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Valued Member
United States
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Waaaay back in the 70's my sister gave me this brown jug which I used all these years for pocket change! Now she wants the jug back. LOL so I dumped over a hundred pounds of coins from it this morning and found three tiny gold coins in the mix! I'm lucky the bottom didn't fall off from the weight! Let the hunt begin!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I am hoping that the gold coins are real. Also, I would search through all of that change for errors and varieties.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow! Congratulations! And the jug itself looks like a fairly collectible piece of history as well. Glad it did not break.
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Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very cool..  ..I think I see a big time error cent...right there next to that nickel...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could we see some close up shots of the "gold" coins please. Should be some early 80's in there. Good luck with the hunt.
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow! That is really cool! That looks like it will be hours of coin searching fun ... I am curious though why does she want the jug back if you have had it for so long? |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Modern day version of a Roman coin hoard.
Container copper, not terra cotta.
Romans never had paper money.
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Two of those Gold coins seem to be 1/10th ounce bullion pieces, one a 1/20th ounce. Don't know about the irregular shaped piece.
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Valued Member
 United States
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Valued Member
United States
485 Posts |
@Vivian410 Finally the jug fits her decor. You can take the girl out of the country but you can never take the country out of the girl! LOL
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Valued Member
United States
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@Errors and Varieties, yes I'm pretty sure they are real! I must have had them in my pocket years ago and put them in the jug inadvertently. And yes I plan on searching all of these coins. BTW did you see COOPs overlay on the Idaho quarter?
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Valued Member
United States
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@DrDon, I have dozens of these tiny gold coins but I think the earliest I have is 1984. Is there something special to look for in those?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry, it should have read " Should be some early 80's cents in there. I no nothing about gold coins other then they are out of my price range.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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WOOOOHOOOOOO!
100 lbs of coins for ANYBODY on this forum would be a superb challenge!
GOLD is ICING on the lot!
Congrats! Thanks for sharing!
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United States
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@sel_691 I have a cup full of these tiny coins but most are so bad that any detail can't be seen. Any suggestions on how to clean them up?  |
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United States
485 Posts |
@DrDon, LOL ok I know about the 82 cents (copper, zinc, large and small) what else should I look for early 80's?
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