Throwing Back Random/Common Coins

OAKSTAR · August 9, 2022 6:34AM

@Che_Grapes recent thread reminded me of this.

During my travels, I routinely put random or common coins back into circulation..... wheat cent, worn Buffalo nickels or even worn IHC from time-to-time, in the hopes some young kids find them and spark their interest in collecting.

The point of this thread: If you guys find them, please throw them back. Thanks!

P.S. Although, I would keep that 1899 as well! 🤣 😀

lkenefic · August 9, 2022 8:41AM

I do too... I have a small container of loose change and drop any Wheat Cents and Buffalo Nickels in it. It's almost full, so I'll make a Coinstar trip soon.

Glen2022 · August 9, 2022 8:48AM

I'm fairly sure most of us have a pot of common date wheats or undated coins like buffalo nickels. Good idea. I will join.

shortnock · August 9, 2022 10:13AM

Also doing here. Usually Buffalo nickels.

ricko · August 9, 2022 10:23AM

Well... I am guilty of keeping wheat cents and Buffs... and any Merc dimes as well. Sorry, just cannot seem to part with them. Cheers, RickO

Treashunt · August 9, 2022 10:25AM

@ricko said:
Well... I am guilty of keeping wheat cents and Buffs... and any Merc dimes as well. Sorry, just cannot seem to part with them. Cheers, RickO

I have the same sickness.

Agreed, RickO

amwldcoin · August 9, 2022 10:48AM

This is against the rules of Scrouge McDuck! 🥸

2windy2fish · August 9, 2022 11:37AM

@ikenefic just an fyi, the coin star will reject any coins like that…

PerryHall · August 9, 2022 12:03PM

I'd rather give them to a YN than just spend them but to each his own.

OAKSTAR · August 9, 2022 12:28PM

@ricko said:
Well... I am guilty of keeping wheat cents and Buffs... and any Merc dimes as well. Sorry, just cannot seem to part with them. Cheers, RickO

If the posts had one of these icons, (👎🏻) I'd have to use it on @ricko & @Treashunt ....

But it doesn't, so you guys are good! 😂 🤣

Tibor · August 9, 2022 2:56PM

During Coin Week I spend 4 or 5 rolls of wheaties and a roll or two of Buffaloes. Rest of the year fewer of these two.

lkenefic · August 9, 2022 3:24PM

@2windy2fish said:
@ikenefic just an fyi, the coin star will reject any coins like that…

Hmmm... I've not had a problem with wheat cents and Buffalo Nickels in the past, but it's been a while since I've tried it...

3stars · August 9, 2022 3:24PM

I use impaired Ike Proofs overseas in donation boxes (i.e. museums, cathedrals, etc.). Why not let someone have a neat discovery of a "foreign" coin.

lkenefic · August 9, 2022 3:30PM

@PerryHall said:
I'd rather give them to a YN than just spend them but to each his own.

I held back two rolls of Wheaties when I liquidated Lincoln Cents. One roll is 1909 to 1930s dated, and the other is 40s and 50s. I'll likely have a Giveaway for those.

There were just too many Wheat Cents taking up too much space... and my garage isn't as big as the guy's with the Mother of all Wheat Cent Hoards...

LanceNewmanOCC · August 9, 2022 3:31PM

@OAKSTAR said:
@Che_Grapes recent thread reminded me of this.

During my travels, I routinely put random or common coins back into circulation..... wheat cent, worn Buffalo nickels or even worn IHC from time-to-time, in the hopes some young kids find them and spark their interest in collecting.

The point of this thread: If you guys find them, please throw them back. Thanks!

love some catch n release!

left a buff and wheaty from recent CRH finds on the counter at the bank after the clerk stated they cant/wont hand em out to someone, kids?, coin collector or whatever. i figured they'd have people in mind that ask them to keep an eye out for such things.

now i think about it, i should've left em by the coin counting machine which is all the way across the lobby!

winesteven · August 10, 2022 8:22PM

Great idea!

I get from my bank $2 bills, Ike dollars when they have them, “golden” dollars, and Kennedy halves, and use those every time I spend cash.

Steve

Estil · August 11, 2022 12:49AM

@amwldcoin said:
This is against the rules of Scrouge McDuck! 🥸

That's SCROOGE, number one, and two, I thought his main rule is to be tougher than the toughies and smarter than the smarties (not the candy obviously)!

Treashunt · August 11, 2022 3:46AM

@OAKSTAR said:

@ricko said:
Well... I am guilty of keeping wheat cents and Buffs... and any Merc dimes as well. Sorry, just cannot seem to part with them. Cheers, RickO

If the posts had one of these icons, (👎🏻) I'd have to use it on @ricko & @Treashunt ....

But it doesn't, so you guys are good! 😂 🤣

Sorry, but a collector is a collector.

I feel bad spending something that may never be found

BillJones · August 11, 2022 3:58AM

@PerryHall said:
I'd rather give them to a YN than just spend them but to each his own.

Yes, if you belong to a local club or know of one, you might donate them there and have them directed toward an interested party. The other way, the chances are high that the coins will just circulate until they are worn and withdrawn and melted.

Fraz · August 11, 2022 4:05AM

I can barely see the dates; could you guys toss some better ones?

