Costco Quarter

[wolcottdigger]

Got this as part of my change today at Costco snack bar.

 

[TimC (North Alabama)]

Sometime you wonder what kind of folks they hire at these places to be so clueless, anyway that's a great coin and congrats.

 

[NGE]

Tim, they are hiring youngun's, they have never seen silver coins. Also, have have you ever, just for the fun of it, taken a few dateless worn out Buffs to your local filling station. They reject mine and tell me it is foreign money.....

 

[dgaughan]

very cool love the standing liberty

 

[Benny the Slaw Master]

Thats what I call some sweet pocket change

 

[Kiros32]

I hate to be a pessimist, but a find like that in pocket change is a good indication of the rough times. Someone tapped into their coin collection to buy a hot dog. I don't imagine this coin has been in circulation for 80 or so years, surely someone would have snatched it up years ago.

With that said...AWESOME coin find, the best I have done is a silver Roosevelt dime in pocket change!!!

 

[dirt doctor]

That is incredible !! In 15 years I've only pulled 2 of those out of the ground . My son got a Mercury Dime in his change a few months ago . I think a lot of the younger folk manning those cash registers just think the old classic American coins are some kind of worthless foreign money . Congratulations on perhaps beating a Billion to one odds !!
H H ,
George

 

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

To reply to Dirt Dr.

I think a lot of the younger folk manning those cash registers just think the old classic American coins are some kind of worthless foreign money .

this is the case sometimes, and sometimes they think it's worh a fortune. I'm always honest with people that it isn't worth anything in most cases, and if it is I'll tell them and offer a fair "Face x " for it. I don't very often get old ones this wasy anymore, but in the past it proved prudent!

I'd LOVE to find a SLQ in some change, and yes, it could be a sad indicator of someone having to break into their collection. Sometimes people find hoards and spend them. You never know the whole story...but it sure is fun to theorize.

 

[ClonedSIM]

That is cool, so I guess a Coscto is a hot dog place? I'm in the North East, never heard of it.

Costco is actually a big discount warehouse store, like Sam's Club, where items can be bought in bulk. But they have a great snack bar up front. Sam's has a killer pizza shop in theirs.