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<p>[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 24486087, member: 76105"]I was at the grocery store today to fetch some ingredients for dinner tonight, paid, and was on my way out when I decided to check the Coinstar reject tray to see if any potential treasures had been left behind. My luck there so far has been just two silver dimes over every time I’ve checked.</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed something inside this time that was not only silver, but huge! I thought it could have been a half dollar or even a Morgan or Peace dollar. I took it out and made out the outlines of a heavily worn Seated Dollar! I was in disbelief. What are the odds???</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1859-S Seated Dollar has a mintage of just 20,000 pieces. In fact, all San Francisco mint pieces together add to less than 30,000. The vast majority of the mintage was exported to China - who knows what kind of journey this piece went on? What a find!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1550081[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1550082[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 24486087, member: 76105"]I was at the grocery store today to fetch some ingredients for dinner tonight, paid, and was on my way out when I decided to check the Coinstar reject tray to see if any potential treasures had been left behind. My luck there so far has been just two silver dimes over every time I’ve checked. I noticed something inside this time that was not only silver, but huge! I thought it could have been a half dollar or even a Morgan or Peace dollar. I took it out and made out the outlines of a heavily worn Seated Dollar! I was in disbelief. What are the odds??? The 1859-S Seated Dollar has a mintage of just 20,000 pieces. In fact, all San Francisco mint pieces together add to less than 30,000. The vast majority of the mintage was exported to China - who knows what kind of journey this piece went on? What a find! [ATTACH=full]1550081[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1550082[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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