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Valued Member
United States
419 Posts |
I have found three silver coins in the last few weeks while counting drawers at work. Nickles (both pretty worn) 1945 P (w/ what looks like a little flake of metal coming off) 1942 s Dime Probably in the F range (I'm still new at grading) 1957 But hey if nothing else... still silver!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Amazing that silver still makes it into circulation over there. I suppose with tougher times some people may be liquidating hoards.
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Moderator
 United States
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I agree, someone cleaned out a change jar or something. Nice finds!  |
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Moderator
United States
16677 Posts |
Any silver is good silver!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4541 Posts |
Congrats on the silver find... I have not found any silver this year,,, its my new years resolution to find more silver  |
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Valued Member
United States
88 Posts |
I love it when I find silver in pocket change. Those rare finds brighten my day.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1121 Posts |
All the rolls (except halves) that I have searched and pocket change have been very fruitless finding silver. Nice Finds!
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
It's the economy I think.
I have a clerk friend who found four silver coins in the last week.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
I received three silver quarters in change at a Publix supermarket here in Florida last year. I took my groceries to the car and went back in the store and bought a roll of quarters from the customer service center. All were clad...so I went back through the same checkout line (number 4) and asked the lady to trade her quarters for mine - one for one. She obliged, and traded her $7.75 drawer count for my $7.75 in quarters. Stacked them right up on the bagging counter in piles of four. I ended up with $5.75 face in silver quarters, and she never batted an eye as she clunked obviously different sounding quarters out for my crappy Statehood Quarters. I sold them the next day for $51. Groceries were free!! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
For those who might want to know, it was the Publix on Bee Ridge road in Sarasota just off I-75. But this happened just about exactly a year ago.
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Valued Member
United States
75 Posts |
last week after going through my change I received at the local supermarket I was surprised when I found a 1941 Mercury dime. it is in pitiful shape but it's the first mercury I've ever received in change  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7629 Posts |
I never received one of those in change....and I've been checking change since the early 70s.
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Valued Member
United States
75 Posts |
i was shocked too.
i figured it probably came from someone who didn't know or care what it was.
Edited by T J
12/15/2008 10:43 pm
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Valued Member
 United States
419 Posts |
I found another silver dime yesterday in a register. I have found one merc. in a register about a year ago...it was in Fair shape. I agree that the economy must have something to do with it...people just getting rid of there old change.
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Valued Member
United States
138 Posts |
i have only found one silver coin in change. it was a silver dime. and it wasn't even mine. I was going through a friends coin jar for fun.
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Valued Member
United States
135 Posts |
The only silver I found in pocket change was a 1943P nickel from a local store. Still looking for more.
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Posted 12/14/2008 5:40 pm
