Coins purchased at Woolworth's in 1977
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The boss brought in some of his coin collection today and it included these six coins that he purchased at his local Woolworth's store back in 1977. I thought the holders were pretty cool.
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Brings back memories of the coin shop i went to with my father as a kid. There was a certain smell that I just got a whiff of thanks to this thread.
I recall standing on front of the rotating cases that threw off a lot of heat due to the bright lights inside.
Pretty cool. Your boss could have saved a chunk of change, though, by doing some nickel roll searching in 1977.
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True dat....but then I wouldn't be looking at these cool old holders if he had.
Great post. I remember Woolworth's well. It was our main store at that time. Loved walking in through the main doors right in to the large white rotating shelves of coins and to the left was the best smelling popcorn machine and cotton candy machine. Wow, those were the days. 45's for .25 to .35 and albums for $2.99 to 3.99, but best of all you could play samples of them on the demo machine. I don't believe I ever bought a record there but sure listened to all the latest hits. Extremely wonderful time the 60's.
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Woolworth's sold coins just like that for many years (1960's -1970's and maybe even later). It is interesting to see them still in their original holders.
I remember those holders well. I spent more than my share of looking at the coins going round and round there. I didn't buy all that many; quite a few of them were overpriced and had issues like cleaning.
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I remember them well
I remember buying pennies, nickels, and dimes for my Whitman folders at Woolworth's around '80-'82. Distinctly remember that carousel of coins. Some of my earliest coin collecting memories.
You are singing my exact song! Long Island, 62-65 time-frame. Except I went to Woolworth's on my bike by myself. I came home with a penny (cent) and remember my dad saying: YOU PAID HOW MUCH FOR THAT PENNY!?!?!?! 😂 🤣
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The only thing I remember buying(parents buying) at Woolworths in the early 1990s was my first gameboy it came with Tetris. I also think we got our first parakeet and goldfish from there too. It was located Springfield blvd and Jamaica Ave in Queens NY.
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I remember going to Woolworths in Smithtown,NY during college and buying some of the early S mint lincolns like 1911-s and 1913-s. I spent about $20 for a few of them. That was my largest purchase back then!
i thoguht so at first but it is just the reflection from the plastic being pushed out by the coin and the light reflection off the edge of it.
Oh not too far! I grew up in the Queens Village/ Bellerose area
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My Woolworth's was Baldwin, NY, so just down the JFK flight path from a lot of you!
I remember those same holders in Woolworth’s when I was a kid. This was in South Hills Village mall near Pittsburgh. I remember buying just a few there, the mall had a nice coin store in it that had a much better selection and I spent my allowance mainly at that one instead of Woolworths
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Regions or stores must be different! In the late 60's, I bought my 1st coin at a Woolworth's. It was a crappy 18-S Lincoln Cent I still couldn't sell for what I paid for it today! It was in a regular 2x2 and the displays were the thin glass cases standing up like a book you could leaf through.
A true part of retail and numismatic history.. Never would have thought coins were ever for sale at Woolworths. Just fantastic. Thanks for these memories.
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Where did Woolworth get the coins from that they sold?
My favorite Woolworths was in downtown Brooklyn, Hoyt and Schermerhorn Sts. There was a big Mays department store too. For a kid, they were huge stores filled with everything! Peace Roy
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For fun, here's a related thread on this topic from 2 years ago.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1039161/what-i-need-want-remember-those-revolving-coin-display-cases-in-woolworths
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I loved Woolworths when I was a kid...those holders are really cool, thanks for posting!
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They had a lady in the back room going through the daily change!😁. Seriously, most of the coins in those rotation machines were pretty crummy.....But, when you're 8 years old just pushing the button and watching and waiting for the perfect specimen to roll around was the main thrill of it all!....After all,....what could you expect to buy for 35¢?.....Man, I miss those days!
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Speaking of crummy coins.......the first coin that I ever bought was a 1913 Barber dime. Bought it at the local hobby shop out of one of those rotating machines. I think it cost 25¢. I got ripped!...The reverse was totally worn smooth.... The obverse had a big black scratch on it. I'm sure I paid more for the plastic 2x2 to put it in than I did for the coin.....I loved that dime!........Anyway,.... a couple of years ago I was looking through stuff and THERE IT WAS! The plastic 2x2 was cracked and so smeared up with grime and the ancient dirty fingerprints of a little boy that you could hardly see the dime!......I left it just the way it was........Hey,....I still love that coin.......more than I did way back then.....long ago!
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By the late 70's, I was too old for Woolworth's coins, but in the late 60's I wasn't. One I remember buying was Lincoln cent with him smoking a pipe. Probably how I started smoking.......
The store was a 45 minute bike ride away though, so I didn't get in there that often.
I remember them selling coin, back in the '60's.
Those are crazy prices, perhaps in another 100 years he'll break even
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There was no Woolworths in the little town where I grew up. We had J.J. Newberry's.... There was a Woolworths in Kingston, twelve miles south. We never shopped there... but Newberry's did sell coins - along with everything else from clothes to kitchenware. I did not purchase any coins there, just looked. Cheers, RickO
Mine was in Levittown.
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I remember Woolworths selling coins. Seems that after the price of Gold and Silver spiked in the late 70s/early 80s and then collapsed, the dime store rotating coin displays (and Woolworths) became a thing of the past.
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