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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BigsWick, post: 318618, member: 3534&quot;]About 3 years ago I had a teller at my bank swear to me that <b><i>some </i></b> Sac dollars were actually minted in gold, but that you had to know how to tell the difference from the ones that weren&#039;t. She said she was told this by a coin collector who searched Sacs. Therefore, searching rolls of Sacs instead of Kennedys would be a smarter thing for me to do with my time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The same teller tried to take my canvas mint &quot;returns&quot; bag away from me, claiming that it was illegal for me to have it. I showed her on her computer where anyone could buy the bags directly from the US Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>My department head at work (nice guy, real tool) knows I collect coins. Yesterday, while I was shooting the breeze with one of our IT guys (a platinum collector), he brought me an ad he tore out of a magazine that he claimed was about a year old. It was a sales pitch for 1/10 oz. AGEs for $65 each. He saw the $5 &quot;face&quot; value and asked me, &quot;Who in their right mind would spend $65 for a coin that is only worth $5?&quot; I explained to him that gold was closing in on $900 an ounce, and that the 1/10 ounce coin would be worth close to $90 more or less. I also explained (briefly) the idea behind ownership of bullion rounds/coins. His response? &quot;Oh yeah, then why does it only say $5 on it? That&#039;s a total rip off!&quot; The IT guy and I just looked at each other and shrugged. :headbang:</p><p><br /></p><p>In another recent thread I reported that my father has a 1 gallon bucket of bicentennial quarters that is overflowing. I should have also mentioned that he has several vending machines at his business- video games, clothes washers, and dryers, etc. 3 times a week he empties them and picks out all of the 1976 quarters. For years I&#039;ve watched him with a mild amusement. I finally asked him what he was going to do with all of his quarters. He smiled and said they&#039;d be worth a lot of money one day. I told him over 1.6 <b><i>billion</i></b> were minted and that BU examples could be easily had for less than 50¢. He laughed at me and said, &quot;They only made these things one year!&quot; OK, dad! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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