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<p>[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3178793, member: 2098"]This idea has potential and in fact I've done it with success wherein I at least have been able to go through peoples' change jars and replace what I take out with an equivalent amount. The obvious and perhaps subtle challenge with this is doing it with the change jars/containers of people who don't know you too well. They likely won't tell you but they may feel hesitant to trust you to give an accurate or honest count to them. </p><p><br /></p><p>About 15 years ago my mother talked with a woman who I hadn't met. It turned out she had a five or so gallon water container that was full of coins she had started accumulating in 1990. I was excited at the prospects of being able to go through the bottom layers as a kind of time capsule to find coins that would be in high-grade of condition but would all date to an earlier time. </p><p><br /></p><p>The way it was going to work was I was going to go through the coins, roll them up and replace what I wanted to keep. However, the woman didn't express much enthusiasm in my going through the container and in the end, nothing came of the plan. Perhaps she was just feeling lazy about making it happen but it is also quite possible she just didn't trust me as she didn't know me at all. So, I'd keep this aspect in mind as you move forward with the idea when it comes to doing it with people who don't know you too well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="NOS, post: 3178793, member: 2098"]This idea has potential and in fact I've done it with success wherein I at least have been able to go through peoples' change jars and replace what I take out with an equivalent amount. The obvious and perhaps subtle challenge with this is doing it with the change jars/containers of people who don't know you too well. They likely won't tell you but they may feel hesitant to trust you to give an accurate or honest count to them. About 15 years ago my mother talked with a woman who I hadn't met. It turned out she had a five or so gallon water container that was full of coins she had started accumulating in 1990. I was excited at the prospects of being able to go through the bottom layers as a kind of time capsule to find coins that would be in high-grade of condition but would all date to an earlier time. The way it was going to work was I was going to go through the coins, roll them up and replace what I wanted to keep. However, the woman didn't express much enthusiasm in my going through the container and in the end, nothing came of the plan. Perhaps she was just feeling lazy about making it happen but it is also quite possible she just didn't trust me as she didn't know me at all. So, I'd keep this aspect in mind as you move forward with the idea when it comes to doing it with people who don't know you too well.[/QUOTE]
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