Thread: Got lucky today....

. Got me a 1943 P War Time Nickle ....in my change from Dunkin Donuts this morn .....and it's worth more than a Nickle !

and the back side

Gotta love it, that's how I felt when I got some mercury dimes in my change. Don't know their value now, but they were worth $1.20 each back then

My oldest daughter is a cosmetologist and she'd worked in other peoples hair shops with her own station which made her self employed but she did have to pay rent for her station.

When her last business's owner decided to retire and close the shop she and her husband did some soul searching and they decided that they would convert their attached garage into a Salon for her.

Once it was done it was as nice or nicer that anything else in town.

The shop was to open at 10am and I told my daughter that I wanted to be her first 'Paying' Customer. She said "Dad, I don't and I won't charge you to cut your hair". But I insisted. So on the Grand Opening Day I arrived at 9:45 am. My daughter showed me that the trash basket was empty of anyone's hair.

After cutting my hair I reached inside my shirt and pulled out a small wrapped package and handed it to her. She asked what it was and I told her that it was her payment for cutting my hair.

When she opened the package she found a framed American Dollar--an 1883 Silver Dollar. The very first dollar she earned in her own business.

She thanked me very much but asked if she could paint the frame to match the decor of her shop and I of course said yes.


I had gotten the idea from my father. He'd saved a $2.00 Silver Certificate Bill from his very first Navy Pay. He had it stored in his Cruise Book from the USS Valley Forge 45. After his death we found that someone had taken that bill. I hope whoever took it rots in Hell.

That's how these coins get back in circulation.....some kids steals Grandpaps collected coins and buys candy with it.

Very true.

I got 2 silver quarters I believe they were in the change I got when buying lunch in middle school. My wife would find old coins when she worked at a gas station. Someone paid with a old Indian Head penny

I like the coin and the "First Dollar" payment.
Back in the day...yeah, 60's. !
My brother in law was a bank clerk. He was allowed to buy rolls of coins. He took the rolls home at night and then returned them in the AM. The moral of the story was that he was aware of the change from .925 coin silver to clad copper. So he went through a couple rolls every night and returned refilled, with new mintage coins. And over time he had a great collection of silver coins, half dollars, quarters and dimes. And he also became an old coin seller and he had bought only at face value.
~Richard
PS. Keep a 2$ bill in your wallet, may be good luck...but then you never know when the extra 2$ will be really handy! Garage sales especially!

By the way, silver isn't worth much now, so don't think you will make a mint buying decrepit silver coins. Only a good deal on a really fine, almost mint, coin can be of much value.

I know they aren't worth much, but to me they are worth keeping. The Indian Head penny my wife got was pretty old. I think pre-1890.

When I searched first dollar payment I just found a type of insurance.???

Originally Posted by JP5

When I searched first dollar payment I just found a type of insurance.???

Read Cudda's post. #4

Originally Posted by outback

Read Cudda's post. #4

Got it.
Glad you got a good laugh out of it anyway!
Yesterday put my shoes on before going to work after taking care of my daughter all day. Wife starts laughing, HARD. I look down and I'm holding the pink diaper bag.