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Valued Member
Canada
223 Posts |
So I am road tripping from Canada to California and I figured I would get a roll or 2 of dollars see if I could add some to my Presidential dollar collection. I get my first roll open it up only to find 25 Fillmore dollars!! At least I have a few good Fillmore dollars now, will have to try again tomorrow see if I can get some older ones |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1409 Posts |
Try stopping at a rest stop and using the vending machine. I put a $5 into one here in FL last week and got 3 different Pres Dollars in change, including a BU Washington.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2797 Posts |
If you want variety, don't buy the rolls. It's rare for these to have been in circulation and then re-rolled. 99% will be fresh from the mint waiting to see the light of day. Here are two other places to find them in change: Transit kiosks and car washes. At the car washes they are dispensed from the change-maker for use in the self-service washes. Good Luck and enjoy your trip!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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car washes Yup, I even got some Sacagawea's from a car wash awhile back.... The "condition" of them was H.O.R.R.I.B.L.E........but.....they were there ! Also, if you peer into the cash registers at Quick Shops, gas stations, etc., etc., you can often spot some of the older dollars or Sac's....then you ask to buy them, and they're usually happy to oblidge ! .....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Forrest Gump would love the Dollars at my local car wash. "You never know what you're going to get" One week I get a handful of BU Fillmore-D's, the next week I get some nice Sac's and even two SBA's. Indeed, I never see 'mixed circulated' rolls of 26.5mm Dollars.... |
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Valued Member
 Canada
223 Posts |
Thanks for the advice. I will try those see if I can get a few of the earlier dollars
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Rest in Peace
 United States
1380 Posts |
In my business, we give out dollar coins. I typically get about three or four rolls a week from my branch bank (Bank of America)and, except right when a new dollar coin comes out, they give me hand wrapped rolls of mixed dollars, usually one or two SBA's, the rest about half and half mixed Sacs and Presidentials. I have no idea where all these mixed rolls are coming from, but they are almost always able to supply me my three or four rolls a week. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
Put $20 into a NJ Transit ticket machine to buy a $5 fare and you will end up with a pocket full of coins to clunk about all day!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
According to Coin World, the Fillmore dollars have the lowest mintage of the prez dollars to date! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1409 Posts |
I think those mintages will keep dropping. The public interest isn't anywhere near what they'd hoped for. The Lincoln mintage may jump.....but after that, its a long stretch of "who cares" before they get to another interesting Presidential dollar. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6326 Posts |
The Abraham Lincoln Dollar this year will definately be "popular".....and that'll get some attention ! But, yeah, after that, I agree, I bet they just mint a "token" amount ! (no pun intended ! LoL )
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03/30/2010 2:50 pm
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New Member
United States
35 Posts |
Dollars from a car wash...hmmm...around here, if you put a twenty in a car wash changer, you would be trying to find the attendant to put more quarters in the machine to finish paying you off.
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Valued Member
Canada
223 Posts |
I guess I hit the wrong car washes, tried 2 and all I got was 20$ in quarters both times, on the bright side my state collection should be done now : ) Will have to find another way to get dollars!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1450 Posts |
I put a $20 bill in a parking garage pay machine for a $6 fee and got 14 dollars back. It was a mix of pres.,sac. and one SBA. I had 6 millard Fillmore's,a James Monroe,a John Tyler and a few more I forget. I don't collect them so I sold them to my coin shop guy at face and he made me a great deal on a coin I needed. |
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Posted 03/30/2010 07:53 am
