I would probably say "BS" to this story, if I hadn't had a similar experience.
When I was 12 (1965), I bought a soda at an old fashioned soda counter at the local pharmacy. I got three RD IHC's in change and I asked the guy behind the counter if there were any more in the drawer. He said yeah and I bought about 35 more for one cent each! Some kid raided his dad's collection for a milkshake!
I still have a few of them, all raw.
Nice find LeeG!!!!!!!
Mike
Coppernicus
Lincoln Wheats (1909 - 1958) Basic Set - Always Interested in Upgrading!
This happened to me as well when I ran the cash register at my mom's store. I found a bunch of Buffalo nickels in the till and found out where they came from when the kid's father came into the store looking for them. Another great find I had was when a Coke vending machine spat out a nice VF 1932 S quarter in change when I worked at a Benz dealer.
I got a 1928-C $5 Red seal when I was about 12 while collecting for my paper route. Still have it! Met a gal that was working in the Burger King north of Sioux City and she pulled a 26-s Lincoln VF out of the till. I ask to see her fing and was amazed that things like this can still be found although few and far between.
Wondering what the clerk thought they were when giving him his change is a good point. What about the clerk who originally took them as payment? I salt my registers with unc wheats with carbon spots.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
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When I was 12 (1965), I bought a soda at an old fashioned soda counter at the local pharmacy. I got three RD IHC's in change and I asked the guy behind the counter if there were any more in the drawer. He said yeah and I bought about 35 more for one cent each! Some kid raided his dad's collection for a milkshake!
I still have a few of them, all raw.
Nice find LeeG!!!!!!!
Mike
Lincoln Wheats (1909 - 1958) Basic Set - Always Interested in Upgrading!
Mike
Lincoln Wheats (1909 - 1958) Basic Set - Always Interested in Upgrading!
Incredible!
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
<< <i>He probably got shortchanged a half cent!!
He should go back and shop there some more!
have him buy something that costs one dollar, pay with a five dollar bill,
and ask if he can have a 4 dollar coin in change
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>He got them in change? As what? Did the cashier think they were brown quarters or something? >>
My thoughts exactly -- it's not like these coins don't have the denomination in big letters or something...
Dan
First Place Winner of the 2005 Rampage design contest!
Where did you say that store was located??
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
Russ, NCNE
Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
<< <i>It's always some kid that raided dad's stuff. >>
I'll remember that if I get a 1931 Saint in change when I break a fifty.