My First Silver(s)!!!

[AugustMoose87]

So when I was younger, I stashed a few coins away, basically on a whim. Now that I have a better understanding of coins, I went back through my old collection, and sorted out what was worth keeping (silver, buff, wheat) and what I wanted to get rid of (clad). So a handful of Sacajaweas, presidentials, Susans, halves, quarters, dimes, etc. went to the coin counter. There was one quarter I held on to not because I knew anything about it, but because it was "odd". Turns out my quarter was "odd" because it was SILVER!! a 1951D. Also in the stash was a 1967 half (40%)




In addition to that, I have a buffalo nickel that has a stud soldered to the indian side and bowed out, so I think it was a button for jeans or something. The date is covered with solder, so no clue what year (No mint mark).




Then fast forward to a few days ago. I started my winter job at a different park. This park has a "Camper Services Building" that has restrooms, coin-op showers and changers. During the busy season, when we empty the changers we always just assume that when we take $30 in bills out, we have to put $30 in quarters back in and we're square. But now that it is the off season, I got to pull the changer apart, clean it up, get all the quarters BACK in the hopper, and make sure that there was a starting balance of $100 in quarters in both the men and womens changers. So, I dumped out the first hopper, and there, lying on top I saw a 1964 quarter, and I said to my self - hey, aren't '64s silver?? Checked the rim and yes indeed, my first find that I knew what I found!

 

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[pong12211]

I remember when I first started collecting coins I searched every change jar I could get my hands on LOL.. Nice finds thanks for sharing.

 

[Dozer D]

When I was a kid, way way back in the 50's, my dad & older two brothers use to run the "penny-pitch" board [it was a flat 5ft * 5ft board on a raised platform about two feet off the ground, with small squares like a checkerboard, with numbers in each square to show the payout if someone pitched a penny on it without touching the lines. It seemed easier said then done, but just like a casino, eventually the house would win, cuz it was highly varnished & slick] at our annual local church carnival. Every night at the carnival dad would start with $10.00 in pennies, and $10.00 of nickels/dimes/quarters. By the end of the night at closing, there would be about $25 in cents, and several hundreds in nicks/dimes/qtrs plus a lot of paper cash. Back then everything was silver; just wished that I had the foresight of CRH and keep it all. Ol well, another case of Coulda, Woulda,Shoulda done it. Had I only had known then, what we all know now!