hey guys, just as a fun discussion, are there any places where you used to get potentially valueable coins for face value??
The short answer NO. While on very rare exceptions, an error coin may be found in circulation. Examples include the mule coins found over the past few years. The Sacagawea-Washington dollar coin was worth 50 grand plus. The Dime-Cent mule is in the 10 grand range. Other than monster errors like that, the odds are stacked against you. Some smaller errors have been found like the 1995 doubled die Lincoln, and the new 2003 wavy step Lincolns. Keep searching, and you never know what may pop up. Now you won't get rich, but you may make a few bucks.
Define "valuable". You can do it at auctions if you get lucky. I was at an auction where my father-in-law bought 2 rolls of Sacagawea dollars for $5 each. Not really "valuable", but we always get a laugh about that one. We spent over $8000 that day, but nothing gave him more joy than that $10 lot. I was also once with him at Blockbuster. While paying at the counter, he heard a familar sound of silver coins (he is amazing). Anyway, it turns out, some came in a paid for rentals with silver quarters. The clerk happily gave those as change to us. And finally, once he was in Florida on vacation. He paid for some food for and saw the clerk bust open a roll of Delaware (I think) state quarters. So, he went up to the manager and offered him something (my memory is fuzzy here) for every roll he could find. As it turns out, this manager called around to all the other stores, got each of the rolls and sold enough to my father in law to pay for his vacation. So, nothing real valuable, but this thread is for fun anyway. Best Regards, - Hal
Hey Yep-- I went to the bank and got some 90% and 40% half dollars for face value. Not bad when usually I have to pay $3.00 for a silver half, to get some for 50 cents Speedy
Well i heard of one person in i think Germany somewhere, that was cashing up the money that had been left in the church donation box before locking up for the night, and low and behold they found a Queen Anne guinea (1702-1714) in there with all the other stuff. Not every day you can come across an 18th century gold coin mixed in with the change! (i never found out whether it was true or not, but it's not beyond the levels of concievability, i imagine some funny things get left in church donation boxes).
