LizzieMaine
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I haven't seen one of those in a long, long time. Slick Buffalos still turn up occasionally, but getting a V-nickel is as likely as hitting the lottery.
You'd be amazed at what turns up in Salvation Army kettles. We've had some pretty special finds in Annapolis
In Chicago it's become a tradition for mystery donations of gold coins to appear in the SA kettles during the holidays.
I always laugh at the 2 dollar bill in things like charity collections. SOME People have always thought receiving them in change was bad luck. So what do they do? They donate them to charity. Gee, thanks for the bad luck donation there guy. lol lol lol You also see them with missing corners and such that were supposed to take the bad luck off of them. :rolleyes. Yeah, way to peeve bad luck by tearing a corner off of it. lol lolWe have had one of them, and a diamond ring as well. But those are both intentional donations. The odd pocket change is what's most interesting, that and the several silver certificates that come up each year. Usually about 30 dollars worth of 2 dollar bills shows up too.
Matt
There are several reasons given but I think snopes covers most of them. http://www.snopes.com/business/money/twodollar.asp If you had that much in 2 dollar bills you would be in trouble with the significant other according to a few of those.Bad luck really?? Yikes I've got over a hundred dollars in bad luck in the lock box under my bed. 2 dollar bills make up a portion of my emergency cash in the house reserve. I'm not likely to spend them willy nilly but if my finances suffered a meltdown the gas station still accepts them to fill up my tank.
I always felt lucky to find a 2 dollar bill.
Who knew I was actually get unlucky??
Matt
Being a cashier I find lots of oddball coins. Always find Canadian coins, also coins from the UK, Bahamas, Bermuda, Dominican Republic, Panama, and one of the best (wish i still had it) was a 20 centavos silver coin from The Phillipines when they were still a US Territory. My most recent one and my best score I am posting. 1985 One Peso from Mexico. At the time the exchange rate was 3000 pesos to the US Dollar (I believe) so this wasn't worth anything back then. My best score are the Walking Liberty halves that a gal used to buy a Mountain Dew. I was shaking as she handed these to me, which I switched them out with a dollar bill. View attachment 5976 View attachment 5977
I have two coin purses I carry with me. One is for spending money; the other for "prop" money. It gets me in that vintage feeling sometimes, you see.
I generally dress in a late '30's/early '40's style, and having period change just adds to it. Right now it contains:
- 1- 1925 penny
- 1- 1927 penny
- 1- 1940 penny
- 1- 1941 penny
- 1- 1941-D penny
- 1- 1943 steel penny
- 3- 1944 pennies
- 1- 1940 nickel
- 1- 1941 nickel
- 1- "1941" nickel (The date is worn away and it looks like a '41, but it's really a '47. The only way to tell is to compare it to both a '41 and a '47.)
- 1- 1942-S nickel with the mintmark over Monticello (35% silver)
- 1- 1941 dime
Three recent additions, which brings the total to $1.24 in period specie:
- 1- 1937 dime
- 1- 1935 quarter
- 1- 1936 half-dollar
As my Father was in the Navy, he also collected some money from around the world. My Husband was also in the Navy, and has a few weird coins from other places.
I cashed my coins in at the bank today. I had $63 & one French Franc.
Three recent additions, which brings the total to $1.24 in period specie:
- 1- 1937 dime
- 1- 1935 quarter
- 1- 1936 half-dollar
Last summer I had some work done on my kitchen and I paid the man $1,100 in quarters and dimes. And when he and his sons who were his helpers was counting it, it was like a scene from a Western. The whole thing weighed 85 lbs.