Hunting Wild Silver

[realfoot]

Last year I found a silver civil war token in a bag of dimes.

do you have a pic? PM me please.

[SilverMoney]

I occasionally will pay for small purchases with two dollar bills, dollar coins or a combo of both. One week I went to a gas station and paid for several days in a row using dollar coins and this seemed to upset the cashier quite a bit. Come Friday, I stroll in and you can tell the teller is ready for me, he is going to get me and he is going to get me bad. I pay for my purchases and have 54 cents coming back. With the utmost satisfaction the cashier give me the payback smirk, and gives me four pennies and a 1964 half dollar. He thought he was fighting fire with fire, but just ended up starting off a great weekend!

I did get a 63 quarter from a coffee machine as change which I found odd, but other than that, just a silver quarter or dime in change every two years or so.

[creshka46]

Last year I found a silver civil war token in a bag of dimes.

Wow, I didn't know they made silver civil war tokens. I've only ever seen the copper ones on the ends of ebay "unsearched" rolls

[Diggin4copper]

I was cleaning out an estate and found a scrap book from the 1960s... one page had a peace dollar taped in it.... that was fun

[4 bit]

I was in a coffee bar a few days ago and noticed a couple of half dollars in the tip jar. One of them was a 1969D. I pointed it out to the barista and told her not to spend it because it has about $4.50 worth of silver.

[DuckTales253]

I do auctions in class with my Econ students--usually auction off a $1 or $5 bill in an all-pay auction to demonstrate the wastefulness of rent seeking. Anyhow, on two occasions in the last 2 years students have included silver dimes in their payments! I always make money on this, but getting silver makes it extra special.

Can you explain "rent seeking" and how this auction illustrates the point? I am intrigued!

[knibloe]

Last year I found a silver civil war token in a bag of dimes.

Wow, I didn't know they made silver civil war tokens. I've only ever seen the copper ones on the ends of ebay "unsearched" rolls

It was made as a fund raiser for the union troops. The silver one sold for $.50. I also have a penny token that I found. Both from bags that I bought off of the same bank.

I will post a pic if I can find it.