OAKSTAR · August 11, 2022 4:09AM

@Treashunt said:

@OAKSTAR said:

@ricko said:
Well... I am guilty of keeping wheat cents and Buffs... and any Merc dimes as well. Sorry, just cannot seem to part with them. Cheers, RickO

If the posts had one of these icons, (👎🏻) I'd have to use it on @ricko & @Treashunt ....

But it doesn't, so you guys are good! 😂 🤣

Sorry, but a collector is a collector.

I feel bad spending something that may never be found

Then I bet you're gonna love this one!! 😂 🤣 😂

Treashunt · August 11, 2022 4:58AM

@OAKSTAR said:

@Treashunt said:

@OAKSTAR said:

@ricko said:
Well... I am guilty of keeping wheat cents and Buffs... and any Merc dimes as well. Sorry, just cannot seem to part with them. Cheers, RickO

If the posts had one of these icons, (👎🏻) I'd have to use it on @ricko & @Treashunt ....

But it doesn't, so you guys are good! 😂 🤣

Sorry, but a collector is a collector.

I feel bad spending something that may never be found

Then I bet you're gonna love this one!! 😂 🤣 😂

please forward the address, before some else gets there.

Estil · August 11, 2022 2:55PM

@OAKSTAR said:

Oh those are so cool! I think I may have seen a few smaller ones like that...just be VERY sure they close up tight and keep all the rain out! We REALLY need more of those so books don't needlessly go to waste.

OAKSTAR · August 11, 2022 3:06PM

It doesn't hurt to pay it forward every ones in a while.

LanceNewmanOCC · August 11, 2022 3:11PM

@OAKSTAR said:

@ricko said:
Well... I am guilty of keeping wheat cents and Buffs... and any Merc dimes as well. Sorry, just cannot seem to part with them. Cheers, RickO

If the posts had one of these icons, (👎🏻) I'd have to use it on @ricko & @Treashunt ....

But it doesn't, so you guys are good! 😂 🤣

.

that'll show you !

i actually found one while typing that, that i had forgot about. (no mouth)

type a colon, then start putting a random character/number/symbol (one at a time) after the colon and see what recommenations pop up. i think this iteration of the forum may have hundreds of emojis.

OAKSTAR · August 11, 2022 3:26PM

A dislike or thumbs down icon would probably be used a lot on this forum. 😂 🤣

Estil · August 12, 2022 4:01AM

@OAKSTAR said:
A dislike or thumbs down icon would probably be used a lot on this forum. 😂 🤣

But it wouldn't be very nice though

OAKSTAR · August 12, 2022 2:52PM

@Estil said:

@OAKSTAR said:
A dislike or thumbs down icon would probably be used a lot on this forum. 😂 🤣

But it wouldn't be very nice though

Yes, you wouldn't want to hurt peoples sensitive feelings nowadays.

Connecticoin · August 12, 2022 5:55PM

@Treashunt said:

@OAKSTAR said:

@Treashunt said:

@OAKSTAR said:

@ricko said:
Well... I am guilty of keeping wheat cents and Buffs... and any Merc dimes as well. Sorry, just cannot seem to part with them. Cheers, RickO

If the posts had one of these icons, (👎🏻) I'd have to use it on @ricko & @Treashunt ....

But it doesn't, so you guys are good! 😂 🤣

Sorry, but a collector is a collector.

I feel bad spending something that may never be found

Then I bet you're gonna love this one!! 😂 🤣 😂

please forward the address, before some else gets there.

That’s a good idea - old album or folder with a “starter” set - maybe specify for age 13 or younger

skier07 · August 12, 2022 6:02PM

You’re probably wasting your time. Young kids don’t use money nowadays.

rip_f · August 13, 2022 8:05AM

Nice idea anyway.

nwcoast · August 13, 2022 9:28AM

Though the thought is nice and I might hope that tossing some into the wild might excite some youngster, I think the odds are pretty slim. Not zero so keep it up if that floats your boat!

I’m basing my odds on some observations of a bunch of neighborhood kids a few years back when I ‘lost’ a handful of fully dated Buffalo nickels in a dirt area they were often playing and digging around in with their little toys. They found them, but didn’t seem to give a hoot. I even went out there to shoot the breeze with them- asking if the had “found anything interesting with all their digging around?”. They were ho-hum about their finds- even when I tried to express some wonder and enthusiasm as to just how old the coins were. They were nearly 100 years old!

Though I was disappointed with these particular kids responses, I still have some hope that there are other kids that might have acted differently and gotten a charge out of it.

Estil · August 13, 2022 9:18PM

@OAKSTAR said:

@Estil said:

@OAKSTAR said:
A dislike or thumbs down icon would probably be used a lot on this forum. 😂 🤣

But it wouldn't be very nice though

Yes, you wouldn't want to hurt peoples sensitive feelings nowadays.

But we wouldn't want to look like a bunch of assholes, do we?

OAKSTAR · June 17, 2023 4:02PM

Someone here did the same thing awhile ago in one of these threads, I can't remember who. He put an old Whitman Lincoln cent folder, with a few random Wheaties in one of these roadside Library boxes with a nice note. I can't remember exactly what the note said but it was very nice.

I want to write to same note. Does anyone remember this?

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