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Friday, October 18, 2013

Of All the Luck

My wife walked into the dollar store to pick up some paper plates for church. Two dollars worth of paper plates. The change made the distinct sound of silver hitting her palm. Her eyes lit up, she sweetly smiled and said, "Thank you, have a great day!" She got to the car and showed me the "real" money, a 1962 Quarter. It's worth $3.96 according to coinflation..


It'll be residing in her silver treasure chest. It's not every day you can make money by shopping.

Keep Right On Prepping - K

10 comments:

  1. Sunnybrook FarmOctober 19, 2013 at 5:44 AM

    I haven't got one in awhile, I can remember when all the money was silver. So many things changed in 1965, that was one of the starting points that sent the country to ruin.

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    1. KOctober 19, 2013 at 7:01 AM

      Getting off the gold/silver was a very bad idea.

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  2. StephenOctober 19, 2013 at 7:03 AM

    People are robbing grandmother's piggy bank. Sign of the times. Congratulations.

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    1. KOctober 19, 2013 at 7:57 AM

      Such a dark way to look at it, but I prefer to think that someone didn't realize the value of it.

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  3. PioneerPreppyOctober 19, 2013 at 10:41 AM

    Stephen has a real point. When I worked as a cashier a few years ago I would see that very scenario play out frequently.

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    1. MattOctober 19, 2013 at 11:22 AM

      And as a retail worker I was there ready and waiting as well. I collected a small treasure one evening in silver half dollars when Beavis and Butthead came in and bought a carton of cigarettes.

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    2. Iosua t-SealgairOctober 27, 2013 at 6:02 PM

      I worked as a cashier for a catering company and I have a gallon size ziploc back full of silver coins I collected while working that job. I had people pay me in SILVER DOLLARS on a frequent basis. I had one guy bring in an old Morgan and I felt bad, I even told him I couldn't give him more than 1 dollar for it and it was worth far more. He didn't care he just wanted chicken strips, so he got his chicken and I got another coin for the collection.

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  4. MattOctober 19, 2013 at 11:23 AM

    Good on your wife for realizing what she had in her hands..

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  5. Harry FlashmanOctober 19, 2013 at 1:44 PM

    That was a stroke of good fortune.

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