or Sunday nights to cover my entire week, since I find stuff almost daily at work. Figure daily or even every other day is too much. Thoughts?
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04/05/2014 11:52 pm
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I have made two major finds of U.S. coins from circulation back in the 1950's. I got 50 cents a week allowance back then and always went to the bank to get a roll of pennies with it to sort for dates before spending any of it on candy, etc. I was dumbfounded one day to actually find a Lincoln Cent 1909-S-VDB in 1957. I could hardly believe it. But there it was, plain as day. Two years later I made an even greater find. I picked up my usual roll of pennies and went home to sort it. When I dumped it out, it was 50 different dates and mint marks of SHINY Indian Heads. I can only guess that some kid had raided his Dad's collection and turned them in to the bank already rolled. Boy, those kind of finds are VERY unlikely today. |
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Over the last five days, I've gathered a few more things. Mostly the usual, but some better stuff. Tuesday: Canadian Dime, Australian 5 cent piece. Wednesday: 2 Wheats, a War Nickel and a Canadian penny. Thursday: 2 Wheats, 2 Canadian pennies and an S-mint cent. Friday: 2 Wheats, a Canadian penny and a Canadian dime. Saturday: a Wheat, a silver Washington quarter, a clad proof quarter- Guam, and a Canadian penny. |
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United States
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At work today, it was getting close to quitting time and I hadn't found a single interesting coin. A customer came in and paid with cash including 4 pennies. After the transaction I flipped the four pennies over and THREE of them were wheats (1942-D, 1946-D, 1956-P). I hadn't found a wheat in several days. I also went to the local bodega and the cashier gave me a bicentennial Eisenhower dollar. I asked him to keep half dollars and large dollar coins for me and he does. |
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Wife just sent me a text message... "Just got a 1946 nickel out of vending machine. Want?" Yes.  |
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Cool find!
I guess she looks through her change, too?
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Jbuck, is there a nickel that you ever don't want?
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Quote:
I guess she looks through her change, too? She knows who she married. Quote:
Jbuck, is there a nickel that you ever don't want? No.  By the way...  |
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