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<p>[QUOTE="FLA_JOE, post: 202819, member: 7746"]<b>silver quarter.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I got my fingers pretty dirty befor finding that silver quarter.I am new at this and have not examined the wheats closely.None have mint marks...looks like the earliest :1916,18,19, many in the mid 20s, and 40s.I am not quite sure of what to look for yet..but I am reading some recommended literature..Would you recommend some good cent errors to focus on?You mentioned laundromat...a sad note..while living in NY 20 years ago a neighbor who owned 2 laundromats had several 33 gal barrels of coins in his basment only to be unfortunately damaged by a total house fire in frigid March temps where there was 3 feet of frozen water /ice in the basement which did not thaw for quite a number of weeks.As a youngster I sold newspapers on the street at a nickel a pop but never saved any of those ..the distributor collected the coins and always paid me in bills..2- 3 bucks was a good night...60 years ago!!The best tippers were the Mohawk Indian iron workers who lived in Brooklyn Monday to Friday and on weekends returned to Canada.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FLA_JOE, post: 202819, member: 7746"][b]silver quarter.[/b] I got my fingers pretty dirty befor finding that silver quarter.I am new at this and have not examined the wheats closely.None have mint marks...looks like the earliest :1916,18,19, many in the mid 20s, and 40s.I am not quite sure of what to look for yet..but I am reading some recommended literature..Would you recommend some good cent errors to focus on?You mentioned laundromat...a sad note..while living in NY 20 years ago a neighbor who owned 2 laundromats had several 33 gal barrels of coins in his basment only to be unfortunately damaged by a total house fire in frigid March temps where there was 3 feet of frozen water /ice in the basement which did not thaw for quite a number of weeks.As a youngster I sold newspapers on the street at a nickel a pop but never saved any of those ..the distributor collected the coins and always paid me in bills..2- 3 bucks was a good night...60 years ago!!The best tippers were the Mohawk Indian iron workers who lived in Brooklyn Monday to Friday and on weekends returned to Canada.[/QUOTE]
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