kingman mikey
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Got this in change today, 1938 S Merc in near excellent cond. OMG
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It still happens
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WOW!
Cliff
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kingman mikey
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I got this in store change not detecting. Someone is either very stupid or spending their collection. Haha.
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Tom_in_CA
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Oh yeah, I missed that part. Ok, then your next task is to go coin-roll hunting daily, until you find the elusive 1916 D merc in that shape
kingman mikey
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I may do that.
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GroundSweeper
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Wow that’s pretty crazy! I got a war nickel in my change probably 5 or more years ago, about it!
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The company I used to work for had an “honor system” basket in the cafeteria at breakfast time. So, if you bought a bagel, etc, you dropped your money in it, making change as needed.
One morning I went to pay for my breakfast, and when I looked in the basket there was a Franklin half-dollar in it. Yikes!
When I dug around, there was about two dollars in pre-64 silver coinage. I got the lady that worked the cash register, and asked her if she knew who dropped that in there - and added that she probably should “buy” it out of the basket, as it was worth a good bit more than face value. I also asked if she would keep an eye out, and encourage whomever was doing it to stop. Over the next week or so, I kept seeing Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters, and the like - almost every day.
Finally, I saw the cash register lady one day, and she told me she was paying attention, and noticed that an early-20s young lady was buying breakfast with these silver coins. This young lady shared that her grandfather passed away, and left her a large jar of change, which she was using to buy things...
Good news is that we got her stopped before it was all gone.
The company I used to work for had an “honor system” basket in the cafeteria at breakfast time. So, if you bought a bagel, etc, you dropped your money in it, making change as needed.
One morning I went to pay for my breakfast, and when I looked in the basket there was a Franklin half-dollar in it. Yikes!
When I dug around, there was about two dollars in pre-64 silver coinage. I got the lady that worked the cash register, and asked her if she knew who dropped that in there - and added that she probably should “buy” it out of the basket, as it was worth a good bit more than face value. I also asked if she would keep an eye out, and encourage whomever was doing it to stop. Over the next week or so, I kept seeing Mercury dimes, Standing Liberty quarters, and the like - almost every day.
Finally, I saw the cash register lady one day, and she told me she was paying attention, and noticed that an early-20s young lady was buying breakfast with these silver coins. This young lady shared that her grandfather passed away, and left her a large jar of change, which she was using to buy things...
Good news is that we got her stopped before it was all gone.
1 vote for Grandpa's collection.
