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<p>[QUOTE="GaryBurke, post: 73223, member: 1874"]I always seem to have change in my pockets. I lay the coins on my desk, and then about once a week, with the help of grandkids, we look through it all. Some coins go into the kids' and grandkids' "birthday year cups," and once in a while I will find something worth keeping.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hit the jackpot once, many years ago. While attending college I roomed that first year away with a guy who was a bartender in order to support his college expenses. He put all of his tips in quart jars. Mainly quarters and half dollars. How many jars? About 10 to 15 as I recall. One day he found I was a coin collector, and invited me to search all of them for anything I wanted. I did, but can't remember what I found. Remember this was 1963, so you can imagine the possibilities.</p><p><br /></p><p> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GaryBurke, post: 73223, member: 1874"]I always seem to have change in my pockets. I lay the coins on my desk, and then about once a week, with the help of grandkids, we look through it all. Some coins go into the kids' and grandkids' "birthday year cups," and once in a while I will find something worth keeping. I hit the jackpot once, many years ago. While attending college I roomed that first year away with a guy who was a bartender in order to support his college expenses. He put all of his tips in quart jars. Mainly quarters and half dollars. How many jars? About 10 to 15 as I recall. One day he found I was a coin collector, and invited me to search all of them for anything I wanted. I did, but can't remember what I found. Remember this was 1963, so you can imagine the possibilities. :) :)[/QUOTE]
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