OK - so I made my impulse purchase. Now what do I do with it??

tincup

Picked them up at a coin show last week... just seemed too cool to pass up. I originally thought that I will search the cents for the doubled die... and the nickels for errors, full steps, etc. But when I got them home, I became conflicted on whether I really want to open or search them (the nickels are Mint sealed; the cents were opened, probably back in 1960 to look for small dates). Oh well, guess I can use them for a door stop. Or, I can just toss them into my Scrooge McDuck vault along with the bins filled with gold, etc.. (yeah right).


Post your impulse buy! Or am I the only one who makes them?!

Dave99B

Darn cool items!

I've never pulled the trigger on a mint sealed bag, but I'm weakening as time goes on. Darm neat bags.

Dave

shylock

Very cool, keep the nickel bag sealed it will always be more intriguing that way.

Bought one of the cent bags on a whim in the late 1980's before I even had a clue what to look for in it.
(My ex-wife would have hit me over the head with it but she could barely lift it.)

There is nothing like the sound of mint state coins rubbing against each other

ricko

Interesting...might as well search the opened bag... the nickel bag might resell for a premium at some point. No, I do not make impulse buys... Cheers, RickO

Jcarney

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Easy. Just fling a handful out the door whenever a Trick-or-Treater comes by in a couple weeks.

CoinRaritiesOnline

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My mother-in-law would say "Enjoy it in good health".

tincup

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<< <i>OK - so I made my impulse purchase. Now what do I do with it?? >>



My mother-in-law would say "Enjoy it in good health". >>




I would have to say those are always good words to live by!

Type2

Start looking 1960- D/D, DDO, RPM, SM over Lg you never know.

magikbilly

I'd be very, very happy it is not a violin!
Can't say more about that.
But, science doesn't lie (when fully presented)

Eric


PS - Really cool stuff BTW, and I would probably leave the closed bag closed. Makes better dreams at night. Do I make impulse purchases...no, I take advantage of an opportunity I may not be full prepared for quickly if the numbers are obvious and I am certain or thereabouts, but thats about it.

Justlooking

Those would look cool in a frame, or a couple of frames, hanging on a wall, I think.

TwoSides2aCoin

Those bags reminded me of the Tidy House Soap guy (Bob Osterholm, RIP) . He told me prior to his death a couple years ago, that he bought Morgan Dollars in bags like this back in the late 60s to use in his promotion for his soap company *. He inserted Morgans and Kennedy halves into cardboard holders and promoted his soap company this way. The thing that stood out the most in this reminder is that Bob told me he had to hire a chemist out in California to "dip" all the rainbow toners because they were "ugly", as he put it. Although he said it was probably the dumbest thing he ever did to original mint sewn bags he had no real regrets in life. He did it his way.

* Tidy House was sold to Arm & Hammer, I believe in 1969.



thanks for the trip down memory lane