Last year at a Dunkin’ in Maine, I paid for something with a $5.00 bill. The cashier took it and then had to go have a conference with her manager. They both thought it was bogus, and that I was trying to pull something over on them. It was a $5.00 silver certificate, and they had never seen a bill with the old portrait of Lincoln. Naturally I took it back and gave them a newer one; I kept it for my collection. But I’m sure they still thought I was trying to pass bad money.
That’s still more than face value.
A few years before my retirement, my wife came to me with a quarter that she said “didn’t work in the vending machine”. I took a closer look and realized that the quarter was from the ’50’s and was all silver, no copper. After work we took it to a rare coin dealer near our workplace and they paid us $5.00 for it.
I’ve found the easiest way to tell if a quarter is made out of silver is to jingle it with other coins. It sounds *very* different compared to copper core quarters.
I got a one dollar silver certificate in my change a couple of months ago.
Talk about gobsmacked.
Last year at a Dunkin’ in Maine, I paid for something with a $5.00 bill. The cashier took it and then had to go have a conference with her manager. They both thought it was bogus, and that I was trying to pull something over on them. It was a $5.00 silver certificate, and they had never seen a bill with the old portrait of Lincoln. Naturally I took it back and gave them a newer one; I kept it for my collection. But I’m sure they still thought I was trying to pass bad money.
That’s still more than face value.
A few years before my retirement, my wife came to me with a quarter that she said “didn’t work in the vending machine”. I took a closer look and realized that the quarter was from the ’50’s and was all silver, no copper. After work we took it to a rare coin dealer near our workplace and they paid us $5.00 for it.
I’ve found the easiest way to tell if a quarter is made out of silver is to jingle it with other coins. It sounds *very* different compared to copper core quarters.
Even easier, look at the date on the quarter or dime. If it’s 1964 or earlier there’s silver in it. 1965 and later, no silver.
And for what it’s worth, the common nomenclature is “Buffalo nickel.” 😉
Yep. Indian head is for pennies.