I work as a cashier and I have seen my share of interesting change over the years. A coin I found most recently in a change drawer was a coin from Somalia. It was mixed in with the nickels. I wanted it partly because it had an elephant on it and Lord knows how much I love elephants.
I also found a coin from Sri Lanka at my work one time. My co-worker and I debated where it was from since it didn't have any "obvious" markings on it to identify it. It was a bit tricky, but eventually found a match on the internet. The most common coins I find at work are from Canada.
A very odd, but most recent find at work last week was a US state quarter that is gold in color. My co-worker was the one that found it originally and thought of me immediately. I've gotten a reputation at work as being a "coin collector". lol
I also found a penny slug in my drawer. That one really threw me off. I wasn't sure what I had there at the time. It looks like it had been circulating for quite a while too.
The most recent vintage coin I got as change one time was a Buffalo nickel from the 1930s.
I've found mercury dimes and silver quarters in my change drawer (one time I found a quarter from the 1940s in a dressing room). I got a wheat penny from the 1920s as change one time weirdly enough after buying something at work! lol A young girl (with her father looking on) a couple of years ago gave me a 2 dollar bill that was 1963.
I also get a lot of coins from family members. My Dad gave a bunch of Eisenhower Dollars he had held on to (and many other interesting vintage coins dating from the 1940s and onward). My sister gave me coins from Japan. My grandmother and her sister used to give me some really old coins in the hopes that they would be worth a lot of money someday.
My Mom has a gold coin from 1913 that used to belong to her grandfather. She said she got really close to selling it one day, but then later changed her mind.
Another odd curious find I found in our collection of stuff was an envelope from our Great Grandmother that was addressed to my three older siblings. Inside were a bunch of 2 dollar bills. My mom told me that our Great Grandmother used to save 2 dollar bills for my older siblings. My name wasn't on it because I had not been born yet. As I was looking through the collection, I found a 2 dollar bill from the 1950s and a 2 dollar bill from the late 1920s. Both bills were in pretty good shape.
I work as a cashier and I have seen my share of interesting change over the years. A coin I found most recently in a change drawer was a coin from Somalia. It was mixed in with the nickels. I wanted it partly because it had an elephant on it and Lord knows how much I love elephants.
I also found a coin from Sri Lanka at my work one time. My co-worker and I debated where it was from since it didn't have any "obvious" markings on it to identify it. It was a bit tricky, but eventually found a match on the internet. The most common coins I find at work are from Canada.
A very odd, but most recent find at work last week was a US state quarter that is gold in color. My co-worker was the one that found it originally and thought of me immediately. I've gotten a reputation at work as being a "coin collector". lol
I also found a penny slug in my drawer. That one really threw me off. I wasn't sure what I had there at the time. It looks like it had been circulating for quite a while too.
The most recent vintage coin I got as change one time was a Buffalo nickel from the 1930s.
I've found mercury dimes and silver quarters in my change drawer (one time I found a quarter from the 1940s in a dressing room). I got a wheat penny from the 1920s as change one time weirdly enough after buying something at work! lol A young girl (with her father looking on) a couple of years ago gave me a 2 dollar bill that was 1963.
I also get a lot of coins from family members. My Dad gave a bunch of Eisenhower Dollars he had held on to (and many other interesting vintage coins dating from the 1940s and onward). My sister gave me coins from Japan. My grandmother and her sister used to give me some really old coins in the hopes that they would be worth a lot of money someday.
My Mom has a gold coin from 1913 that used to belong to her grandfather. She said she got really close to selling it one day, but then later changed her mind.
Another odd curious find I found in our collection of stuff was an envelope from our Great Grandmother that was addressed to my three older siblings. Inside were a bunch of 2 dollar bills. My mom told me that our Great Grandmother used to save 2 dollar bills for my older siblings. My name wasn't on it because I had not been born yet. As I was looking through the collection, I found a 2 dollar bill from the 1950s and a 2 dollar bill from the late 1920s. Both bills were in pretty good shape.
Do you know how much these are worth?
The story was that my Great Grandfather (my mom's Grandfather) had the Gold 5 dollar piece and it was supposed to be turned in as some sort of recall, but he decided to hold on to it. Good job Great Grandpa!
I still have my Grandmother's voice in my head, "This will be worth money someday." lol
1912 Liberty Head Nickel
Found it in my change at the supermarket this evening.
You did fine.
