It can still happen
My friend at work was looking at her change from the soda machine and was thinking she got ripped off with another foreign coin. It turned out to be a 1866 3 cent nickel. Anyone have an experience like this recently. I think we all still get silver once in a while but I have never heard of a coin that old being found by anyone I knew for a very long time
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Permalink Reply by Frank Charly on -
Children can kill you. I remember my father's Indian Head pennies going into, at that time, penny gumball machines. Silver French francs going into nickel Coke machines, etc, I would be willing to bet that some eight year old put that coin into the machine. Protect your coins from children just as you would protect your children from guns,
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Permalink Reply by AdamL on -
Frank Charly said:Children can kill you. I remember my father's Indian Head pennies going into, at that time, penny gumball machines. Silver French francs going into nickel Coke machines, etc, I would be willing to bet that some eight year old put that coin into the machine. Protect your coins from children just as you would protect your children from guns,
Well said.
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Permalink Reply by Gary on -
Might be a good Ideal if your a collector to explain you kids what a collectible coin is and why its too valuable too just spend at face value.
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Permalink Reply by CraigL on
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I am sure that this coin was probably put back in circulation by a child but a child definitely did not put that coin in the soda machine as the machine is located in an operations center for a bank where children have no access to it. I wonder how many people passed it along in circulation before my friend noticed it. They probably thought they were dumping some foreign coin they got stuck with.
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Permalink Reply by Gary on
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Possible, on another group that I frequent. A guy found a small gold peso in a coin star machine a few years back. I know these are not worth a lot, but find one very now and again would pay off.
CraigL said:I am sure that this coin was probably put back in circulation by a child but a child definitely did not put that coin in the soda machine as the machine is located in an operations center for a bank where children have no access to it. I wonder how many people passed it along in circulation before my friend noticed it. They probably thought they were dumping some foreign coin they got stuck with.
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Permalink Reply by george palmer on
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MY son and I walk down to the store and I told him if he walk with me i would get him some gum so it was 1dollaer and 10 cent I gave them a 5 they gave me back three 1963 silver coin I was out side and then I went back in and ask them to make some change for me they gave me 4 more I made money buying some gum
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Permalink Reply by Indentured Servant on -
george palmer said:MY son and I walk down to the store and I told him if he walk with me i would get him some gum so it was 1dollaer and 10 cent I gave them a 5 they gave me back three 1963 silver coin I was out side and then I went back in and ask them to make some change for me they gave me 4 more I made money buying some gum
As this depression worsens I think we can expect to see more of this as people start spending small, loose coin collections they got from mom & dad. My wife brought home eight wheat pennies from change the other day and four 1940's nickels.
Bill
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Permalink Reply by Gary on
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Sound like a kids got into dad, mom, or grandpa collection. If you are a collector I think you would be a little wiser to know you probably could take your coins to a dealer or even a pawn shop and get more money than just trading them for face value at the store.
george palmer said:MY son and I walk down to the store and I told him if he walk with me i would get him some gum so it was 1dollaer and 10 cent I gave them a 5 they gave me back three 1963 silver coin I was out side and then I went back in and ask them to make some change for me they gave me 4 more I made money buying some gum
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Permalink Reply by Gary on
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I don't think we are quiet in a depression yet. We still have a ways to fall to get to that. You might want to read up on your history of depressions and look at pictures of the 1929 great depression to see what one looks like. It kinda like people were calling this a recession before it was. Then again if enough believe it is and wish hard enough it will be one. I guess people have to live through something harsh to feel important. Sorry maybe I don't understand situation enough, but I know its not a depression yet.
Indentured Servant said:george palmer said:MY son and I walk down to the store and I told him if he walk with me i would get him some gum so it was 1dollaer and 10 cent I gave them a 5 they gave me back three 1963 silver coin I was out side and then I went back in and ask them to make some change for me they gave me 4 more I made money buying some gum
As this depression worsens I think we can expect to see more of this as people start spending small, loose coin collections they got from mom & dad. My wife brought home eight wheat pennies from change the other day and four 1940's nickels.
Bill
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Permalink Reply by Jim Archibald on -
Gary, Don't think the term "depression" has to mean the same thing as what happened in the "Great Depression", times have changed alot and there are many safe guards in place. I'd recommend googling "economic depression" it might open your eyes about the times we're living in. I even hear that term used in the news from time to time, it's not so far fetched. ~ Jim
U.S. Coin Collecting
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Permalink Reply by Indentured Servant on
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Gary said:I don't think we are quiet in a depression yet. We still have a ways to fall to get to that. You might want to read up on your history of depressions and look at pictures of the 1929 great depression to see what one looks like. It kinda like people were calling this a recession before it was. Then again if enough believe it is and wish hard enough it will be one. I guess people have to live through something harsh to feel important. Sorry maybe I don't understand situation enough, but I know its not a depression yet.
I'm fortunate in that just for my own education I started studying the history of the US economy 22 months ago because I did not understand how the US and it's citizens could sustain such large debt loads. (a subject I've wondered about since I left high school in '85) It was a real eye-opener. As a result I'm down 8.1% for 2009 instead of the 40+% most are down. My personal belief is that we are in a depression and it will get MUCH worse and last longer than the Great Depression. I sincerely hope I'm wrong. Apologies for being off-topic.
Bill
Keeping the power of positive pessimism alive and well!
(Expecting the worst while hoping for the best)
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Permalink Reply by Indentured Servant on
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Gary said:I don't think we are quiet in a depression yet. We still have a ways to fall to get to that. You might want to read up on your history of depressions and look at pictures of the 1929 great depression to see what one looks like.
Do you mean pictures like those posted in this article about Sacramento?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1159677/Pictured-...
Last post on this topic. (Wish I could figure out if there is a functioning private message system in this forum)
Bill
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