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<p>[QUOTE="panda, post: 889226, member: 24443"]my guess is, it just wasn't circulated much in its life. someone in 1968 could have got it in change from a fresh roll, then tossed it into his change bucket. now he has either passed on and all his change was rolled up and taken to the bank, or he rolled it and went to vegas!</p><p><br /></p><p>could be anything, people save change for years. my great grandmother was well off enough in life that she never had to count change and tossed all her change into a jug since she was in her early 20s. she passed away in 1993 and would have been 92 if she were still alive today. i would have loved to see all that fresh old change, but years ago my grandmothers house got robbed. they made it out with all the change! she estimated a few grand in face value, but who knows what was lurking in there...</p><p><br /></p><p>one other thing, the coin probably wasn't rolled very long to still have the luster it does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panda, post: 889226, member: 24443"]my guess is, it just wasn't circulated much in its life. someone in 1968 could have got it in change from a fresh roll, then tossed it into his change bucket. now he has either passed on and all his change was rolled up and taken to the bank, or he rolled it and went to vegas! could be anything, people save change for years. my great grandmother was well off enough in life that she never had to count change and tossed all her change into a jug since she was in her early 20s. she passed away in 1993 and would have been 92 if she were still alive today. i would have loved to see all that fresh old change, but years ago my grandmothers house got robbed. they made it out with all the change! she estimated a few grand in face value, but who knows what was lurking in there... one other thing, the coin probably wasn't rolled very long to still have the luster it does.[/QUOTE]
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