An Uncommon Coin Spill

Clad2Silver

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I spent two hours at a soccer field before a game was about to start and then moved to a softball field for another hour before calling it quits. In those three hours of hunting, I dug 48 coins with a face value of $9.72, including a coin spill of three 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar coins. They were lost fairly recently because they were just barely starting to sink into the ground. I also dug a junk rhinestone earring and a soccer badge.
 

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Clad2Silver

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The Post Office here in Reno used Susan B's as change in the stamp machines for years and I'm sure other locations did also. It angered a lot of people, too easy to confuse with quarters.
Back in the day, twenty cent pieces were getting confused with quarters. That's why the "golden" dollars they're cranking out now are a different metal which gives them a different color, and the rims are smooth which is to help blind people know they're not a quarter.
 

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I spent two hours at a soccer field before a game was about to start and then moved to a softball field for another hour before calling it quits. In those three hours of hunting, I dug 48 coins with a face value of $9.72, including a coin spill of three 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar coins. They were lost fairly recently because they were just barely starting to sink into the ground. I also dug a junk rhinestone earring and a soccer badge.
Good day coinshooting there!
 

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I spent two hours at a soccer field before a game was about to start and then moved to a softball field for another hour before calling it quits. In those three hours of hunting, I dug 48 coins with a face value of $9.72, including a coin spill of three 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar coins. They were lost fairly recently because they were just barely starting to sink into the ground. I also dug a junk rhinestone earring and a soccer badge.
Well, there goes some little guys ice cream money..............
 

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The Susan B went over about like a lead balloon. That odd shape and the size just didn,t cut it,even for vending machines. Nice finds you made.
I still feel bad but when i was ten there was a dude working at 7-11 who accidentally gave me four susan-B's as change for quarters for the ole pinball machine so I went back like five more times and loaded up, hope the guy didn't get canned over it prolly screwed my karma for life but couldn't help myself (devil inside as INXS says). Sorry man!
 

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I still feel bad but when i was ten there was a dude working at 7-11 who accidentally gave me four susan-B's as change for quarters for the ole pinball machine so I went back like five more times and loaded up, hope the guy didn't get canned over it prolly screwed my karma for life but couldn't help myself (devil inside as INXS says). Sorry man!
You,re good.You were just a kid,I don,t think what you do as a kid follows you forever.
 

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I still feel bad but when i was ten there was a dude working at 7-11 who accidentally gave me four susan-B's as change for quarters for the ole pinball machine so I went back like five more times and loaded up, hope the guy didn't get canned over it prolly screwed my karma for life but couldn't help myself (devil inside as INXS says). Sorry man!
What's that old saying? If you hadn't done it someone else would've.
 

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The Susan B went over about like a lead balloon. That odd shape and the size just didn,t cut it,even for vending machines. Nice finds you made.
Thanks.....The SBA did go over like a lead balloon and those Sacagawea and Presidential dollars are going over like lead balloons too. In my humble opinion the SBA dollar is one of the ugliest coins we've ever minted.
 

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I'm from NY, and for quite a few years these were given as change at machines that dispensed railroad tickets. This was before digital payments of course, but people who paid $20 cash to buy a $17.50 ticket would get two Susan B Anthony dollars and two quarters change, for example.

Other than that, they were hardly used at all. Even by banks.

QUESTION: When I went to London in the late 90's, I was fascinated by the fact they had no paper 1-pound notes. They used coins ("quid") for that. So what did you guys do in strip clubs????
 

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I spent two hours at a soccer field before a game was about to start and then moved to a softball field for another hour before calling it quits. In those three hours of hunting, I dug 48 coins with a face value of $9.72, including a coin spill of three 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar coins. They were lost fairly recently because they were just barely starting to sink into the ground. I also dug a junk rhinestone earring and a soccer badge.
nice haul, thanks for posting
 

boogeyman

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I'm from NY, and for quite a few years these were given as change at machines that dispensed railroad tickets. This was before digital payments of course, but people who paid $20 cash to buy a $17.50 ticket would get two Susan B Anthony dollars and two quarters change, for example.

Other than that, they were hardly used at all. Even by banks.

QUESTION: When I went to London in the late 90's, I was fascinated by the fact they had no paper 1-pound notes. They used coins ("quid") for that. So what did you guys do in strip clubs????
Put em in the other pocket......... Adapt overcome get er 👍👍👍
 

boogeyman

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I like Bazooka best and Super Bubble next.You can hardly ever find it anymore around here. I think you can still get a wholesale size jar or box on Amazon of course.
Walmart had the jars a few months ago. Haven't paid attention lately. Hooked on the big green sour apple gum balls. Oh! A piece on the end of my pencil works great for fishing diamond studs out of the coin star machines. Bazooka don't stick.
 

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I spent two hours at a soccer field before a game was about to start and then moved to a softball field for another hour before calling it quits. In those three hours of hunting, I dug 48 coins with a face value of $9.72, including a coin spill of three 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar coins. They were lost fairly recently because they were just barely starting to sink into the ground. I also dug a junk rhinestone earring and a soccer badge.
Bet that earring had your heart racing for a minute.
 

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