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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;indianaman79, post: 2243717, member: 46666&quot;]so i am posting this in the CRH forums because that is what lead me to this find, but first some back story.&nbsp; I do a box of pennies/nickels/dimes every week for silver and rare finds.&nbsp; i&#039;ve been in a major slump for the last year getting nothing but boxes of 2014 and 2015 for the entire year of all 3 denominations and this week was no different.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; i was very upset with this current streak and went to the bank to deposit my $375 in coins and i started dumping into the coin machine.&nbsp; it started to reject large amounts of nickels to the point of overflowing the reject bin.&nbsp; after the initial dump i did a secondary dump and a few of the nickels got stuck in the sorting &quot;arm&quot; which spins around and pushes the coins into the respective bags.&nbsp; i called the teller over because there was maybe .25 in nickels stuck in the sorting part of the machine under the arm, and she looked really annoyed and said &quot;really?&nbsp; you broke the machine again?&quot; kind of serious and kind of sarcastic (i&#039;m in there every week).</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; she came over and opened the top and released the stuck coins and it printed my receipt which was about .70 cents short of $375.&nbsp; now keep in mind, these are brand new boxes so i should not be short.&nbsp; i told her i was missing .70 cents and she pulls out the INTERNAL reject bin (you can&#039;t get access to it unless the tellers open the top) - you know the one that catches all the batteries, paper clips, nails, etc.&nbsp; she dumps this bin which is full of coins on to the counter top and its full of NASTY coins covered in gum, oil, hair, etc.&nbsp; this lady is in her 20&#039;s, looks super high maintenance (has a michael khors watch) and says she isn&#039;t digging through those coins to get my missing coins.&nbsp; i told her i would just take those 3 quarters and call it even.&nbsp; she then turns around to the other tellers and says the dumbest thing i&#039;ve ever heard &quot;is it illegal to throw away money?&quot;.&nbsp; she was referring to the small mound of dirty coins and bandaids that was left and those 2 started a small discussion when i jumped in and said that i would take it.&nbsp; she told me they weren&#039;t mine and i argued that if you are wanting to throw it away that i would just take it.&nbsp; she looked surprised that i would dig through a dirty pile of coins when she finally gave in and said it was OK to take it.&nbsp; i quickly pushed them into my empty canvas bag and went to check out.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; i got home and dumped the bag on the front porch and started to sort through them: damaged coins, foreign coins, batteries, band aids, paper clips, a couple of coins that appeared to have no problems, etc.&nbsp; i took a flathead screwdriver and pried the coins stuck together with gum apart, then took all of them and put them into a cup to soak with dish soap for a few days.&nbsp; fast foward to yesterday.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; i was bored and started to dry off and put away the coins that i could use - about $1.42 total.&nbsp; i couldn&#039;t believe this lady was going to just throw away that much.&nbsp; after i put the usable change away i went to the foreign coins and briefly looked at them when something caught my eye:&nbsp; this gold looking coin.&nbsp; i flipped it over and it said 1915 on the reverse.&nbsp; i could make out on the obverse that it said austria.&nbsp; i went and googled 1915 austrian coin and matched it up with a 1915 1 Ducat coin - its GOLD - .118 ozs of pure gold (pics below).&nbsp; its beat to all hell but its still gold.&nbsp; i weighed it and my scale came out to .12ozs (supposed to be .118) so i guess its real and SUPER thin.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; yeah - this chick was going to throw away a gold coin so she didn&#039;t have to get her nails dirty lolz</p><p><br /></p><p>tl;dr - found a gold coin</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]442858[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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