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Found a 2000 WIDE AM cent in my wife's car

DCWDCW Posts: 7,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
As I sat in my wife's car, waiting for her to finish doing her hair (or whatever women do that makes men finish their coffees before leaving the driveway) I decided to go through the coins that had been amassed in her now defunct ashtray. To my suprise, the first coin I looked at was a 2000 lincoln cent wide am!
I know that these aren't excessively RARE or anything, but it made my morning. And the look she gave me when I tried to explain to herwhy this dirty penny was "special" made my whole day. image
Anyone else care to share a story about a coin you found by chance? (ie. on the ground, in change, couch cushion, etc.?)

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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    ...i once found something in a cereal box! oh, wait, you're talking about a coin. image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • RobbRobb Posts: 2,034


    << <i>...i once found something in a cereal box! oh, wait, you're talking about a coin. image >>



    Was that the Sac dollar from the box of Cheerios that you spent at Starbucks?
    imageRIP
  • garrynotgarrynot Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭
    She is hiding them from you ! image
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>...i once found something in a cereal box! oh, wait, you're talking about a coin. image >>



    Was that the Sac dollar from the box of Cheerios that you spent at Starbucks? >>



    ....image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭


    << <i>As I sat in my wife's car, waiting for her to finish doing her hair (or whatever women do that makes men finish their coffees before leaving the driveway) I decided to go through the coins that had been amassed in her now defunct ashtray. To my suprise, the first coin I looked at was a 2000 lincoln cent wide am!
    I know that these aren't excessively RARE or anything, but it made my morning. And the look she gave me when I tried to explain to herwhy this dirty penny was "special" made my whole day. image
    Anyone else care to share a story about a coin you found by chance? (ie. on the ground, in change, couch cushion, etc.?) >>



    As I was doing my hair while my husband was pawing around through the change in the car, or whatever it is that men do while they finish their coffee...
  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806
    My wife would not like me bringing up in public where I found her Wide AM.
  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Look in the trunk,you may find the diesimage
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Look in the trunk,you may find the diesimage >>




    ....image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington


  • << <i>She is hiding them from you ! image >>


    image
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,972 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lucky you. All I found in my 2000 suburban this AM was a wide wife.

    If you understand what is coming, then you can duck. If not, then you get sucker-punched. - Martin Armstrong

  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Lucky you. All I found in my 2000 suburban this AM was a wide wife. >>



    .....OH! OH! image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • melvin289melvin289 Posts: 3,019
    I once ran out of gas on I-85 just west of Charlotte between 2 exits. It was a mile either way to walk. I got out of the car, a 1965 Mercury Comet to put a timeline on this, and in disgust kicked the gravel on the emergency strip. I noticed something on the ground, a quarter. It was an 1954-S which I needed for my Whitman blue folder. It still resides there today somewhere or the other among my stuff. I was happier about finding the quarter than I was mad at myself for running out of gas.

    Ron
    Collect for the love of the hobby, the beauty of the coins, and enjoy the ride.
  • MaineJimMaineJim Posts: 792 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I found a 1963 silver dime on my wife's car floor last summer. Got no idea where that came from!

    Maine_Jim
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am heading out to my wife's car right now. Will let you know if I find anything...image Cheers, RickO
  • pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I am heading out to my wife's car right now. Will let you know if I find anything...image Cheers, RickO >>


    If anything you find is toned, will you leave it there?image
    Paul
  • ksammutksammut Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Lucky you. All I found in my 2000 suburban this AM was a wide wife. >>



    LOL
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,701 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My ex wife might freak if I were to go through her ash tray. Besides, I'd just find ashes & butts.


  • << <i>Lucky you. All I found in my 2000 suburban this AM was a wide wife. >>



    nice



    i keep expecting to find a wide am one of these days but still nothing


    i did catch a 97 ddo once though. my only true circ find that mattered.

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