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<p>[QUOTE="killswitch95, post: 4562024, member: 105377"]So I got a job at a new store in early March (Better pay/hours/yada yada who cares) and I've been eagerly going through the rolls in this 'New Territory' scoping out the rolls, looking through the bills people bring in and seeing if this step up in the job market translated to a step up in my hobby as well...</p><p><br /></p><p>I gotta say, for the first three months I'm not disappointed...</p><p><br /></p><p>5+ War Nickels (I find those a lot regardless of the store)</p><p>50+ Wheats (I don't know what bank we use, but I love it)</p><p>1 Silver Dime (They pop up from time to time)</p><p><br /></p><p>But the finds of the job so far...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/nioC9sx.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/h46QtUn.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>The elusive Buffalo Nickel... I got two Shield Nickels at my last job and between the two about $1.00 face of War Nickels but I could never find that Buffalo... Until about two weeks ago...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/j1qytvy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Is that... No... Not out of a roll of BU 2020's...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/lRJ6gVM.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/kQWbNca.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>IT IS! The one coin in a roll of 2020's that wasn't a 2020 and it was a 1909... </p><p>Sweet...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/JdH68qm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/a6boEvk.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Cracked open another penny roll to find... A Silver Edge?... Yup...</p><p>A 50% Silver Edge to be exact, a 1936 British Six Pence... Nice...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/FW5GxPl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/FrQGEg8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Saw the Reverse facing as an ender and knew I had to open the roll, 1945 King George VI Canadian Cent... Nice finding an old Foreign...</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of Canadians, the Canadians are invading!</p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/TuNA7xs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/pgaJ0l2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And finally, an older gentleman came in one day to put some gas in his old Impala (Very nicely maintained and the only car at the pumps at the time) it was later in the evening so I guess he was cruising for the day and said 'Gimme $10 gas on the Impala' and handed me these two beauties... </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/lmqQZqv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://i.imgur.com/Px5XNtj.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I told him that these were worth way more than $10 and he said 'I know, I've had them for years but no one to pass them on too... '<i>They should really be retired *Wink*' </i>Pretty obviously trying to pass down his collection somehow, told him I'd give them a good home and here they are...</p><p><br /></p><p>So yeah, really liking my new job at the moment...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="killswitch95, post: 4562024, member: 105377"]So I got a job at a new store in early March (Better pay/hours/yada yada who cares) and I've been eagerly going through the rolls in this 'New Territory' scoping out the rolls, looking through the bills people bring in and seeing if this step up in the job market translated to a step up in my hobby as well... I gotta say, for the first three months I'm not disappointed... 5+ War Nickels (I find those a lot regardless of the store) 50+ Wheats (I don't know what bank we use, but I love it) 1 Silver Dime (They pop up from time to time) But the finds of the job so far... [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/nioC9sx.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/h46QtUn.jpg[/IMG] The elusive Buffalo Nickel... I got two Shield Nickels at my last job and between the two about $1.00 face of War Nickels but I could never find that Buffalo... Until about two weeks ago... [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/j1qytvy.jpg[/IMG] Is that... No... Not out of a roll of BU 2020's... [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/lRJ6gVM.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/kQWbNca.jpg[/IMG] IT IS! The one coin in a roll of 2020's that wasn't a 2020 and it was a 1909... Sweet... [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/JdH68qm.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/a6boEvk.jpg[/IMG] Cracked open another penny roll to find... A Silver Edge?... Yup... A 50% Silver Edge to be exact, a 1936 British Six Pence... Nice... [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/FW5GxPl.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/FrQGEg8.jpg[/IMG] Saw the Reverse facing as an ender and knew I had to open the roll, 1945 King George VI Canadian Cent... Nice finding an old Foreign... Speaking of Canadians, the Canadians are invading! [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/TuNA7xs.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/pgaJ0l2.jpg[/IMG] And finally, an older gentleman came in one day to put some gas in his old Impala (Very nicely maintained and the only car at the pumps at the time) it was later in the evening so I guess he was cruising for the day and said 'Gimme $10 gas on the Impala' and handed me these two beauties... [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/lmqQZqv.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/Px5XNtj.jpg[/IMG] I told him that these were worth way more than $10 and he said 'I know, I've had them for years but no one to pass them on too... '[I]They should really be retired *Wink*' [/I]Pretty obviously trying to pass down his collection somehow, told him I'd give them a good home and here they are... So yeah, really liking my new job at the moment...[/QUOTE]
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