My parent's home (in Bridgewater, NJ) was the subject of a very amateurish break-in while they were on vacation. Very little was taken, except a couple of bottles of liquor and my father's collection of Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles. They were spent in local stores, leading to the arrest of three teenagers. Like you, my father recovered almost none of the coins.
Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > Long story to follow..... > > While working my way thru college, I had a night & weekend job of delivering > liquor for a local liquor store in New Jersey. Needless to say I handled > alot of change and was sharp enough to know to weed out the silver coins I > received. Over a few years of doing this I amassed several hundred dollars > of silver coins. > > Fast forward about 15 years.... > > My new home was burglarized and among some of the things taken were alot of > those silver coins. I advised the police that most likely these coins would > be used as every day money. Sure enough after a few days, the police > informed me that a couple of kids had tried to use the coins at a local 7-11 > store - merchants in the area had been notified of the robbery and the > possibility of silver coins showing up in every day transactions - the 7-11 > owner contacted the police and the kids were arrested. When informed of > this, I asked the merchant if I could get my coins back and was told that > they were not kept, but were given out as change in daily transactions - > YEAH RIGHT - he damm well knew what he had and kept them. I still have the > remnants of that silver coin collection but nowhere near the quantity that I > had amassed. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: OT: State Quarters > > >> In New Orleans, the locals used to refer to dimes (in general) as "silver >> dimes". That threw me for a while since silver dimes had not been made for >> years when I moved here. >> >> I used to run across the occasional Indian Head cent. I guess we are >> really dating ourselves with these admissions. ;-) >> >> Jeffery >> >> On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:03 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >>> When I was a young lad, I would find an Indian Head cent in the change >>> every now and them. I would go through the cash registers at my >>> grandfathers butcher shop and my uncle's gas station, looking for >>> Indian Head pennies and Buffalo nickles. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Actually >>>> right - hence ... :) >>>> >>>> Richard (my sweetheart to died in 1993) had a batch of wheaties... I >>>> look >>>> at the pennies I get and I keep finding them >>>> though not many, of course, and not in such good shape but I have a >>>> hundred >>>> or so >>>> >>>> ann >>>> >>>> Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>> >>>>> One almost never sees "wheaties" or steel cents in circulation any >>>>> more. >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Now JOhn and I have lots of info :-) >>>>>> I only mentioned looking for "s' cause John did -- prior to his email >>>>>> I >>>>>> didn't know a thing about it... >>>>>> >>>>>> aside from thinking it would be cute to have all the states.. or that >>>>>> someone MIGHT wnat oe in the distant future, >>>>>> all I know about coins are what "wheaties" are and if I got a 1943 >>>>>> copper >>>>>> coin I could get a prety nice price for one. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have one steel coin from 1943 that I wrote a story about in grade >>>>>> school... thinking it was the unusual one.... think I >>>>>> I dentified with being out of step? you betcha >>>>>> >>>>>> ann >>>>>> >>>>>> Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ann: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm afraid you won't find many "S" mintmarks. The San Francisco Mint >>>>>>> no longer makes coins for general circulation. They specialize in >>>>>>> proof coins, which are specially struck to have greater luster, and >>>>>>> special issues. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=15253&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10211 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Any "S" or "W" (West Point) mint marks you find are special issues, >>>>>>> not meant for general circulation. If you find one in regular >>>>>>> change, >>>>>>> there is is a good chance it was stolen from someone's collection, by >>>>>>> someone too stupid to realize its value, who then spent it at face >>>>>>> value instead of selling it as a collectible. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I usually limit myself these days to buying the annual uncirculated >>>>>>> mint sets and proof sets directly from the US Mint. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Dan >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 3:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> John -- this is odd .. >>>>>>>> I jsut started doing this too.. I have 43 different ones so far - >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> less >>>>>>>> than a month... but I hadn't thought about looking at whether they >>>>>>>> were >>>>>>>> P >>>>>>>> or D and didnt know about "S" at all >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Im only keeping one of each state to make a set and just though tit >>>>>>>> would >>>>>>>> be >>>>>>>> nice to have or to save and possibly sell for $1.00 profit or so. >>>>>>>> I have to just a magnifier to see which state I have in text but >>>>>>>> I'm >>>>>>>> getting to know the pictures. >>>>>>>> Now I'm gonna want to look at each to see if they have an "S" lol >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> glad you are recouping I didn't get to wish you well _before_ the >>>>>>>> procedure >>>>>>>> as I didnt see your post until yesterday... >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> ann >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> John Sessoms wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state >>>>>>>>> quarters >>>>>>>>> than I do? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the >>>>>>>>> state >>>>>>>>> quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch >>>>>>>>> pocket >>>>>>>>> on >>>>>>>>> my >>>>>>>>> jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent >>>>>>>>> less >>>>>>>>> than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every >>>>>>>>> once >>>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>>> a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state & put >>>>>>>>> 'em >>>>>>>>> into >>>>>>>>> plastic tubes. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't >>>>>>>>> get >>>>>>>>> enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort >>>>>>>>> them >>>>>>>>> by >>>>>>>>> year. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Anyway, I'm rambling ... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> pile >>>>>>>>> I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't >>>>>>>>> grabbing >>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>>> 'D' >>>>>>>>> quarter. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a >>>>>>>>> regular >>>>>>>>> clad quarter. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-D > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
