Styfflin
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- Jan 8, 2013
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- Garrett Ace 350
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- All Treasure Hunting
I took a day off from work yesterday. I started it by driving around some smaller cities with a friend asking tellers for older coins, large dollars, halves, etc. No luck for three straight hours. This was our second road trip together, and we just haven't had the greatest success. On our first road trip, my friend found one 40% Kennedy from a teller tray and I found four 40% Kennedys in a scattering of MWR and boxes. To compensate for our lack of luck both trips, I dumped a lot of my junk boxes and converted back to cash. One of the $100 bills I received yesterday had the name "Liliana" written on the back, which will be of note later in the story. Then we went home.
That's when the real reason for the day off began. My wife had also taken off work because yesterday was one of those...once in a lifetime days. We were going in for her second ultrasound, looking at all the babies new developments, and most importantly finding out the sex of our first baby. On the way to the doctor I picked up an order of two boxes of halves. I got in an interesting discussion with the vault manager about babies, and I pointed out the $100 bill with the name "Liliana" on it because that was a name we were strongly considering if we had a girl. Was it a sign? "No," said the teller. "You're having a boy just like my son is back in Hong Kong." She handed me my boxes, and asked if I was finding what I was looking for. I told her I've been on a bit of a cold streak. Then she looks through the coins in her tray, pulls out a 40% Kennedy, and gives me it for face value..."for the baby."
Box one had six 40% Kennedys in it, which was a personal record for those. Box two was a skunk. A box of quarters I picked up along the adventure earlier in the day was a skunk too.
What am I forgetting?
Oh yes! The teller was right. We're having a boy!
That's when the real reason for the day off began. My wife had also taken off work because yesterday was one of those...once in a lifetime days. We were going in for her second ultrasound, looking at all the babies new developments, and most importantly finding out the sex of our first baby. On the way to the doctor I picked up an order of two boxes of halves. I got in an interesting discussion with the vault manager about babies, and I pointed out the $100 bill with the name "Liliana" on it because that was a name we were strongly considering if we had a girl. Was it a sign? "No," said the teller. "You're having a boy just like my son is back in Hong Kong." She handed me my boxes, and asked if I was finding what I was looking for. I told her I've been on a bit of a cold streak. Then she looks through the coins in her tray, pulls out a 40% Kennedy, and gives me it for face value..."for the baby."
Box one had six 40% Kennedys in it, which was a personal record for those. Box two was a skunk. A box of quarters I picked up along the adventure earlier in the day was a skunk too.
What am I forgetting?
Oh yes! The teller was right. We're having a boy!
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