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So I went and had the oil changed in my car this morning...
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Because I paid for my car's oil change with cash instead of using my debit card as I normally would have, I got change back.
So of course I had to examine the handful of coins.
One of the pennies had that certain brown color you'd expect to see on a Wheat cent- you know what I mean.
But without my specs on, I can't read the dates on coins, so I was going to turn it over and see if the wheat ears were there.
But the coin was stuck to a shiny new Shield cent somehow.
Prying it and the new coin apart, I saw a greasy substance like Vaseline was holding them together.
Alas, the brown cent was a Memorial. It turned out to not even be a copper Memorial- just a stinkin' Zincoln- a 1993.
After 1.5 seconds of disappointment and a brief "eww" over the greasy stuff, my eye strayed to one of the nickels.
Ta-dahh!!!
First Buffalo I've captured "from the wild" in a few years!
Yes, it's a common date, but a pretty dang nice one for a circ find, wouldn't you say?
And all because I used cash instead of plastic.
I was already having a pretty nice morning, but that made my smile even bigger.
So of course I had to examine the handful of coins.
One of the pennies had that certain brown color you'd expect to see on a Wheat cent- you know what I mean.
But without my specs on, I can't read the dates on coins, so I was going to turn it over and see if the wheat ears were there.
But the coin was stuck to a shiny new Shield cent somehow.
Prying it and the new coin apart, I saw a greasy substance like Vaseline was holding them together.
Alas, the brown cent was a Memorial. It turned out to not even be a copper Memorial- just a stinkin' Zincoln- a 1993.
After 1.5 seconds of disappointment and a brief "eww" over the greasy stuff, my eye strayed to one of the nickels.
Ta-dahh!!!
First Buffalo I've captured "from the wild" in a few years!
Yes, it's a common date, but a pretty dang nice one for a circ find, wouldn't you say?
And all because I used cash instead of plastic.
I was already having a pretty nice morning, but that made my smile even bigger.
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Not really looking for much these days but if I were, it might be a toner.
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It's a 1937 Buffalo nickel. Nice F15-ish or so, I guess. Or so we'd have called it when I was a kid. These days I've seen people calling coins like this a VF, though I thought you needed a full horn for that.
I remember when my workplace used to have a filter that blocked Photobucket images.
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AND good for your oil change!
May your ride last a long time.
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I went to an ATM in our home town yesterday and got a EF45-AU50 series 2004 $20 star note.
Sugar magnolia blossoms blooming, heads all empty and I don't care ...
The bill was $6.13.
I gave the cashier a $20.00 bill and 13 pennies, saying, "Here's $20.13- it's time to get rid of some pennies".
(A move which usually prevents me from getting coins in change at all.)
No smile or knowing laugh. Nothing. Usually the gal that works this window is great, and calls everybody "darlin' " in true Southern style. But this one had no detectable personality.
She gave me back a ten and three ones.
Umm... OK, math never was my strong suit (hers either, apparently), but... isn't $20.13 minus $6.13 supposed to be fourteen dollars, not thirteen?
When I mentioned this, she grunted, went back into her drawer and gave me a single coin.
Leery now of being shortchanged again, I thought it was a quarter at first.
But it was correct change- a Garfield Prez buck. First one of those I've gotten in circulation in a while, too.
Maybe I should stop doing the "round up my change" thing and use the plastic a little less often. Let my change jar fill up some more.
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With all that luck you may want to buy a lottery ticket.
Actually, I got cash so I could buy some lottery tickets. (They don't take plastic for those.)
(Not that I play lotto often, but it's my Dad's 77th birthday so I thought it would be funny if I bought seven "Lucky 7's" scratch-off lottery tickets and put 'em in his card.)
I was trying to remember when I last got a Buffalo in the wild. 'Twas not quite three years ago.
But that was roll-searching. (The last time I did any roll searching, actually.)
Not quite the same as a random change find.
Only one other time have I gotten a Buffalo in change. I got a 1937-D that looked very much like the one in the OP from a Pepsi machine one time. (Unfortunately the buffalo had four legs.)
