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Do you ever look at some of you new pocket change sometimes and think.....

guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,289 ✭✭✭
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"man, this brand new coin is BLAZING clean and lustrous. I bet that would Top Pop if I submitted it. If I had the stones I would submit it. I should submit it just for the heck of it. Naaa, it would probably just be a waste of money and folks like Wondercoin has the moderns tied up anyways. But what if it did Top Pop? I could be a millionaire." (Then proceed to throw it in the drawer with all the other junk change)
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  • YorkshiremanYorkshireman Posts: 4,583 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I understand, grasshopper.
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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,521 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ...well maybe not a Top Pop candidate, I have seen and accumulated several nice(r) coins from the tills at my part time job. But I don't really care for "modern" clad coinage.
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  • hchcoinhchcoin Posts: 4,835 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Top pop means nothing to me
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,596 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You will need a spill cast by Harry Potter and ten leprechauns to make that scenario work.
    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • winkywinky Posts: 1,671 ✭
    Originally posted by: hchcoin
    Top pop means nothing to me



    I'm with you on this.
  • luckybucksluckybucks Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: winky

    Originally posted by: hchcoin

    Top pop means nothing to me






    I'm with you on this.





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    I do think about what was in circulation 75, 100, 125.....years ago when I look at change.

  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The fact that pocket change with a slab around it is worth a lot of money is kind of weird to think about.

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,702 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If people ever start collecting the clads they're in for a rude awakening. Since the beginning of time people set aside nice new coins but they stopped in 1965. Now they're worn down or lost forever. A lot of clad will be available only in advanced states of degradation.
    Tempus fugit.
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Once I had a 1998 cent that was so incredibly perfect looking I sent it in just for fun. I got it in change at Wendy's. Came back 68RD.

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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've NEVER thought about slabbing it, but I certainly have enjoyed the luster and "cleanliness" of some pocket change. Heck, I've even enjoyed some of the one-off designs...
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  • OldIndianNutKaseOldIndianNutKase Posts: 2,712 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: BillJones
    You will need a spill cast by Harry Potter and ten leprechauns to make that scenario work.


    I could not have said it better myself........

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  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: guitarwes
    "man, this brand new coin is BLAZING clean and lustrous. I bet that would Top Pop if I submitted it. If I had the stones I would submit it. I should submit it just for the heck of it. Naaa, it would probably just be a waste of money and folks like Wondercoin has the moderns tied up anyways. But what if it did Top Pop? I could be a millionaire." (Then proceed to throw it in the drawer with all the other junk change)




    Yes. I've thought it many times. Even set a couple aside in flips for whatever reason... image
    Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

    I do remembereading a story here on the boards some years back from a guy who made a top pop sacagawea dollar after he received it in change at the post office.

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  • IcollecteverythingIcollecteverything Posts: 1,033 ✭✭✭
    Sometimes I find what looks like a special coin from pocket change but then usually I flip it over and.................still pocket change.

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  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    I have submitted pocket change image
  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    Actually I get some nice change from the Indian Casino.

    They get it directly from the bank.
  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have to admit, yes.



    I have thought of it.



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  • BackroadJunkieBackroadJunkie Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep, I've looked though my change and thought, "Wow, really nice strike!", then it gets thrown in my change jar.



    I should start another jar and have a "nice strike" and a "cash in" jar...



    Sorta off topic, I got my first radar note ever (that I've noticed) in change the other day, a 2006 $5 FRN, serial number 68566586, but it's so beat to crap that it's probably only worth $5. I think I'll keep it anyway... image
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭



    ...actually I find myself looking in disgust and thinking YIKES! these coins sure are grotesque in comparison to the superb designs of the past...image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep.... have seen a few in change that look as if they came straight from the mint press.

    Really nice..... did not save them. Cheers, RickO
  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,636 ✭✭✭✭✭
    and think, why is our country still making the one cent and five cent coins?
  • GotTheBugGotTheBug Posts: 1,698 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 4, 2019 12:58PM
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