JasonB
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Found a Merc But Couldn't Keep It! (long story for a dime)
Okay, so I went to lunch in my office building just like every other day and the cashier was chatting while ringing me up. I know she's a coin collector because she gets excited when I pay in halfs, which I do from time to time
She keeps them all though, silver or not (??) So, I see clear rolls of coins in her drawer and I tell her she can tell if they're silver coins by checking the edge.
Well she hands me a roll and says show me. I checked the first roll and didn't see any silver. She handed me the second roll and I said, "oh, here's a silver one." It was the third coin down so I popped out the first two and the third was a shiny '44 Merc. I couldn't believe it and she couldn't either. The customer behind us started immediately checking his change for silver.
I told her the Merc was a finder's fee for showing her the ropes but she wasn't having it. Her ear-to-ear grin would have to do for my fee.
I was little disappointed as I returned with my sandwich to my office. Later that day the same girl saw me in the hallway and immediately offered my dime back. She said she had discussed it with her coworkers and they had decided it was mine. Her face was long and sad and she looked like her dog has just died. Needless to say I smiled and told her to keep the dime. She was elated and ran off to tell her coworkers that I had let her keep it.
So, after being a good samaritan, I went out and bought every roll of dimes I could find (I have two banks in by building) but I couldn't even find a silver Roosie!
I'm still waiting on my good karma for a payback. I hate to say it but I checked the date before returning it. If it had been a 1916-D I would have ran for it. Maybe you don't get good karma if you check the date first.
Jason
Okay, so I went to lunch in my office building just like every other day and the cashier was chatting while ringing me up. I know she's a coin collector because she gets excited when I pay in halfs, which I do from time to time
She keeps them all though, silver or not (??) So, I see clear rolls of coins in her drawer and I tell her she can tell if they're silver coins by checking the edge. Well she hands me a roll and says show me. I checked the first roll and didn't see any silver. She handed me the second roll and I said, "oh, here's a silver one." It was the third coin down so I popped out the first two and the third was a shiny '44 Merc. I couldn't believe it and she couldn't either. The customer behind us started immediately checking his change for silver.
I told her the Merc was a finder's fee for showing her the ropes but she wasn't having it. Her ear-to-ear grin would have to do for my fee.
I was little disappointed as I returned with my sandwich to my office. Later that day the same girl saw me in the hallway and immediately offered my dime back. She said she had discussed it with her coworkers and they had decided it was mine. Her face was long and sad and she looked like her dog has just died. Needless to say I smiled and told her to keep the dime. She was elated and ran off to tell her coworkers that I had let her keep it.
So, after being a good samaritan, I went out and bought every roll of dimes I could find (I have two banks in by building) but I couldn't even find a silver Roosie!
I'm still waiting on my good karma for a payback. I hate to say it but I checked the date before returning it. If it had been a 1916-D I would have ran for it. Maybe you don't get good karma if you check the date first.
Jason
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