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Coins in donation solicitation letters??

pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,059 ✭✭✭✭✭
Has any one ever gotten a silver dime or war nickel in one of these donation solicitation letters where they say that every dime or nickel counts??

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,059 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Has any one ever gotten a silver dime or war nickel in one of these donation solicitation letters where they say that every dime or nickel counts?? >>



    The ones I've gotten are always newly minted coins.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    New coins every time. Cheers, RickO
  • People send you coins? WTF


    Where do I sign up for this wonderful giveaway?














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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 36,933 ✭✭✭✭✭
    generic circulated in mine, so I guess all hope is not lost.




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  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,166 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I always check 'em but nothing exciting. Usually newer stuff.

    K
    ANA LM
  • JulianJulian Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭
    I had one group that purchased Ike $ from me to include in their solicitations.
    PNG member, numismatic dealer since 1965. Operates a retail store, also has exhibited at over 1000 shows.
    I firmly believe in numismatics as the world's greatest hobby, but recognize that this is a luxury and without collectors, we can all spend/melt our collections/inventories.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,059 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>People send you coins? WTF


    Where do I sign up for this wonderful giveaway? >>



    Make a few donations and your name and address will wind up on several mailing lists that will be sold to every charity under the sun.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
    "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
    "Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire

  • pocketpiececommemspocketpiececommems Posts: 6,059 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You will also get address labels for the rest of your life.
  • We donate every years, several tmies, to several very good charities. Not as much as we should, or would like, but a good amount.


    Ive never gotten anything but requests for more money and flyers. Ive gotten the addy stamps several times tho and honestly love them. Theyre easy!

    Id donate to anywhere that send me new coins in return. Im already paying more than face at the mint so who cares, Id rather it go to charity.
  • au58au58 Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭
    I got three or four CU dollar bills in an envelope once. If I remember correctly, it was from Nielsen, the TV ratings people.
    The serial number of one of the bills had 5 or 6 nines in it, i.e., xxx99999. I sold it for $10.
  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,295 ✭✭✭
    My mother-in-laws mail comes to our house. She's frequently receives cents or nickels in the mail with solicitation letters from wherever. Almost always they are new.

    Got another nickel in the mail yesterday. image
    R.I.P. Wayne, Brad
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    Conder tokens
    19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,894 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Last week the door-to-door Nielsen lady promised me $20 to answer ten questions. Sadly it was a FRN, not a double eagle.

    I don't get coins or bills in the mail anymore. <sigh>
    Lance.

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