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Old coins to be slyly distributed around the county
SANTA CRUZ
Keep an eye out for those old buffalo nickels and 100-year-old pennies at cash registers around town.
Next time you're walking along the sidewalk, look down -- you might find a mercury dime or even a steel penny. As for those penny trays at convenience stores, peer closely at your loose change before dumping it in. It could be the 1909 penny, which was made in San Francisco and fetches as much as $125 on the open coin trading market.
The old currency, soon to hit Santa Cruz County, is part of a promotion to go along with National Coin Week, which starts in mid-April.
Bo Borich, the head of the Santa Cruz Coin Club, said he and dozens of other members plan to start distributing the old currency on April 12
http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_8726090?nclick_check=1
SANTA CRUZ
Keep an eye out for those old buffalo nickels and 100-year-old pennies at cash registers around town.
Next time you're walking along the sidewalk, look down -- you might find a mercury dime or even a steel penny. As for those penny trays at convenience stores, peer closely at your loose change before dumping it in. It could be the 1909 penny, which was made in San Francisco and fetches as much as $125 on the open coin trading market.
The old currency, soon to hit Santa Cruz County, is part of a promotion to go along with National Coin Week, which starts in mid-April.
Bo Borich, the head of the Santa Cruz Coin Club, said he and dozens of other members plan to start distributing the old currency on April 12
http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_8726090?nclick_check=1
