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Old coins to be slyly distributed around the county
TOM RAGAN - Sentinel staff writer
Article Launched: 03/28/2008 01:31:47 AM PDT
Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel Coin club members will drop old coins and bills at random around...«12»SANTA CRUZ
Keep an eye out for those old buffalo nickels and 100-year-old pennies at cash registers around town.
Next time you're walking along the sidewalk, look down -- you might find a mercury dime or even a steel penny. As for those penny trays at convenience stores, peer closely at your loose change before dumping it in. It could be the 1909 penny, which was made in San Francisco and fetches as much as $125 on the open coin trading market.
The old currency, soon to hit Santa Cruz County, is part of a promotion to go along with National Coin Week, which starts in mid-April.
Bo Borich, the head of the Santa Cruz Coin Club, said he and dozens of other members plan to start distributing the old currency on April 12.
"Maybe people will start taking pennies more seriously -- especially if we let them know that there's one out there that's worth more than a hundred bucks," said Borich, the owner of Elliott's Stamp & Coin in Santa Cruz on River Street. "But most of all we just want to get the word out that old coins are special. Hopefully, we can pick up some new coin club members along the way."
Each year, the coin club fans out around town and unloads about 200 old coins and paper dollars and $2 dollar bills that date to World War I. ....
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Old coins to be slyly distributed around the county
TOM RAGAN - Sentinel staff writer
Article Launched: 03/28/2008 01:31:47 AM PDT
Bill Lovejoy/Sentinel Coin club members will drop old coins and bills at random around...«12»SANTA CRUZ
Keep an eye out for those old buffalo nickels and 100-year-old pennies at cash registers around town.
Next time you're walking along the sidewalk, look down -- you might find a mercury dime or even a steel penny. As for those penny trays at convenience stores, peer closely at your loose change before dumping it in. It could be the 1909 penny, which was made in San Francisco and fetches as much as $125 on the open coin trading market.
The old currency, soon to hit Santa Cruz County, is part of a promotion to go along with National Coin Week, which starts in mid-April.
Bo Borich, the head of the Santa Cruz Coin Club, said he and dozens of other members plan to start distributing the old currency on April 12.
"Maybe people will start taking pennies more seriously -- especially if we let them know that there's one out there that's worth more than a hundred bucks," said Borich, the owner of Elliott's Stamp & Coin in Santa Cruz on River Street. "But most of all we just want to get the word out that old coins are special. Hopefully, we can pick up some new coin club members along the way."
Each year, the coin club fans out around town and unloads about 200 old coins and paper dollars and $2 dollar bills that date to World War I. ....
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.
–John Adams, 1826
–John Adams, 1826
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I may have to get out and buy a bunch of crap for the next few weeks beginning in mid-April.
<< <i>It could be the 1909 penny, which was made in San Francisco and fetches as much as $125 on the open coin trading market.
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I'll buy all the 09-S for $125 I can find!
On a sidenote, I deal with Bo Borich very frequently and he's a good dealer to work with and unlike most B/M coin shops, he actually does a good job of aquiring new, quality material on a frequent basis.
Authorized dealer for PCGS, PCGS Currency, NGC, NCS, PMG, CAC. Member of the PNG, ANA. Member dealer of CoinPlex and CCE/FACTS as "CH5"