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<p>[QUOTE="Jim Leff, post: 4313778, member: 111786"]Ok, shaggy dog ending....</p><p><br /></p><p>Having cashed in the 1967 pennies for a big $7.50 payday, and more or less organized the deluge of unsorted pennies (I've ordered a bunch of wrappers from Amazon), and respectfully glanced through the steel pennies and 1960-small-date pennies, the sad eroded Buffalo nickels, and the speculative silver dimes and quarters, I finally worked down to the bottom of the box, where I found....</p><p><br /></p><p>More pennies. This time sorted, at least. Good-not-great dates. Looks like he ceased the sorting project in the late 1940s (which explains the subsequent penny pile-up).</p><p><br /></p><p>I could swear he had a few higher class pieces, maybe bought at auction. I think I remember something about something Roman, though certainly nothing spectacular. And I'm pretty sure there were a bunch of 19th century silver dollars. If so, that stuff's hidden in a different basement box. The mystery endures!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhoo...</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll sell the silver for the silver, and, per the other thread, find a way to unload the unsorted wheats. The steel pennies and 60-small-dates I guess willgo on eBay, along with the Mexican 25 peso (aka steak dinner). The sorted pennies, I need to at least roughly grade and value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd sell here, but <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/warning-if-you-buy-here-you-may-get-ripped-off.316414/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/warning-if-you-buy-here-you-may-get-ripped-off.316414/">the warning in the For Sale forum</a> (smart to put up, by the way; I ran an online forum once, myself, so I sympathize) scares me. Also, I'm told I need a certain amount of seniority to post there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Though it makes my story here a bit of a dud, I actually like the uncertainty of whether some more exciting and valuable cache awaits me in the basement...true or not. I'd simply let it go, but I do need to work through every box for an upcoming move out of the country about a year from now. So I'll report back if I find anything![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Leff, post: 4313778, member: 111786"]Ok, shaggy dog ending.... Having cashed in the 1967 pennies for a big $7.50 payday, and more or less organized the deluge of unsorted pennies (I've ordered a bunch of wrappers from Amazon), and respectfully glanced through the steel pennies and 1960-small-date pennies, the sad eroded Buffalo nickels, and the speculative silver dimes and quarters, I finally worked down to the bottom of the box, where I found.... More pennies. This time sorted, at least. Good-not-great dates. Looks like he ceased the sorting project in the late 1940s (which explains the subsequent penny pile-up). I could swear he had a few higher class pieces, maybe bought at auction. I think I remember something about something Roman, though certainly nothing spectacular. And I'm pretty sure there were a bunch of 19th century silver dollars. If so, that stuff's hidden in a different basement box. The mystery endures! Anyhoo... I'll sell the silver for the silver, and, per the other thread, find a way to unload the unsorted wheats. The steel pennies and 60-small-dates I guess willgo on eBay, along with the Mexican 25 peso (aka steak dinner). The sorted pennies, I need to at least roughly grade and value. I'd sell here, but [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/warning-if-you-buy-here-you-may-get-ripped-off.316414/']the warning in the For Sale forum[/URL] (smart to put up, by the way; I ran an online forum once, myself, so I sympathize) scares me. Also, I'm told I need a certain amount of seniority to post there. Though it makes my story here a bit of a dud, I actually like the uncertainty of whether some more exciting and valuable cache awaits me in the basement...true or not. I'd simply let it go, but I do need to work through every box for an upcoming move out of the country about a year from now. So I'll report back if I find anything![/QUOTE]
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