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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Honolulu Dick, post: 878214, member: 24745&quot;]The tellers in two banks I frequent know I&#039;m a collector.&nbsp; They keep aside &quot;unusual&quot; [their term] coins that I may be interested in.&nbsp; The tellers really participate after you make it a point to tell their boss how well they are representing the bank.....great for customer relations.&nbsp; I love it the way a few words of appreciation makes everybody beam.&nbsp; Anyway, in not wanting to disappoint anyone, I buy whatever they have put aside for me weather I want it or not, and with a hearty thanks.&nbsp; The only ones that I care to examine are the SBA&#039;s.&nbsp; I&#039;m willing to keep searching in the belief that I will one day stumble upon those having a clear S.</p><p><br /></p><p>The circulated Sacs and Prez coins mostly have developed a &quot;patina&quot; that is an ugly, lusterless, dingy brown color, having absolutely no eye appeal, whatsoever.&nbsp; I take them to Mc BloodSludge or Burger Slob whenever I hanker for a life-shortening breakfast.&nbsp; When I plunk these coins on the counter, the expression of confusion on the faces of the spiked-hair, snot-ring wearing teenagers is priceless.&nbsp; They have to call for the store manager for permission to accept these coins before they hand me my great tasting, grease-dripping bag.&nbsp; One of these days the Good Lord is going to punish me severely.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the point..... after being in circulation for only a short period, these coins become so ugly it&#039;s rather difficult to believe that they will ever acquire collector value.&nbsp; I can&#039;t get rid of my ugly ones fast enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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