look what i found

[dgaughan]

hello all
last night while i was working. i'm a manager at a local supermarket. i bought a soda and in my change i heard that familiar silver jingle. i looked down at my hand and saw that i had 3 silver washingtons there. well i looked down in the drawer and saw alot more silver quarters. i asked if i could get a count on the quarters because i wanted to buy them. it came out to 8.75. i split the haul with the cashier and went back to work. after a little while i thought you know there could be more. there was. i got another roll of quarters. apparently there is a women who comes in with change she want's to get paper money for. she know's she is trading in silver coins but doesn't seem to care. all i can say i can't wait to meet her and see if she want's to sell the rest.
ps picture to follow

 

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[Lowbatts]

Awesome find! Nice going and keep those ears pealed.

 

[Vingamel]

Wow, that is a fun story. Reminds me of when I was a kid, collecting wheat pennies. My dad would take me to old banks in small towns so I could buy rolls of pennies. An old guy at the bank in Lone Jack, MO guess why I was buying pennies, and he said, "Let me see if I can find some rolls from the back of the vault. When I got home, one of the rolls was all Indian heads.

 

[Mona Lisa]

Great story. I hope that you still have them.

 

[Coin_Saver]

I have NEVER found a silver coin in change! Even tho i ALWAYS look in my change1 well ur lucky, HH CS

 

[jeff of pa]

C-S, You'll Hear it First, Before you See It? There is no Sound like Silver hitting against other coins?

 

[cedarratt]

I got a silver dime and three wheats in change from walmart the other day.

 

[Mona Lisa]

I think I'm going to quit my job and become either a cashier or a bank teller. That's where all the action is!

 

[MDnoob]

I have yet to find a silver quarter, but I did find another silver dime the other day. Check out my posts about this topic...

 

[Darod]

dgaughan,

Where are those pictures you promised

Rod

 

[kenb]

Dylan, bring you're pile of silver by the office tomorrow, I'll get a pic for you and post it. a couple of coins should cover it!! J.K. buzz me tomorrow
kenb

 

[dgaughan]

ken i'll swing by on my way to the silver mine friday am
dylan

 

[dgaughan]

wow vingamel
a roll of indan heads is an awesome find what was the oldest ih you found in the roll

 

[spotz]

Oh! What a feelin!! Ain't it great? Spotz

 

[kenb]

dgaughan dropped these off and asked me to post a pic for him, I'll just take a couple for the trouble LOL, j.k. Dylan, sorry about the pic, nice pile of silver though!

 

[dirty hands]

thats great but i wonder if the woman was told that she could get 3 for 1 if she would go to a coin shop. i bet she would go there.

 

[dgaughan]

i haven't met her yet. however i was told by the clerk who normally deals with her. that she knows there silver but just can't be bothered by going somewhere to sell them

 

[silverman]

When I was working in retail a few years ago, I had a few weeks of mercury dimes in my drawer. One day I went to crack a roll of dimes to give change and heard that familair ring. Looked down and saw the whole roll was Mercs!!! Well I sat them aside and cracked another roll. Guess what? Same thing happened. Well after two more rolls I finally hit clad and gave the customer change. I then put a twenty in the drawer and took the rolls to a good warm home in my den. Most were from the 1920's but there were 3 1916's in there but no D. The next few weeks gave up about 50 more mercs and then it dried up, but it was fun.? ? ? Chris

 

[MDnoob]

I got a whole roll of silver and silver clad Kennedy halfs once.... Sadly, I am soon going to be out of the retail game... or maybe not so sadly... I never use cash anymore either, so my source of old coins is going to have to be from MDing!

 

[dgaughan]

i think you get an older person who decides to cash in change thats been laying around. either at a coin star or the bank. they get rerolled and sent back out into circulation. i have found a couple of mercs that way. but 4 rolls thats awesome