Todays box of quarters

[SFBayArea]

Today's box of quarters

So.. I got skunked again.. as to be expected for quarters.

However there were 3 foreign coins in the rolls. There was no way I would pay $0.75 for three foreign coins and the assist. manager told me that if I wanted to open them to see what coins they were, I would have keep the coins. So I kept one.. all coins were different looking. The one roll I kept had a white metal rim coin which turned out to be an United Emerites coin. I traded the other two to them. I am still curious about one of them since it had a copper-cladding like a normal quarter. However, it was extremely high relief higher than that of proofs. The reeding pattern on it is all much different. There's larger gaps in between the reeds. Does anyone here have a clue what country also uses copper cladding on their coins like ours?

I used to be cool with getting foreign coins in dimes.. but after numerous British 5 Pences, Canadian dimes, and Mexican Cinco Centavos, I just turn the rolls with foreign coins back to them. Unless the foreign coin is a Euro or older silver, I'm not interested. I would accept Euros since they're worth more than the U.S. dollar in exchange.

 

[legend76]

Re: Today's box of quarters

Might as well keep the Canadian coins.... I'm keeping my Canadian Cents (even the steel ones) for when the USD is worth about 20% of a C$. Of course, right now, I have about 6 cents in Steel.

HH,
Legend

 

[SFBayArea]

Re: Today's box of quarters

I tried another box of quarters today.. and got 2 Canadian quarters. I returned them along with the roll they were in. 1969 & 1979. Shame wasn't a 1968.

I just didn't like paying for foreign coins. I wonder if people who do quarters feel like they're losing money over time due to all the foreign coins in those boxes yet not finding too much silver to make up for it.. I'll keep doing quarters just to see where this skunk streak will end.