How often does this happen?

Earendil

While I was at my local "dumping bank" the other day, getting cash for some half-dollar boxes, I got in line right behind a woman bringing back in one of the boxes I had searched previously. Needless to say, we ended up striking up a conversation not long afterwards.

bottleguy

So..... didja' get "lucky"??!??"

Happy Holidays,

Rick

Earendil

<< <i>So..... didja' get "lucky"??!??"

Happy Holidays,

Rick >>



Not really; the boxes hardly fulfilled my optimistic expectations. In the nine boxes I looked through I just found a handful of proofs, a number of non-circulating coins (1 X 1987-D, many post-2001s), and a total of 24 silver ones (23X 40%, 1X 90%; 14 in one really good box, 7 from a box that came from a casino, and three from three other boxes)

Happy Holidays to you too.

Myqqy

the boxes hardly fulfilled my optimistic expectations.

I thought getting lucky meant something else...

Mercury10c

<< <i><< So..... didja' get "lucky"??!??" >>





<< <i>Not really; the boxes hardly fulfilled my optimistic expectations. >>



Um... I don't think that's what he meant.

19Lyds

I thought the rule was to never buy at the bank where you dumped your searched boxes off at.....

And, only search sealed boxes.


Well thats my rule.

Did she explain what she was doing by chance?

Earendil

<< <i>I thought the rule was to never buy at the bank where you dumped your searched boxes off at.....

And, only search sealed boxes.


Well thats my rule.

Did she explain what she was doing by chance? >>



I wasn't buying anything there, just getting rid of bank boxes I already went through that I acquired from a different bank. She thought she'd find something of interest in the two boxes I had brought in previously, and apparently purchased both of them a few days before. As she told me, she tried one, got nothing, and decided to opt out of looking through the second. I don't know why she was bringing them back to the same bank that they came from (they weren't too happy about taking in four boxes of half-dollars at the same time). Being a middle-aged retiree with nothing better to do, she explained that she hunts for good coins at the various banks around town.

Earendil

<< <i>the boxes hardly fulfilled my optimistic expectations.

I thought getting lucky meant something else... >>



She was also a good 40 years older than me...

itsnotjustme

I bet she could teach you a lot (about collecting) if she is 40 years older!

Earendil

<< <i>I bet she could teach you a lot (about collecting) if she is 40 years older! >>



Yes, she sure seemed to be up to par in her knowledge of our coinage-- and bills, too. She was actually a very interesting person to talk to.

ricko

There are different kinds of 'lucky'.... and finding a new friend is one.... Cheers, RickO

LickThoseStamps

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<< <i>the boxes hardly fulfilled my optimistic expectations.

I thought getting lucky meant something else... >>



She was also a good 40 years older than me... >>



So .... did she get lucky?