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Nickelless
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USA
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Ponce
Penny Hoarding Member
Cuba
630 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 08:40:57
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Wished you were here, I would let you play with my bundles of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters and dollar bills......... Am I crazy? hummmmmmmmmmmm time will tell.
PS: I don't need time, I know that I am hahahahahahah. |
"If you don't hold it, you don't own it"...Ponce |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
1937 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 09:53:22
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| Using cash is the way to go. The other day I got three uncirculated 1961 lincolns cents - shiny as the day they were issued. Nothing valuable, but more fun that the paper reciept I would have gotten with the debit card. |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
-Caxton's edition of Aesop's Fables, 1484 |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1572 Posts |
 Posted - 10/15/2009 : 10:41:41
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Getting something interesting back in change certainly is fun. Makes having to shop for the necessities more tolerable.
Enjoy! |
Edited by - PreservingThePast on 10/15/2009 10:42:42 |
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psi
Penny Collector Member
Canada
399 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 11:16:25
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| Another good reason to use cash is that with debit or credit all your purchases are tracked. |
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Nickelless
Administrator
USA
5580 Posts |
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
693 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2009 : 12:39:20
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| Got a wheat penny in change a couple of weeks back and thought I struck gold! LOL |
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; second is war. Both bring a temporary (and false) prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunities. |
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 10/15/2009 : 15:46:36
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| I buddy of mine was putting a quarter in a drink machine and it would not take it. He finally looked at it and it was silver! He ended up giving it to me because he knew I collected coins. :-) |
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dakota1955
1000+ Penny Miser Member
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Posted - 10/15/2009 : 15:50:52
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| I alway try to use paper money. I also look at my change checking for any thing that is worth keeping. Like Christmas everytime I get change back. |
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MichaelOnion
Penny Pincher Member
USA
105 Posts |
Posted - 10/18/2009 : 11:54:00
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| don't forget to look for star notes on all your paper money. I've only found a few so far but I always ask for them when I pick up and drop off. That and those old 100s |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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 Posted - 10/18/2009 : 13:19:37
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Originally posted by MichaelOnion
don't forget to look for star notes on all your paper money. I've only found a few so far but I always ask for them when I pick up and drop off. That and those old 100s
As fast as the FRNs are being printed these days, sometimes it is a non-starred note that could be more valuable. I am hearing that occasionally entire bundles are all starred notes in sequential order.
I also had a dealer tell me that unless the starred note was really, really old or an unusual serial number in almost pristine condition that they are not worth that much these days since they are becoming more of a normal item rather than a rarity. |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 10/18/2009 : 15:09:03
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| Yea i try to use cash so i can get back change! I never even give the change i always give that dollar extra to get back coins. Ill even stop the gas pump with 8 cents from the round number so i will get a nickel and 3 pennies. I noticed if i go 1 over like .51 they will give you a dime instead of .09 cents. |
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In my change tonight at Walmart...
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