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Valued Member
United States
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My job often requires me to walk city streets evaluating the condition of the pavement and curbs. Whenever I see a coin in the street or curb I can not help but pick it up. It is not that I am in need of a few extra cents or nickels, it is just that I can not stand to see them left on the street to be destroyed. Sadly, most of them are already pretty far gone before I come to their rescue. I have a tin at my office that I toss them in and it is nearly full of my "Road Kill" coins. I thought I would compile typical examples into a type set. Here is my "Road Kill Type Set"!  |
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Valued Member
United States
397 Posts |
You should get them slabbed for a lowball registry set. :)
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Valued Member
United States
463 Posts |
most people dont pick up any of those if they see them which I think is sad, wish a penny was as strong as it used to be in ex. 1920s
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Pillar of the Community
United States
880 Posts |
I think that's pretty cool to be honest. Would I own some, probably not haha... but I like looking at them.
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Valued Member
United States
439 Posts |
I like your road kill set. Maybe you will start a trend. My wife finds alot of coins on the ground too. She has eyes like a hawk.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
368 Posts |
thats a funny idea
I like it
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Don't forget to put it in a scratched and cracked holder!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
I too think that is a unique type of type set. With the economy the way it is lately I don't see coins on the ground at all anymore.
Doesn't it make you wonder how those got that way.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
Great idea! Get a capital plastic holder and put it on a mount above your fireplace!
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Moderator
 United States
23522 Posts |
I like you.
By the way, do you climb mountains?
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Valued Member
 United States
230 Posts |
Hi SuperDave,
Yes I do. Colorado 14'ers are one other thing I collect. How about you?
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
I live in flat, flat New Jersey, where the only mountains we have are associated with highway overpasses. The 14's are a pipedream for me, unfortunately, but one that I hold very close to the top of the list. I want very, very badly to stand atop Crestone Needle before I die.
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Valued Member
United States
230 Posts |
SuperDave! I live in flat, flat Kansas! Amazing you would mention the Needle. I summited it just this summer. If you want to continue this conversation via email send PM. --Staff Note: E-mail address removed to protect member from spam-bots. Please use the "Email Poster" option above.  |
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Valued Member
United States
286 Posts |
I have been finding a lot of them road kill coins in my roll searching  . you just might have started a new type of coin collecting  |
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Posted 11/24/2010 10:43 pm
