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Old 12-31-2008, 11:43 PM   #31 (permalink)
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Great find Magman! That one might be hard to top but I am sure that you will try.


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Old 12-31-2008, 11:48 PM   #32 (permalink)
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its not and IHC but I found a 57 d wheatie at target today

I think the best find I've heard of was a $20 gold eagle
I dont know who would spend that.
Then again, I have heard of someone finding a 50$ Platinum Bullion

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Great find Magman! That one might be hard to top but I am sure that you will try.
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I certainly will! But I doubt it. lol
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Old 12-31-2008, 11:57 PM   #33 (permalink)
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I dont know who would spend that.
Then again, I have heard of someone finding a 50$ Platinum Bullion



I certainly will! But I doubt it. lol
A drunk guy went into a Circle K and tried to buy a 12 pack, the cashier told him to wait and ran over to the coin shop a "few doors down" to see if it was real and it was so she accepted it.

I heard another story at the same shop about a guy who gave away a 1 oz platinum eagle to a kid that helped him get his car unstuck out of the snow..... was in his pocket.... lol
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Old 01-01-2009, 12:05 AM   #34 (permalink)
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The one I heard was a kid spent it at a convenience store because he got it as a present.
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Old 01-01-2009, 12:11 AM   #35 (permalink)
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The one I heard was a kid spent it at a convenience store because he got it as a present.
Sounds like something I could have done when i was a kid lol never had the chance too lol.
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Old 01-01-2009, 01:00 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Old 01-01-2009, 05:56 AM   #37 (permalink)
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About 15 - 20 years ago, one summer was at an A&W drive-in restaurant, and got change, lo and behold........a 1929 $10 bill given back...great color, I am sure from someones collection. No.....do not have it, sold it to neighbor....what a shame, eh ?




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Old 01-01-2009, 04:41 PM   #38 (permalink)
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That is one nice IHC! Great find! I heard about a kid who went to a gas station to buy some cigs and paid with 12 silver washingtons.
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Old 01-01-2009, 04:49 PM   #39 (permalink)
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The few, the proud, the.....LUCKY ...LOL. Great find!!!
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Old 01-01-2009, 11:46 PM   #40 (permalink)
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That is one nice IHC! Great find! I heard about a kid who went to a gas station to buy some cigs and paid with 12 silver washingtons.
ah, now that would be a good day! lol

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The few, the proud, the.....LUCKY ...LOL. Great find!!!
lol, no kidding.
I can only wonder how it got here...
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Old 01-02-2009, 12:38 AM   #41 (permalink)
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That is one nice IHC! Great find! I heard about a kid who went to a gas station to buy some cigs and paid with 12 silver washingtons.

Oposite happened me, I went to get smokes and the guy at the register thought he had some fake quaters (they were very circulated quarters between 1940s-1950s) and I told him what they were and got about 5 for mychange. wonder if I would have kept quiet if i could have gotten them all
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Old 01-02-2009, 08:01 AM   #42 (permalink)
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Excellent find. It must have gotten your heart pumping. Isn’t it thrilling when unexpectedly out of nowhere, going about your business you get rewarded with a special gift? As you treasure the coin, treasure the moment as well.
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Congrats on that find. I work retail but sadly in the stock room. I only get on the registers ever so often, and most people now a days pay with credit cards....

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Old 01-04-2009, 10:38 PM   #44 (permalink)
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I've found one at work too. It was in a changer that I was doing. I'm like you though. I break open coin rolls sometimes before I need them cuz I just have a feeling there will be something in there. Never is though. LOL
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