A couple of weeks ago, I paid for my lunch and received this 1948 dime in my change. Three days later I paid for my lunch at a different restaurant and received this 1964 dime back in my change! Not worth much, but still fun to find them.
Back in the 80's and 90's I would sometimes find a Susan B. Anthony dollar in my pocket and wonder where it came from, and then realized I was getting them back in change in place of a quarter. That mistake happened a lot back then. Sort of a dumb idea to make them almost the same size as a quarter. This was back when cashiers could still do basic math in their heads and I would just stick my change in my pocket without counting it. These days if your bill comes to $15.51 and hand the cashier $20.01 it totally confuses them.
the way i look a t it you just got the cost of one days lunch in your pocket change if your average cost is about 4.50- 5$
But at least they're real and not that zincoid junk that corrodes spontaneously on contact with the air . I like pre 81 cents too .
Wow... I haven't personally seen a silver coin in change since the early 1990s when one popped out of a vending machine right into my hand. I still have that friendly thing somewhere. I'm glad to see that people still run into circulating silver. This month's Numismatist contains an interesting article about a collector who bought 172 cent rolls total from 5 different cities and recorded how many wheaties he found. Since it's still a fresh article I'll leave the results to the curious. But anyone could run similar experiments with higher denominations and record the resulting silver catch.
I've gotten a couple in change over the years, but not many. They are pretty hard to find, understandably. Even the roll searchers are running low. Congrats on your small win.
I never could understand the stupidity in distinguishing between the two.......after all, the Suzy B had a unique shape. If I had no trouble discerning the difference (and I'm no rocket scientist) how come folks other than me did? It wasn't a dumb idea, just too many dumb people.......
The first time I saw an SBA was as a small child coming back from the drug store. When I emptied out my pockets I realized that the clerk had given me 3 SBAs instead of 3 quarters. That was a very profitable stick of gum. If only all financial transactions worked that way.
I have to laugh when I hand a young cashier either a fifty cent piece or a two dollar bill and they have to call the manager over because they think I'm trying to pass counterfeit money.
