Every time I go to the bank I usually ask for fresh rolls of coins, ones not yet sorted and will browse through. I've found some cool stuff over the years, of course most of the time you just end up with extra spare change!
I used to bring home $500 of half-dollars to search for silver. I've had limited success, until my local bank had to special order them and got a little annoyed with me. Ironically, modern banks do not like coins!
They hate coins! Too much work to keep in stock. I used to go through and sort for silver but gave up several years ago, just so little was left out there. If you lived in Vegas I bet you could have less trouble finding them since the casinos all keep them in stock for blackjack payouts. Fortunately I don't live there!
I visited Vegas many years ago, there were old nickels worn down flat from the 1920's and 1930's that have probably been cycling around in machines for that long! I don't think slots in Vegas even use actual nickels anymore.
Yeah, no more machines that even take coins. You put in bills and play penny slots or any other. Payouts don't come in coins either, only printed out electronic ticket you take to the cashier. Not like the Vegas of old!
I agree, it's a rare and unusual find. It's not even that old!
Every time I go to the bank I usually ask for fresh rolls of coins, ones not yet sorted and will browse through. I've found some cool stuff over the years, of course most of the time you just end up with extra spare change!
I used to bring home $500 of half-dollars to search for silver. I've had limited success, until my local bank had to special order them and got a little annoyed with me. Ironically, modern banks do not like coins!
They hate coins! Too much work to keep in stock. I used to go through and sort for silver but gave up several years ago, just so little was left out there. If you lived in Vegas I bet you could have less trouble finding them since the casinos all keep them in stock for blackjack payouts. Fortunately I don't live there!
I visited Vegas many years ago, there were old nickels worn down flat from the 1920's and 1930's that have probably been cycling around in machines for that long! I don't think slots in Vegas even use actual nickels anymore.
Yeah, no more machines that even take coins. You put in bills and play penny slots or any other. Payouts don't come in coins either, only printed out electronic ticket you take to the cashier. Not like the Vegas of old!