I had already paid for my magical elixir, and started toward the door when I saw a NICKEL meant just for me!
I had to set 44 oz of Diet Coke on the counter to take the picture. Good thing the guy behind me was paying cash, and didn't need the card-reader there!
It was a heads-up 2008. I was ready to rumble if the customer coming in the door tried to grab it while I was taking its photo!
Little did I know that I was headed for ANOTHER treat just down the road at Orb K. I had scanned the floor for pennies, almost tricked by a clod of flattened dirt, when my attention was pulled to the not-floor.
Do YOU see it? I'll not think worse of you if you don't. After all, you are amateurs, and I'm a professional. Here's a clue: it's in the rack. Still too hard?
You snooze, you lose! Here was a pretty heads-up 2018 dime, ripe for the picking! Got 'im!
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On THURSDAY, February 20, I was running my Friday errands a day early, to accommodate weekend plans. I stopped by the Sis-Town Casey's for T-Hoe's gas, and scratchers. While second in line, I had my eye on THIS beauty:
It was a face-down 1996 nickel. Worth five pennies!
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FRIDAY, February 21, I was gambling in Pony-Town. I looked down and saw this
special dime meant just for me! It had to be, right? Casinos don't dispense dimes in their cash machines. Only quarters, nickels, and pennies. So this little dime had to work awfully hard to put itself on the gaudy casino carpet by the chair I was pulling out to sit on!
It was a heads-up 1994 dime. That's the year Genius was born. I pocketed that beauty forthwith!
That's 30 cents this week, as the Saturday CENTSus goes to press!
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2020 Running Total
Penny still at 14.
Dime # 2, 3.
Nickle # 2, 3.
Quarter 0
2019 TOTALS
Penny 134
Dime 20
Nickel 8
Quarter 5
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I too have been on a silver discovery. usually it's pennies, but this week I found dimes and nickles. hey we could get rich, just not quick.
ReplyDeleteYou'd better stay in your territory, woman, or there might be a rumble!
DeleteI am starting to look down. one dime, one penny, and one 10 F coin from Switzerland. My daughter lives there. Does that one count?
ReplyDeleteYes, it counts! As long as you found it, and it wasn't in your possession before finding.
DeleteI LOVE that carpet, the colours are very similar to the ones in my curtains, but brighter. If they ever decide to rip it out for replacement ask them for a piece about eight feet square and ship it to me, okay? (*~*) I saw the coin in the rack but I had to look closely, at first I thought the fisted hand on the LED packet was a coin, then I saw the circular almost-shadow just to the left behind whatever is standing up there. Had to look pretty closely for the next one as well.
ReplyDeleteThis one has a larger pattern than some of the colorful swirly carpets. They make stains less (or UN-) noticeable! If Hick doesn't beat me to a cast-off carpet, I'll be sure to snag you a square!
DeleteThat hand DOES look like a coin! Glad it didn't fool me!
Your visitors must be moving up, they can now afford more than just pennies.
ReplyDeleteThey're not fooling around!
DeleteGlad to see you've moved up from pennies.
ReplyDeleteThis week, anyway.
DeleteI look but not hard enough, obviously.
ReplyDeleteI think sometimes I'm meant to find them, sometimes not! The worst coins are those near someone's feet, when I don't dare take a picture or bend over to get them. Oh, the coinmanity! I try to wait them out.
DeleteYou could casually drop something and as you pick it up say, "Oh look, a penny."
DeleteThat might make them think I'm even MORE of a weirdo! Because who cares that much about pennies, anyway?
DeleteHey this is so much better than pennies!
ReplyDeleteFive or ten times better!
DeleteWow! Hick could use that money for Goodwill ….
ReplyDeleteHe knows he'd better keep his hand off of my Future Pennyillionaire collection!
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