Slow Saturday...tell me a funny coin related story.

Coinstartled · April 14, 2018 5:55PM

I'll think of one to add later.

ECHOES · April 14, 2018 6:08PM

Yo Mac,
Dat coin is wack,
best to take it back,
you givin' folk round here a heart attack.

Ain't no double die,
that ain't no lie,
give it one more try,
Cause that ain't nothin but Lincoln,
With stink eye...

lololololol....ol

edit to add...

Onastone · April 14, 2018 6:49PM

Once working in a convenience store, I super-glued a nickel to the floor. Soooo many customers tried to pick it up....then just gave up. I think almost everyone fell for that gag. Such excitement.....WOO HOO A NICKEL......then the sour grapes syndrome.....aww it's just a nickel.

Coinstartled · April 14, 2018 7:01PM

A friend received $270 worth of Lincoln cents from a neighbor that was cleaning out his place before moving. Started searching through the coins and that got old very quick. I took her to a coinstar machine at a nearby supermarket. The machine was at the front of the store near the checkouts.

Had never used one back then, those that do realize that it is a tedious task trying to feed 27,000 coins into the machine. After about 40 minutes an old lady approaches my friend and hands her a can of tomato soup, saying dear...you can probably use this.

Damn

Kccoin · April 14, 2018 7:50PM

When I look at type 1 standing libs, I cant help but think Liberty has to use the restroom .

itsnotjustme · April 14, 2018 7:57PM

1976 or 77.
As a kid, I picked up some crisp new $2 bills at the bank.
I tried to spend one to buy a hot chocolate at my brother's hockey game.
The women selling the drinks would not accept it, and accused me of printing it in my basement.

WillieBoyd2 · April 14, 2018 8:21PM

In 2010 I owed the driver of a ride-sharing group $3.00.

I gave him three presidential dollars (Millard Fillmore) and he asked me if they were "play money".

I knew then that this coin program would not be a success.

United States dollar 2010-D - Millard Fillmore

BuffaloIronTail · April 14, 2018 9:21PM

Back in 1967 I used to catch the bus and go downtown to visit the local savings and loan. When I gathered up enough money from odd jobs, I would buy rolls to search through.

It just so happened that I was working on my Jefferson Nickel book at the time. I walked out the front door, couldn't wait, and opened up a roll.

I tore the top off too fast and all the Nickels spilled out on the ground. I spent a whole lot of time furiously picking them up. I looked real good. Thought I got them all.

Then I spotted Martin coming up the street headed in my direction. Martin was a local homeless man who lived underneath a bridge. Everyone knew him. he was harmless.

I watched him pass me. As he passed, he spotted a Nickel, scooped it up, and kept walking.

It upset me, having spent so much time making sure I got all of them, then BLAM, in an instant, Martin got one.

Just goes to show you, the eyes of a young person are no match for the experienced eyes of a man that had been around a bit.

Pete

Paradisefound · April 15, 2018 9:21AM

WoodenJefferson · April 15, 2018 9:38AM

While vacationing in Upper Wisconsin (boondocks) I went into a local tavern that had literally hundreds of dollar bills, some $5's and an occasional $10 & $20 stuck to the ceiling behind the bar. Of course curiosity got me when I asked about all the money stuck to the ceiling of the dimly lit bar. He said, you give me a dollar, I will put a thumb tack through it, throw it up and it will stick to the ceiling! Once a year all the proceeds go to a local charity.

Well, I had to see this for myself and as all the locals watched me hand over a paper bill, they already knew the skill involved would make this bill stick to the ceiling also. Sure enough, with a flick of his arm the bill shot straight up and stuck! What I didn't see in the dimly lit bar was he was using a half dollar coin to drive the bill up and with enough force to imbed the tack holding up the bill. What you also didn't see as you were amazed looking up at the bill was him catching the fifty cent piece and pocketing it.

He got me and all the rubes that proceeded me, entertainment for the locals and for a good cause.

Musky1011 · April 15, 2018 5:15PM

@WoodenJefferson said:
While vacationing in Upper Wisconsin (boondocks) I went into a local tavern that had literally hundreds of dollar bills, some $5's and an occasional $10 & $20 stuck to the ceiling behind the bar. Of course curiosity got me when I asked about all the money stuck to the ceiling of the dimly lit bar. He said, you give me a dollar, I will put a thumb tack through it, throw it up and it will stick to the ceiling! Once a year all the proceeds go to a local charity.

Well, I had to see this for myself and as all the locals watched me hand over a paper bill, they already knew the skill involved would make this bill stick to the ceiling also. Sure enough, with a flick of his arm the bill shot straight up and stuck! What I didn't see in the dimly lit bar was he was using a half dollar coin to drive the bill up and with enough force to imbed the tack holding up the bill. What you also didn't see as you were amazed looking up at the bill was him catching the fifty cent piece and pocketing it.

He got me and all the rubes that proceeded me, entertainment for the locals and for a good cause.

Was it the Burnt Bridge in Conover?

oih82w8 · April 16, 2018 11:25AM

Here is my Income Tax filing break;

Grandpa: "RELAX! Kids swallow quarters all the time!"
Melanie: "Really?"
Grandpa: "Sure! If she craps out two dimes and a nickel, then you can start worrying, huh?"

http://www.hark.com/clips/zryfhqvqbb-kids-swallow-quarters

Grumpier Old Men

Slow Saturday...tell me a funny coin related story.

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