On my way back from a gun/coin show yesterday, I stopped for a quick bite at one of my fav fast food places...while waiting for my order at the counter, I glanced down at the March of Dimes donation box - it's one of those about the size of a shoe box and made of pretty thick plexi (I think), and appeared to be completely sealed and bolted to the counter (I'll explain later how I know this). As I started to examine the coins, I spied a wheatie just off the side partially covered by a quarter...it looked to be about F/XF, no luster...but clearly a wheatie. I must have used every angle I could to get a better look, and I know the box was bolted down because I tried to shuffle it around to get a better look - lol...when the cashier brought my food, I asked if there were any way I could grab the penny for an exchage of a 25 cent donation (knowing my chances were slim and none), she said they had no control with that and it was managed by the MoD people...so, all I could do was eat my fish sandwich and grimace at the possibilities.... :binky:
This would have been a good episode of Seinfeld if George had been a coin collector, don't you think?
I never looked into the donation bins but I do know that the store itself has no control. Its usually the fund raiser that holds the keys to the box. But sometimes I do wonder if there is silver or a nice 1909 cent in there.
Ah don't worry about it. Guaranteed it was a common from the 50s. There was so many billions of them that they're pretty much all you're going to find in pocket change these days. Some people are amazed to find a wheat cent. I view it as you almost should for how many were put out there. Finding them is inevitable.
yeah, pretty sure it was a common date - but I still get that "going down a steep hill" feeling in my stomach when I spot one!
Working as a teacher, in another teacher's class I saw a collection she was taking up for some charity and it had a buffalo nickle in it. I substituted it for a quarter (not a rare date).
Probably not as long as it stayed submerged. Water itself is actually pretty harmless to most metals. Water in combination with some other things though can be quite damaging.
Kind of similar, I always look in the "leave a penny, take a penny" trays at every counter I pay at. I have swapped out many a cents lol.
