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Old 10-28-2011, 10:17 AM   #19560
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Originally Posted by Stitchawl View Post
When my father and uncle were kids, (late 1890's-1910's) they would throw their pennies into a 1-gallon pickle jars each night, having a 'special jar' for the ones that were still bright and shinny new. When they would fill up one jar they would start on another. By the time both of them moved out of the house there were quite a few jars.

Years later my grandparents sold their house, discovered the jars filled with pennies, took them to the bank, and converted them into paper money. Grandma said she got almost $100! She didn't mention this until she was in her 80's... at which time I asked my father; "By chance, were these pennies 'Indian Head' pennies. He replied that most of them were...

Spoiler:
'Indian Head' pennies in good condition are worth hundreds of dollars. If Grandma had gone to a coin dealer instead of the bank she would have received Mega-thousands of dollars for those pennies instead of a hundred bucks!



Stitchawl
I had a jarful of Indian head pennies, Mercury dimes, buffalo nickles, steel pennies, and silver dollars. When I went to 'Nam, someone stole them from my mother's house.

Yes, that hurt.
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