odd find

[kagarise]

while i was searching through a few rolls of halves on my lunch break i found almost a whole rolls where the halves were spray painted gold....guess someone wanted to be a pirate

[Robarons]

I have (with most of the members here) have found gold plated halves, but they usually a by-product of those cheap coin sets that they try to hock on tv, 'layered in 24k gold' etc.

But I these dont pop up very often. To find complete rolls of gold painted coins, or any coins for that matter, is rare and cool. I dont know why someone would try to do that but its kinda interesting. At least if you ever see these gold halves again you can track their circulation patterns and tell if you have any competition!

[Roadrunner]

I've found one of these also. Welcome aboard, matey!

[Diggin4copper]

I was at a yard sale one day, and there was one in a bezel for sale along with an Ike.. I bought both for a buck!

[BamaJoe]

while i was searching through a few rolls of halves on my lunch break i found almost a whole rolls where the halves were spray painted gold....guess someone wanted to be a pirate

You lucky dog. Those were part of a top secret experimental plan to increase the government's gold holdings. The genuis who came up with that idea later moved to Fort Knox and implemented the Tungsten Filled Gold Bar program.

[sparechange]

Just found a "golden abe" tonight. I put in my odd junk bin. I now have some more gold.

[cesariojpn]

....guess someone wanted to be a pirate

Celebrate with song!!

[misteroman]

used to find 1 ever oncein a while whenI was sorting halves