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Tales from the till: found in change
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Going through the quarters from the laundry machines in my buildings is one of my geeky joys.
This was today's trophy:
The till is usually somewhere between $250 and $350--maybe 1,250 quarters--on average. This is the 9th silver quarter I've found since mid '05, but the 7th I've found in the last 14 months. Though the number of quarters has increased about 40% in that period of time (I raised the rates), there certainly seems to be some more significant factor or group of factors resulting in these coins making their way back into circulation at a faster pace. Tight economy leading to more change jars being dumped? Circulation of state quarters making anomalies less easy to spot? Any other thoughts?
This was today's trophy:
The till is usually somewhere between $250 and $350--maybe 1,250 quarters--on average. This is the 9th silver quarter I've found since mid '05, but the 7th I've found in the last 14 months. Though the number of quarters has increased about 40% in that period of time (I raised the rates), there certainly seems to be some more significant factor or group of factors resulting in these coins making their way back into circulation at a faster pace. Tight economy leading to more change jars being dumped? Circulation of state quarters making anomalies less easy to spot? Any other thoughts?
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--Severian the Lame
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<< <i>Tight economy leading to more change jars being dumped? >>
I'd say yes, definitely. Those large change jugs that have been sitting in the bedroom for years are being cashed in to buy groceries.
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<< <i>Tight economy leading to more change jars being dumped? >>
I'd say yes, definitely. Those large change jugs that have been sitting in the bedroom for years are being cashed in to buy groceries. >>
<< <i>Better check your tenants. A coin collector's wife is raiding his quarter collection for laundry change. >>
All college kids. Two cycles of tenants in that period of time. And the most I've found in any month is two (a load of laundry costs $1.50 or 6 quarters to wash, another $1 to dry). So it could be raiding daddy's coin jar. But that seems very unlikely.
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