In the past few weeks, I've had three experiences that I found interesting in the coin collecting world. The first one happened when we were on vacation in Hawaii where a lady was trying to pay for her sandwich is a silvery looking coin. The cashier would not take it so I asked to look at it. The coin was Chinese and one that I didn't have. The lady kindly gave me the coin.
The second occurred when we were traveling from Dallas to Houston. We stopped for lunch and, as I was paying for our meal, I noticed that the Take A Penny dish had an unusually colored cent in it. I picked it up and found out it was a 1940 Lincoln Wheat Cent. It was actually in very good condition, probably VF or better. And, yes, I did take it!
The third experience was at a local Wal Mart. I was waiting in line to pay for my night lights and the gentleman in front of me was paying for his new reading classes. The total came to something and 17 cents so he pulled out a dime, nickel, and two cents. The cashier looked at the nickel and asked what is that. I asked to look at it and found it to be a 1912 Barber nickel in VF condition. I offered the gentleman a dollar for it but he declined (dang).
All of these finds have encouraged me to really start looking for new ways of filling the holes in my collections.
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