Wheat Penny gave in change from coin shop

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Stopped by my local coin shop to pickup some 2x2s and a hard plastic holder for a 1955 D wheat cent I bought. I also picked up the hard plastic holder for my 1899 O Barber Quarter. Long story short all of it came to like $5.13, I handed her a $10, and she gave me the change. Later inspection yielded a 1958 D Wheatie. Strange coming from a coin shop.
 

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weird is right! i get BU nickels from the 60's and 70's all the time from my coin shop, last time i got a dirty 1949 nickel, makes you wonder, they might buy them at face value specifically to give out as change to encourage to buy more... you never know. good deal for 1 cent!
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My local coin shop always gives common wheat, dateless buffalos, 1976 quarters, NIFC halfs, and 2 dollar bills in change.
 

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Mine has handed me some $2 bills, and 1976 Quarters. I never deal with $2 bills so the first time they were bringing me back my change and I saw the back I thought it was like a really old dollar bill but ended up being a plain 1976
 

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Not all that strange, a lot of coin dealers buy large collections which might have a handful of pieces that are worth the purchase price and a bunch of stuff only worth face value. Others buy weird denominations (halves, $2 bills, common wheats) and give them out in change to appeal to collectors.
 

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a teller tried to sell me $460 in $2 bills, i politely denied them, i don't like them. they're "annoying" to me, most cashiers and tellers around here don't like them.
Mine has handed me some $2 bills, and 1976 Quarters. I never deal with $2 bills so the first time they were bringing me back my change and I saw the back I thought it was like a really old dollar bill but ended up being a plain 1976
 

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I have had similar experiences w/ dealers giving collectible coins in change. My best transaction involved 91 cents: I got a 1921D Walker, a 1901s quarter, a '16 D Merc, a 3-legged '37 d buffalo nick, and a 1922 cent. I could hardly believe it! The I looked in the case & all he had for sale were common modern coins. Weird.
 

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What? Not calling you a liar but I really highly doubt that. I mean getting just general coins from a coins shop is good, but getting mutiple key dates in one transaction at Face Value. Come on:icon_scratch:

I have had similar experiences w/ dealers giving collectible coins in change. My best transaction involved 91 cents: I got a 1921D Walker, a 1901s quarter, a '16 D Merc, a 3-legged '37 d buffalo nick, and a 1922 cent. I could hardly believe it! The I looked in the case & all he had for sale were common modern coins. Weird.
 

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What? Not calling you a liar but I really highly doubt that. I mean getting just general coins from a coins shop is good, but getting mutiple key dates in one transaction at Face Value. Come on

Don't you get the sarcasm?:dontknow:
 

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What? Not calling you a liar but I really highly doubt that. I mean getting just general coins from a coins shop is good, but getting mutiple key dates in one transaction at Face Value. Come on:icon_scratch:


don't feel bad when i first read it i thought he was talking about a dream he had.
 

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a teller tried to sell me $460 in $2 bills, i politely denied them, i don't like them. they're "annoying" to me, most cashiers and tellers around here don't like them.


i love $2 dollar bills and in about a month i am buying $400.00 dollars worth of them from somebody on the internet. all he wants is face value plus insurence and i asked for signature confirmation so total will be $411.30. the way i see it if the goverment still prints them i will spend them and if cashiers don't like them i will take my bussiness elsewhere where my money is welcome. and since the economy is still tough they can not afford to lose to many costumers.
 

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Why buy them when you can get them at the bank without insurance & shipping?
 

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Why buy them when you can get them at the bank without insurance & shipping?


because most banks up here dont have any and will not order any and because when they do have them they are all consecutive and *i can not spend consecutive bills for some reason*


*i think my ocd has something to do with it.
 

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Mrs.CRH said:
oh boy.....

You could always shuffle them up...BAM...consecutive problem solved!

banks may not always have consecutive notes anyways. Doesn't hurt to try! Good luck!
 

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At my LCS, when he rings you up, he ALWAYS checks the change before he passes it on. The best I have gotten from him was 1979 SBAs and some BU state quarters for my quarter book.
 

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