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bugo Valued Member United States 223 Posts	Posted 06/06/2016 4:49 pm A couple of weekends ago, it was Saturday evening and I had to do laundry. All the banks were closed and Walmart and other stores don't like giving out change. I thought to myself "who could I get quarters from this late?" and I thought "the casino!" I quickly found the cashier's booth and asked the guy for $30 in quarters. He opened his drawer and pulled out a huge handful of quarters and I spotted it immediately just be looking at the edge. I didn't want to get my hope up in case this was a false positive so I thought to myself that it might not have been silver in the first place. When he put the quarters into the sorting machine, it jammed up several times. Whether this was from a particular quarter or if the machine always jammed is not known. The machine counted out $30 worth of quarters and the cashier gave me a handful of them and it was lying right on the top of the pile of clad pieces: a 1958-D quarter. This makes the second silver quarter that I have found in the last few months, as I found a 1936 in a Coinstar machine. It's funny. I don't gamble. I don't even play Powerball or buy lottery tickets. Not of any moral objection - I just don't enjoy it and I don't want to blow my meager wages on gambling. I left the casino with more than I entered it with, so I guess that's a plus. Maybe I should have put $20 in a slot machine because I had good luck that night. Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/06/2016 4:52 pm Nice one! Report this Post to the Staff
Buddy Rest in Peace United States 7075 Posts	Posted 06/06/2016 7:43 pm Wow -- I didn't know there were casinos that still had cashiers with cash....everything here is all automatic. You put your money in and never see it again. Ha Ha! Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 06/07/2016 10:53 pm Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Slamnbass Pillar of the Community United States 3644 Posts	Posted 06/07/2016 11:36 pm Thats awesome good job! Report this Post to the Staff
yakimaboy Pillar of the Community United States 519 Posts	Posted 06/08/2016 12:09 am These small victories are so satisfying! Report this Post to the Staff
eaglefoot Pillar of the Community United States 6326 Posts	Posted 06/08/2016 07:44 am I thought for sure this topic would be...."I won some money at the casino and am going to buy some coins"... Good catch ! Report this Post to the Staff
GR58 Bedrock of the Community United States 11951 Posts	Posted 06/11/2016 11:53 am I never thought about asking for quarters at the casino. Nice find When I read the title, I was thinking like Eaglefoot. Won money and bought a cool coin. Several of my better coins were acquired this way. I might have never bought a 1909 S VDB if not for a good jackpot. Report this Post to the Staff
bugo Valued Member United States 223 Posts	Posted 06/28/2016 11:46 am I prefer acquiring coins this way to any other way. I could have bought the same quarter on ebay for $5 but finding it in the wild made it far more special and exciting for me. I could have dropped a $1 into a slot machine, won $20, and bought 4 identical 1958 quarters but I wouldn't have gotten 1/100th of the rush, the excitement, the amazement, fun, joy and the awe of the sheer luck involved with finding silver in the wild. I'm also proud of myself for spotting the silver quarter right away, as soon as the guy pulled the change out of the drawer. I imagine a casino would be a fairly good place to find silver. (As far as I know) this casino is card only and the machines do not eject coins upon winning. I assume the patrons bring their money to the counter and exchange it for casino credit (I have no idea how it works) and I would imagine that a larger percentage of these coins would potentially be collectible or old because gambling is an addiction and addictions can make one sell things you wouldn't normally sell. I worked at a casino for a few months as a barback, hated it. The job wasn't bad (manhandling 180lb full kegs of beer wasn't exactly a barrel of monkeys) but the cigarette smoke wreaked havoc on my health. Yes, smoking is legal in casinos here...terrible law. By my fifth day, I had completely lost my voice. On top of undiagnosed sleep apnea issues it was a miracle I breathed any clean air at all. The casino lifestyle is just...odd. I can't put my finger on it but there is something strange and peculiar about the whole place. I'm glad I no longer work there. I got to bartend for about 30 minutes a day and I would sometimes make $20 in that short time. If I could handle the smoke, I would make a good bartender. Report this Post to the Staff
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