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Post office misery results in awesome wild silver
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Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:35 pmby BlackOut
Painfully stood in line 30 minutes at the post office today as they only had one person working the counter??? I finally get to the front and make my transaction with cash. The clerk who had just come on was struggling to make change as her drawer wasn't stocked. She scraped up 80 cents in a bunch of dimes and I was thinking jeez, she doesn't even have a quarter. As she was getting the change out, I heard a distinct sound, one that I know oh so well. I thought for a second, probably a token or new foreign causing the change in pitch. She quickly said, 80 cents and handed it to me without letting me see the change, almost like she was pulling a fast one on me. So for 80 cents, I got five dimes, a nickel, and this beauty. This is my first wild silver other than a few dimes I found back in the 90's as a teenage cashier. Pretty stoked about my find and low mintage from what I can tell. Slight bend in the middle of the coin so possibly worth only melt, but definitely one I am hanging onto regardless. Pics to follow...
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Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:46 pmby BlackOut
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Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:46 pmby BlackOut
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Mon Dec 03, 2012 8:59 pmby Country
It get's even better. Red Book has this territorial Puerto Rico 20c worth $50 in FINE.
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Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:06 pmby RichardPenny43
I'd say it was worth the wait!
Nice score.
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Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:07 pmby Thogey
Bully!
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Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:54 pmby shinnosuke
Unicorns and jelly beans.
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Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:39 amby mtalbot_ca
Congrats on this wild one...
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Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:28 amby knibloe
very very nice. If evey wait was rewarded like that, we would all have a lot more patience.
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Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:05 pmby Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay
Oh, how sweet it is!!! Lucky you! Congrats!!
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Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:36 pmby Lemon Thrower
BlackOut wrote:She quickly said, 80 cents and handed it to me without letting me see the change, almost like she was pulling a fast one on me.
i would be very tempted to let her know what she gave you.
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Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:00 pmby jacer333
Geesh, I would stand in the dreadful post office lines all day long if there was that pot of gold waiting at the end of every rainbow. Congrats
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Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:23 pmby Numis Pam
Nice! thanks for sharing!
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Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:54 amby Saabman
Sweet!!!! Nice!!! At least something good has come out of the post office lately!!
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Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:09 pmby twentybux
Congrats!
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Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:08 pmby BamaJoe
Very nice one there. Congrats.
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Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:38 pmby doc huckleberry
Wow, crazy kool loose change find, congrats. Thanks for sharing.
