I remember helping my grandmother clean out some old drawers and cabinets before she died in 2016. We found some old cough drop tins filled with coins. We also found an old piggy bank that had been raided at some point, but wasn't completely barren. We didn't find anything older than the early 70s! Much of the coins were from the 50s and 60s, a few even older. It was pretty much just as somebody had left it, at least a generation ago. She told me to keep it all, so I added it to my collection of copper and nickel. It's heavy when time comes to move house, but I'm happy to have it. In the piggy bank was also a really old $2 bill (we switched to $2 coins in 1996) from the 60s. To her it was nothing, maybe ten bucks in loose change. To me it seemed like a treasure trove, haha! All that history, and lots of copper, nickel, and a bit of silver :)
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I once heard about a man who bought a can of paint from a yard sale. There were two cans to choose from, one heavier than the other. He bought the heavier can thinking it contained more paint. When he opened the can at home, he found that it was filled with coins. What do you think the lighter can was filled with?
If this is a real story you heard, then my assumption is the man (and you) hasn't heard what is in the can of paint he didn't buy.
But if this is just a joke and not based on real events, then I'm going to guess the other can was filled with either cash or paint. : P
No one knows. I’ve always assumed it was cash though.