finding gems in your pocket change
Let me start this one off with a big THANKYOU !! to all who were kind enough to comment on my first post.
I tried in vain to leave a reply to each and every one, however with no SP yet it would
not allow me to comment. I'm definitely a noob here but the learning curve isn't to steep, I'll be sure to reply once I get the little things figured out.
Ok, onto another short story:
A few years back I met an older gentleman named Dale. Super nice guy, typical run of the mill baby boomer. He was a widower, and having little to no savings had worked through his golden years as a maintenance
man in the hotel where my wife worked for room and board and some spending money. I remember him talking alot about retiring over the months, and when the time had finally come he had asked
me to help him load some of his heavier possesions into the truck, which i was happy to help with.
A big part of the heavy load was half a dozen 5 gallon wine carboys filled with change that he had collected since the 40's. Dale told me his first trip was to the bank to cash it in. Being a silver bug
and collector I told him that he had a small fortune there, I insisted that he should sort out the silver first because the bank was likely to pay him at face value and rip him off, not to mention the
likelihood of the rare collectible coins he may have. Dale was adamant that it was to much time and effort, so I didn't push the subject and left him to it. Dale did in fact get ripped off.
I bring up this story here and now because there are probably hundreds of stories like this. Alot of people dont realize that a simple sweep of a magnet will separate the valuable old silver coinage
from the newer base metal coins. A keen eye can spot the silver quarter out of a pile but why not just use said magnet?
Next time your rolling up your jars of change try it out, you may be surprised how many silver dimes and quarters still find their way into circulation. I just went through one of my change buckets and scored
a few pickers today!
Cheers!
Dale should have known better, can't trust these bankers. Hadn't really thought about the magnet trick to be honest, thanks for the tip.
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I'm finding odd sources of loose change and I do check them for Pennies that are Copper rather than copper clad steel, nickels that are actually nickel since their commodity value are more than double face. Not to mention those with very low mintages, American/ foreign coins, Stamping errors and of course silver ones.
I know how that feels - have only been around here for a bit more than a month - but when I asked in the server howcome I couldn't answer people they helped me out :)
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Dang, I feel kind of bad for him because he probably had some good stuff in there. Whoever frequents that bank is sure to find a few gems occasionally. Great post!