TheHarleyMan2
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- Feb 27, 2008
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I wanted to share my knowledge on something I had came across. I had went to Nappanee, Indiana for a job using my truck pulling trailers a few months back. Nappanee is a small Amish community and of course there were not really any big banks there. Several times I cashed my check at the One Source Bank, (pretty much the only bank there besides Chase), (which tellers sit at a desk rather than behind a counter), TRUELY UNUSUAL!
Well several times I would cash my check at the bank or the grocery store, (Meyers), and when I would get my check cashed and then the coin change that made the difference of my check I would look at the coins and see that most if not all, pennies, nickles, dimes, and quarters where old. I mean like dated 1928's and up on the pennies, 1950's and up on the dimes, nickles and quarters usually were dated 1950 and up! Occasionally even the cash paper money some of them were older bills, but nothing I got was older than 1993 usually, but most were brand new type bills used today.
This surprised me in such after a few times of cashing my check that I would tell the lady at the store or bank and ask her to give me what was in her change drawer, (which I would get a couple dollars worth from each). I really wanted to pretty much tell them give me all your rolls of coins you have in the safe for my amount in my check, but I couldn't afford it, and I didn't want to ask and be embarassed and didn't know how they would react to it.
Going through the change I would find the much older coins, but found nothing that would be worth much money, yet, but a few silvers and a couple of wheat pennies.
So being I am not working for this company anymore and it will be a while before I get up in that part of the country so I wanted to share this knowledge with those who may be in, or close to those areas as I won't be getting up that way anytime soon.
Being the Amish pretty much run communities, sorta, and communities that have big Amish families there, especially Indiana, many will use and keep the older money in circulation, (especially the coins), for the Amish towns.
So it may pay to get to an Amish community if one is traveling or not living far from one and never know what if any coins of value may be at your fingers!
Well several times I would cash my check at the bank or the grocery store, (Meyers), and when I would get my check cashed and then the coin change that made the difference of my check I would look at the coins and see that most if not all, pennies, nickles, dimes, and quarters where old. I mean like dated 1928's and up on the pennies, 1950's and up on the dimes, nickles and quarters usually were dated 1950 and up! Occasionally even the cash paper money some of them were older bills, but nothing I got was older than 1993 usually, but most were brand new type bills used today.
This surprised me in such after a few times of cashing my check that I would tell the lady at the store or bank and ask her to give me what was in her change drawer, (which I would get a couple dollars worth from each). I really wanted to pretty much tell them give me all your rolls of coins you have in the safe for my amount in my check, but I couldn't afford it, and I didn't want to ask and be embarassed and didn't know how they would react to it.
Going through the change I would find the much older coins, but found nothing that would be worth much money, yet, but a few silvers and a couple of wheat pennies.
So being I am not working for this company anymore and it will be a while before I get up in that part of the country so I wanted to share this knowledge with those who may be in, or close to those areas as I won't be getting up that way anytime soon.
Being the Amish pretty much run communities, sorta, and communities that have big Amish families there, especially Indiana, many will use and keep the older money in circulation, (especially the coins), for the Amish towns.
So it may pay to get to an Amish community if one is traveling or not living far from one and never know what if any coins of value may be at your fingers!
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