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So, I just counted. I have 12 $1 dollar bills in my pocket. Don't know why, but.. how the heck can I carry 12 $1 coins? If you were doing it right, you would have a ten and a two.  If we had dollar coins, we would be more willing to use them on the next purchase, the same reason why we do not (unwillingly) end up with a pocket full of quarters or dimes. Quote:
Following is a list of all Ikes. The purple text below indicates coins released for circulation. I sweetened it up a little bit. |
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Part of the reason I was surprised that I had 12 ones is that I stopped using cash about 5 years ago. I carry zero coins, I only spend a one if I buy something less than $1. for EVERYTHING else I use a credit card and pay it off each month. Gives me a record of what I spend. I do keep a couple big ones in my wallet just in case.
For me.. 99% cashless society.
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You da man ... as always jbuck! Thanks  As to dimes and such - I don't know... these never seemed to be a problem in acquiring too many. And even at that, I never kept track of it - never had to - never felt a need to. Maybe b/c they are so small it takes a bunch to be noticed, unlike quarter+ sized pieces? I am not saying it is not done by anyone, but I have never heard of anyone really keeping (or even desiring to have to be keeping) a running inventory of pocket change. I have seen people want to get rid of a pocket full of change though, and so they deliberately feed a vending machine. Edited by Earle42
10/28/2015 6:09 pm
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I think the '76-P type I Ike is one of the greatest sleepers ever. There were only a couple million made and a couple more million for mint sets. The low mintage was not common knowledge at the time so many actually degraded in "circulation". Over time large numbers of the mint set coins have also been spent. What many people still don't realize is that if you want a nice attractive BU example you'll have to pick through about a dozen mint sets or several rolls because typical quality of these is simply atrocious. Now that poorly stored mint set coins are often tarnished there might be as few as seven to ten thousand nice attractive examples that the average collector desires. It seems even AU's and poor examples should bring more than the current wholesale of about $2.50
Gems are quite scarce for this date as there is widespread retained planchet marking and ubiquitous scratches. Sometimes even strike is an issue on mint set coins. They appear only in the '75 mint sets and no mules have been reported to date.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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If you were doing it right, you would have a ten and a two.
If we had dollar coins, we would be more willing to use them on the next purchase, the same reason why we do not (unwillingly) end up with a pocket full of quarters or dimes.
I use cash on almost all of my purchases; except pay at the pump gas and large over $100 purchases. For years I have never ever, ever, never spent any coins I get; how else will I get more change to look through? I have a 32 ounce plastic cup in the cup holder of my car and after I examine the coins the rejects go in there, the good stuff goes in the door handle. If I don't go back to the car I put reject coins in the hip pocket; good coins in the left back pocket. I recently stopped spending any dollar bills I receive back in change as well; these go in a drawer and when I get enough I will use them to buy gold coins for my 20th century type set. I have to be getting close to a double eagle by now. |
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For me.. 99% cashless society. Same here, other than coin shows and a couple of Mom & Pop's (who round cash totals down to avoid giving out cents). I will not even call it plastic, since my use of Android Pay is steadily increasing. Quote:
I am not saying it is not done by anyone, but I have never heard of anyone really keeping (or even desiring to have to be keeping) a running inventory of pocket change. I have seen people want to get rid of a pocket full of change though, and so they deliberately feed a vending machine. I never had to keep inventory when I was a heavy cash user, I just knew what I had. Not really difficult. It was almost second nature, like not having to look at a keyboard while typing or remembering old CCF threads so I can link them. Quote:
For years I have never ever, ever, never spent any coins I get; how else will I get more change to look through? That is why I had 'unwillingly' in parentheses. I am sure more than a few have willingly 'loaded up' with change to have something to look through later.  |
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I never had to keep inventory when I was a heavy cash user, I just knew what I had. Not really difficult. It was almost second nature, like not having to look at a keyboard while typing or remembering old CCF threads so I can link them Thats because sum peeples got braines fer this typa thang.  Now that I think about it, I am not surprised some people could keep running inventory without thinking about it. My son Seth has (as he described it) has an "arrow" in his mind he points to the car. With every move it stays fixed on the car's location. The very first time I took him into the Allehgheny National Forest, we went a couple miles deep. I asked him where the car was. He took us right back out to it. I put him to the test many a time after that - and even trusted him over the actual GPS a couple of times when slow satellite reception made for lagging information that was convincingly misleading. No effort - just happens. However, its not something I have internally. |
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I think the '76-P type I Ike is one of the greatest sleepers ever. I have come to this realization as well. It's always a pleasurable educational experience when reading your assessments, cladking. Thank you for sharing. Your knowledge and vast experience are a valuable resource for this community. I'm thinking I need to save all your posts and create my own Cladking's Guide to Modern Coins - CCF Edition.Edited by Darth Morgan
10/31/2015 09:41 am
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 Darth has a very valid point even if he was not serious about a compilation. Its great to have someone so in tune to the clad options of this hobby on CCF like cladking  . Darth...if you would get serious about this... please post. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2Edited by Earle42
10/31/2015 11:02 am
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Darth...if you would get serious about this... please post.
I'm thinking about maybe doing this with at least all of his posts concerning the Eisenhower dollar, since that is my favorite modern coin. Hmmmmmm.... |
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Thanks a lot guys. Fifteen or twenty years ago it was just me and a small handful of other guys who knew anything about moderns and clads but now there are many people and I'm sure many have passed me by.
Clads are a lot of fun for me and this will never end. There's always more tolearn and more to appreciate.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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