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So I'm on facebook on October 10th, and a friend posts that he got two 1964 quarters in change at a local Mexican fast food restaurant... I DM with him and find the place - it's in a mall which includes one of my dump banks, a buy bank, and a Coinstar... since it was nearly closing time, I make a mental note.. The next day, I hit the place as it opens... I make a small purchase but I don't hear any strange noises from the cashier's drawer... I run some errands, and come back a few hours later, just after a new person begins cashiering. A couple of young girls are in front of me, and they get something and as I hear the door open, I HEAR the silver quarters! I go up and ask for a water and then asked for change for $1... Sure enough, I get a 1964-D quarter. I ask him for $5 more dollars worth of quarters, and I get 5 more silver quarters - a 1961-D and four more 1964-Ds!!  I ended up cleaning out his change, and giving him a couple of dollars back... Yes, 6 silver quarters thanks to a friend's facebook post! Yes, I went back a few more times, but that was all they had. Inspired, I hit my goto bank there and bought $300 worth of quarters... actually did find a 1964-D amongst them. SO I ended up 7 silver quarters richer thanks to my friend's tip!  CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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That's great detective work, John77!
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Thanks, aristarchus! I am very persistent!  And here's that 1964-D I found in the 30 rolls bought at my nearby bank...  CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Wow that's pretty good .How do you figure that Mexican restaurant received so many silver quarters ?
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Wow that's pretty good .How do you figure that Mexican restaurant received so many silver quarters ? Thanks,T-BOP! I'm guessing they may have been part of a hoard of coins someone turned in at one of my local banks. I found out that someone had turned in a bunch of coins (cents, nickels, dimes, quarters) to my goto bank by there a couple of weeks earlier. By the time I got there, all they had left were 58 bankwrapped rolls of cents. Yes, I may have missed out on something really huge, but what can you do? As for the cents, they were in old style bank wrappers, and nothing was dated after 1974. I found 44 wheats and a couple of BU rolls of 1973-D and 1974-D cents. Still sorting through them and hoping for a 1970-S small date to turn up. I'll post about them at a future date. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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11/15/2017 2:14 pm
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Grandpa's collection back in circulation. Glad you grabbed a few.
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Thanks, skibdib and moxking... And yes, skibdib, there's a method to my coin madness! CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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For a minute there I thought you were in my safe. LOL
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For a minute there I thought you were in my safe. LOL Took me a second.  |
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Nice finds. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Thanks, all! And Loco, I had no idea that there was a user here with your name. CRH Nickeloholic. 1,600,000 nickels searched in eight years! Have found FOUR complete Jefferson sets!
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Amazing finds. Silver quarters are so hard to find in roll searching or change.
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