On three different occasions, one lady has accidentally given me three different great coins. Each one gets better. The first occassion was just a Log Cabin Cent. The second time she gave me a 1936 Buffalo Nickel. The third time, she gave me an 1939 Full Steps Jefferson Nickel (MS 65).
How can you be sure it is an accident? She may not look at her change - I know at work nobody does, but me. I scan through it all the time looking for odds and ends - nothing as good as a 39 nickel.
Yeah, actually. It's McDonalds if you read my profile. I've been there just one year and acquired about 10% of that income in coins. A lot of bills (star notes, low serial numbers), wheats, log cabins, log splitters, two 54 quarters, two 64 quarters and countless silver dimes.
Nice haul - I think I have found 1 silver dime in the change at work. That is all the silver - a few wheaties here and there.
Ya want fries with that? Sorry, my nephew just started there, couldn't help it. But I do have to start training him now to look at his change!
Typically I only look at worn/ faded nickels because they are most likely to be the older ones. When I saw this shiny nickel, I almost overlooked it thinking it was too shiny to be an old nickel. I took it out and for nearly a month thought it was a 1959 because without a loupe, the 1939 looks just like the 1959. When I started to put my nickels into Whitmans I realized that it was a 39.
Is she an older lady? Might be good karma to let her know that she may be overpaying for her burger. She may need the money.:smile
The best place to get coins like this from circulation is retail. In a McDonalds, where you have a slice of most income levels, you are going to get people using change from change jars, old sofas and chairs, car floors and ashtrays, the bottom of dresser drawers, in fact just about anywhere that loose change accumulates and sits for any period of time.
Yeah, and what do you think thats worth? It looks like a MS-63. I also need some help with the varieties for that year. The price guide I have has four different entries for the 1939, each one referring to the MONTICELLO doubling and wavy/even steps. Does anyone have a link to a site with pics of the variations. Thanks for any help.
