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My grandmas friend at the bank called her and said someone turned in a "dollar coin" So my grandma went and picked it up for me. She called my dad to tell me what it is. It was a 2003 "dollar coin" and my dad said, "no, we want the large silver dollars not the small gold ones" and my grandma said, "but it is a large silver one." Then my grandfather said it had the words 999 fine silver on it, and at that moment I knew someone turned in a 2003 silver eagle for face value! Thanks grandma! I will be able to pick it up in 2 months when I visit her in Alabama. I live in Cali. Man. So cool that my grandma is in on getting coins for me for face at the bank.   Edited by SilverStackerKid
04/15/2015 10:33 pm
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Except the Silver Eagles don't say "999 Fine Silver." They say "One Ounce Fine Silver-One Dollar." Now there are privately minted rounds that also use the Walking Liberty design. Maybe it's one of those? Nice haul nonetheless.
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04/15/2015 10:42 pm
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Or maybe she's just a little older and misinterpreted what her hubsand said haha.
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Or maybe she's just a little older and misinterpreted what her husband said haha. Probably. Lol. She said there was a lady on the front and an eagle on the back. |
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Wow wish my family was in on getting me coins. Lucky ;P
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That's awesome man only thing my grandma ever gave me was a 2000 p SAC that was well circulated and she was so proud she had found one I just had to except it and say thanks. Congrats on a good grandma HAHAHAHA I'm kidding they are all good grandparents we are lucky to have them. I want to see a picture when you get it.
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 I can remember when I was about 7 years old my grandmother gave my cousin and I a Morgan dollar for each us. all I can remember is mine had a CC on the back of it. don't know what my cousin got. don't know what happened to my CC.  |
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My grandparents gave me an 1881 Haiti One Gourde coin about 20 years ago when I first got into collecting. It's a large silver dollar size coin, and is 90% silver. No idea how it came into their possession. I still have it.
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Sounds like a nice find if it is an ASE.  |
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Very nice! I once made smalltalk with a customer who received a $50 gold eagle as payment (for face) at his restaurant. People will do crazy things!
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I still have the two Morgans that my grandfather gave me. In fact they're sitting on my desk now.
Now if I could just get my parents to start saving coins for me...
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People thinking they are being "nice" sometimes leave my waitresses morgans, peace, ikes, ASE, ect. Little do they know those same waitresses toss them in the drawer and take out a dollar bill. I never complain because they'll come home with me for face value. |
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Who the heck "spends" an ASE? I've never heard of such a thing nor can I imagine ANY circumstance in which it can happen |
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I have also snagged an ASE for face. Stranger things have happened. |
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If I had plenty of money & nothing better to spend it on, well, maybe I'd buy Maple Leafs & spend them at face value when I was in Canada.
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My grandmother, now 83, gave me a 1922 Peace dollar back in 2006 that she received from one of her customers that she used to sew for back in the 60's. I guess someone paid with that, and she ran this business out of her house basically, repairing peoples cloths while my grandfather was off at work as an electrician, where he made some really good money. My grandparents always save their change for me, and whenever my grandpa goes to the bank he grabs some rolls of coins for me. Recently, he gave me Two Cent rolls from the 60's (Cleveland Trust Wrappers; they closed in the 70's) and it had 37 wheats total, and the rest were coppers up til 1968. He's got an Eisenhower dollar from the bank, several 40%'s for me, clad halves, and one dime roll he picked up had a 46 silver in it. :P |
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