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Valued Member
United States
223 Posts |
There is a small convenience store in the apartment complex I used to live in. I got to know the owner while I lived there, and he stuck back any coin larger than a quarter that he received for me. I got lucky and got a 40% Kennedy (1968) one day and I got an Ike but it was mostly post-1970 halves that he stuck back for me. Today I was visiting my friend who still lives in that complex and walked to the store to buy a Coke. The owner wasn't there, instead a woman was working there. I heard her talking to another lady behind the counter and it was obvious her English wasn't very good. She rang up my Coke and I asked her if she had any "big coins" and she said "yes". I thought she just didn't understand me at first. I was thinking maybe she had a clad Kennedy or possibly an Ike if I was lucky. She pulled out a large coin and my heart started racing. I thought it was an Ike (which would have still made me happy) but my jaw hit the floor when I saw that it was an 1884-O Morgan! I said "I want it!" and gave her 4 quarters for it. It is obviously nowhere near AU condition but has a tad bit of yellowish toning. This beats any of the finds I made at my old job at the convenience store by a long shot. I'm still in shock but I'm buzzing. I'm guessing it's VF or XF, what do you think? Is it worth from $30-$40? This was the find of a lifetime.   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Great find. It is amazing to think that someone would think to use a coin that old to make a $1 purchase.
You should be able to get $20-$30 for it. I would give it an AU grade. The breast feathers on the reverse are still very visible.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2850 Posts |
Score! That's a nice looking Morgan for only a dollar.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5417 Posts |
That's an easy AU. Amazing find for just $1....
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1002 Posts |
..Should've giver her a few more bucks for it, she obviously didn't know what is was.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1158 Posts |
Pretty big rim ding at 11:00 on the reverse. Even if it was worn slick, you scored huge, though.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOOT! WOOT! Definite score! AU in this camp as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
506 Posts |
 I wish I had those kinds of opportunities. I think it's AU 53 and worth about $30. Numismedia has is at $32 and G4 only goes down to $28 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1158 Posts |
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..Should've giver her a few more bucks for it, she obviously didn't know what is was. I don't think the cashier would be allowed to take more than a dollar for a dollar change. The till would be off or else she would have to take cash and not put it in the till, either of while could be trouble. And the cashier didn't lose out on anything as it wasn't her coin. |
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Wow, nice find. Bet some kid dug into grandpas collection to buy a candy bar or something. :)
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Pillar of the Community
New Zealand
526 Posts |
Think lucky....you can get lucky
I was walking across McDonalds car park recently when a $100 bill came gently blowing towards me.
Another time in Brisbane I was walking down the Queen Street mall....it was 5pm and getting dark (office workers rush hour) and a $10 bill was just waving at me...people were walking by it seemingly oblivious...amazing - it was definitely mine for the taking.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
506 Posts |
I heard this story where a person got change from McDonalds and instead of quarters, they got SBA dollars. They were saying how ignorant some of the younger generations are. They kept on exchanging dollar bills for SBAs and got quite a few. I think about 10 or 20. |
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 United States
223 Posts |
I'm still in shock that they had a Morgan. The apartment complex is low income, so I assume somebody wanted their pack of smokes more than they wanted that worthless (to them) Morgan. The lady behind the counter seemed happy to give it to me because it made the nightly deposit easier.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Wow that is a great deal well done
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Posted 12/05/2014 10:57 pm