And twice I've eyeballed Buffalo nickels on the ground in loose dirt (no detector involved). Both were 1936, as I recall.
But I've never gotten an Indian cent or Merc dime in change or roll searching, like some folks do.
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I pay cash for everything so lots of change too.
Now I see what I miss out on by always doing my own oil changes.
I tried that once, on my old '82 Screwbaru.
Once.
Never again.
Twenty bucks is cheap to have somebody else do it. (I had a coupon.)
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For all of my life, from the advent of clad coins in 1965 until the turn of the millennium, all we had for "something different" was the Bicentennial quarters and the occasional dollar coin. Then in '99 the winds of change blew, big time. I think that was a good thing for the hobby but it probably made quite a bit of the general public care even less about pocket change.
Because of the proliferation of new designs, I've noticed a lot more foreign stuff gets by nowadays, too- and not just Canadian. If it's the same size as a nickel or a quarter, it gets spent.
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Now I see what I miss out on by always doing my own oil changes.
I tried that once, on my old '82 Screwbaru.
Once.
Never again.
Twenty bucks is cheap to have somebody else do it. (I had a coupon.)
Gotta find something to use all those tools I have on (even though this only takes one combination wrench to do, along with a jack and a couple of jack stands)
Never again, swore I, between profanities.
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In my one abortive do-it-yourself oil change attempt (with a buddy's *****istance) we managed to somehow tear the thin metal oil filter off, leaving the base of it still threaded (or perhaps cross-threaded) onto the bottom of the engine. So there the two of us were, huddled on the pavement beneath the jacked-up car, trying to get the gunky, jagged metal remnants of the filter off without cutting ourselves, while all the while oil was oozing down into our faces.
Never again, swore I, between profanities.
Sounds like a "Three Stooges" episode.
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Sounds like a "Three Stooges" episode.
Looked like one, too, except there were only two Stooges, it was in full color, and the language was rather colorful as well.
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Now I see what I miss out on by always doing my own oil changes.
I tried that once, on my old '82 Screwbaru.
Once.
Never again.
Twenty bucks is cheap to have somebody else do it. (I had a coupon.)
$20 is cheap. No doubt about it. What you don't know is if they actually put in the quality/grade-weight/brand of oil you requested or is even required by your owner's manual. You can buy quality oils at WM for $2-$4 per quart. For my peace of mind I'd rather not have a cheapo $1-$3 paper oil filter go on my car that could tear within a few months. I don't appreciate the oily marks and streaks they leave behind on my door panel, carpet, seat, hood, etc. And that is hoping that the car's exterior doesn't get scratched/scuffed along the way.
I've had the quickie oil change guys cross thread drain plugs, crush/puncture new oil filters, etc. I don't mind taking an hour 2X per year to put in the exact oil and filter that works best for my car(s). At least I know the filter went on correctly, was properly lubricated and filled before the next start, and that up to a quart of old oil wasn't left in the system. I put in a high end synthetic oil filter and a top notch synthetic oil that costs me $20 total with mfg rebates. My labor....is free.
Good deal on the buff though.....as long as the oil place didn't short change you on the oil and filter service. It's like eating a $20 meal "blind-folded."
Great circulation find.
It is cool to see these worker coins finding there way back to circulation.
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Neat pick-up. I wonder if some kid got into their dad's coin collection.
Actually, it might've been Dad himself. This place is a Mom & Pop operation, and I was told that all the change apparently came from Jacob the owner's change jar at home.
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1. A true collector "seeds" them to let someone have fun finding them. It really doesn't cost much to let go of a few circulated buffalos, wheat cents, cull Indian cents, etc. You can expect to make someone's day when they find them.
2. Grandma/grandpa/mom/dad, etc. saved a few coins in the kitchen cabinet or a drawer. The loved one dies, the heirs find these few coins, don't know what to do with them or don't care and roll them up and take them to the bank where they get found by someone down the way and it makes their day.
3. Coins are part of a collection and get stolen and spent. One scenario: we have siblings that "borrow" from our collections when they need money, etc.
There may be some other interesting sources, as well.
That's a fun one......
Cool find anyway... Cheers, RickO
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