Curiosity poll for all those in CT. When you're at a store, do you ever peek into the cash register drawer to see if there are any interesting coins? In the last two weeks I have caught sight of 2 wheat pennies and a 1940 nickel. All from different stores. When the cashier opens the drawer, I see the old coins on top, and ask for them. Is anyone else out there this neurotic?
I have a very fond memory of seeing three 1940's era quarters in the charity donation box... Also I remember my mother recieving a 1922 $20 gold certificate in change when I was around the age of 7. I still am haunted to this day for not keeping it.
I've peeked before. Havent found much, but i do remember asking for a half dollar out of the cash register at a dry cleaner. I was also fortunate enough to notice a red seal 2 in a drawer at a bank, and she said she had a lot, and i ended up with 20ish red seal twos!
I'm a bagger at a grocery store, so I always look at the cashier's drawer. If there's something I want I buy it at face value.
Yes. I always look. I've never asked but I really have never seen anything in there that I would want. There is a charity box full a coinage at my local convenience store that makes me wonder what kind of goodies are in there...……….
Back in the 50's there was a grocery store on almost every corner. I new most all of the owners. When I got out of school I would stop at each one and check the cash register. In those days most people trusted others. The owners would not even look up to watch me. I found many, many good coins. On Saturday mornings I would go to the local bank. I would sit in the vault on the floor. The Tellers would bring trays of change and I would roll it for them - for free. In those days the Tellers had to roll all their own change by hand. And, as far as looking the register when it opens, I got real good at catching the dates on coins. 70 years later I still look when it opens.
I've been working as a cashier for the past 4 months now. So far I've found a 1964 dime a 1953 quarter and a 1939 quarter. sometimes I'll see wheat pennies but I don't snatch them up