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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 574727, member: 17753&quot;]My day&#039;s experience was the convergence of so many threads I&#039;ve been reading, I couldn&#039;t figure out where to post, so I figured I&#039;d start a new one.</p><p><br /></p><p>After working in DC for 30+ years, I first learned (today, in another thread) that the US Mint has a kiosk at Union Station (a 5 minute walk from where I work).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I decided to walk over and check it out.&nbsp; On the way over, I stopped by my bank, and showed &quot;my teller&quot; a picture of the four new Lincoln cents -- she was happy to see them.&nbsp; I also gave out four &quot;chocolate coins&quot; which were very well received!</p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the Mint kiosk -- basically, you can get many of the things that you can get at the website -- for the same price -- but without the postage (!!).&nbsp; I also saw (curiously) WH Harrison $25 rolls, which are currently listed as &quot;sold out&quot; on the USMint site (anybody need?).&nbsp; I didn&#039;t buy anything, I just wanted to check it out (and, yes, I asked if he had 2009 cents -- the answer was no).</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I left, and, trying to eat healthy, saw a vendor selling apples, and decided to purchase one with a new Sac dollar (Last week, I received the box of $250 Sacs for the grand price of $250 no postage and put it on my credit card, where I got 1% for it.&nbsp; BTW, I tried flipping them on eBay -- I put two up for auction, and between fees and postage, etc., I made a grand total of $0.08!)</p><p><br /></p><p>When the vendor opened the cash register, I saw very new looking shotgun rolls of cents.&nbsp; I asked her if they were the new 2009 cents, and she said (in broken English &quot;yah yah&quot;).&nbsp; My heart jumping, I asked if I could look at them -- she showed me one, and there was a brand spanking glittering 2000-something Lincoln on one end -- I looked at the other end, and what did I see? . . . a wheatie!&nbsp; I looked back to the front, it was a 2008.&nbsp; Oh well.&nbsp; I purchased two rolls with another Sac dollar.&nbsp; I&#039;m back at work now, and I don&#039;t have time to look through the rolls.&nbsp; (But of course -- I did take the wheatie out to look at it -- it was a 1948.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing exciting, no great finds (well, other than knowing I can get some stuff from the Mint without having to deal with their shipping system, or the shipping costs) . . . but, just another half-hour of the day made interesting because I like coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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