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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tbarreca, post: 1472534, member: 21275&quot;]On Father&#039;s Day in 2004, I went into a local supermarket to run a bucket of pennies through the Coinstar machine.&nbsp; In those days, I&#039;d buy a couple of $25 boxes of pennies every few days, searching for wheaties.</p><p><br /></p><p>On this particular day as I was cashing them in, the machine jammed.&nbsp; Since such an occurrence was not infrequent, I knew exactly what to do: Find the store manager or assistant who had the key, get them to open the machine, and if necessary, help to clear the jam.&nbsp; I knew the innards of those beasts well enough to work on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>But this time, the assistant manager knew exactly what to do, and it was a darn good thing, since I was immediately distracted the moment he opened the cabinet.&nbsp; See, those CoinStar machines have a little basket that collects everything that the coin counter kicks out, and something in there immediately caught my eye.&nbsp; It was something that was big, and silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I kept my mouth shut long enough for the guy to clear the jam, and when he finished, I pointed down to the coin in the &quot;rejects&quot; basket and asked, &quot;What&#039;s that?&quot;&nbsp; So he pulls this coin out of the basket, and responds, &quot;I don&#039;t know.&nbsp; It looks like it&#039;s Mexican or something.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Oh, yeah?&quot; I said.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To which he answers &quot;Yeah,&quot; and then with a flick of his thumb, he spins the coin to me and says, &quot;You can have it.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Thanks!&quot; I said, and got the heck out of there quickly, before he could change his mind.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is a 1900 Morgan dollar that is, if I recall correctly, at least an EF and maybe an AU.&nbsp; Not a great date, but you couldn&#039;t beat the price.&nbsp; A little Father&#039;s Day gift![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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