Three late-week additions ruined my original title this week, but that's okay! We never turn away any coins that turn up after the title, or even after the Saturday CENTSus goes to press.
SUNDAY, September 13, I was thrilled to see a dirty spot on the floor of the Gas Station Chicken Store. They usually run a clean shop. The place is small and old, but you don't find unswept messes on their tile. I couldn't quite tell what I was looking at. For a spot of dirt, it was quite symmetrical. So I put my toe on it to see if I could move it, and I COULD!
Lucky for me, but more lucky for THEM, nobody was behind me to view my ample rumpus as I bent over to take possession of my rightful nickel!
It was a face-down 1984 nickel, patiently waiting to come home with me.
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Back at the Gas Station Chicken Store on MONDAY, September 14, I left my phone in T-Hoe. SamGalA needed an android update. Apparently, I'd been ignoring the requests. I would be subjected to a FORCED UPDATE on the 15th, at 1:30. No thank you. Nobody FORCES Val to do anything. So I okayed the update, and left SamGalA to soak up the signal that's better in town than in my kitchen.
Of course you know what happened. Walking from the soda fountain to the register, I spied a DIME on the floor by the chicken counter. No chicken since the VIRUS, so I set my 44 oz Diet Coke on the counter, and waved my ample rumpus for the mirrors above the beer coolers. I'm pretty sure I was caught on the surveillance video. If they caught a sunglasses thief in that very spot, I'm sure my ample rumpus made the highlight reel.
Anyhoo... because my phone was out in T-Hoe, I lost a little joy in my discovery. Once outside, I couldn't even get a picture with the Gas Station Chicken Store surroundings, because my android update was only 62% complete.
Back home in the driveway, I got my picture of this 2000 dime, which was face-down in the store.
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WEDNESDAY, September 16, I had business at the bank over in Sis-Town, so I stopped by the Casey's for T-Hoe's weekly gas. While waiting to pay, I spied a penny meant just for me. I gladly vacated my next-in-lineness, and waved my ample rumpus like the checkered flag at Daytona taking a victory lap, so I could get a picture.
Maybe OTHER people are also plastic Christmas mooses, dropping money out of THEIR butts, as they walk out the door.
It was a heads-up 1999 penny, with a floor-detritus arrow pointing right at it! I didn't party like it was 1999. I can only draw so much attention to myself.
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THURSDAY, September 17, I pulled out the chair to sit down at the slot machine where I won my $8,600, and found a little gift waiting for me.
It's all paper money or printed tickets these days. The only place to get pennies, nickels, or quarters is at a cash machine (none near this slot), or the cashier's counter (on the other side of the casino).
It was a heads-up 1965 penny, waiting by a slot that doesn't take any coins whatsoever. Oh, and on the way home, I heard my special "Mom" song Holes in the Floor of Heaven, and when I woke up in my OPC (Old People Chair) later that night, I saw an infomercial with a LADYBUG nap-time sleeping bag for kids. I guess my mom went gambling with me that day, since The Pony was a bit under the weather and did not accompany us!
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FRIDAY, September 18, was Save A Lot shopping day. I parked in not-my-regular spot, because that was the only one open in the front row. I was actually closer to the Dollar Store end of the lot. There was a gray Tahoe parked on my left, as I opened T-Hoe's large black door. Plenty of room to get out. I was hoping nothing would park closer if that Tahoe left while I was shopping. I even looked out the front window to check, as I was boxing up my groceries. Empty. So far...
I had already climbed in, and was reaching to close the door when I saw a PENNY waiting just for me! I suppose it had been under the gray Tahoe, patiently waiting to reveal itself to me.
It was a heads-up 2017 penny, shiny on the asphalt. Of course I didn't mind climbing back down to fetch him. I had already seated myself again, and reached for the door, when ANOTHER irregularity caught my eye. YES! It was a second penny that I almost missed!
You'll never see it if you don't zoom in. It's at about the 10 o'clock position compared to the first one. Over by the donut-looking white trash, to the left of the white trash below the donut. It was dirty, and blended in with the dark blacktop.
At least I got a close-up on T-Hoe's console. It was a 2005 heads-up penny. I was planning to photograph it in the field (LOT), but a car was coming, and I thought it might want to park there. So I just grabbed it and climbed into T-Hoe for the third time.
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That makes 6 COINS, and 19 CENTS that have thrown themselves at Val this week!
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2020 RUNNING TOTAL
Penny # 107, 108, 109, 110.
Dime # 19.
Nickel # 10.
Quarter still at 1.
2019 TOTALS
Penny 134
Dime 20
Nickel 8
Quarter 5
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Penny # 107, 108, 109, 110.
Dime # 19.
Nickel # 10.
Quarter still at 1.
2019 TOTALS
Penny 134
Dime 20
Nickel 8
Quarter 5
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It's interesting that you are finding more pennies AND nickels and dimes in the same month that I decide to give up buying lottery tickets.
ReplyDeleteWhatever makes it work for ME! Thanks for your selflessness. Now Even Steven can reapportion global rewards to MY coffers!
DeleteI love your coin-finding exploits.
ReplyDeleteIt's a cheap (and sometimes profitable) hobby!
DeleteMaybe I am not the reason for the coin shortage, after all! If I drop a coin, I usually hear it and go back and pick it up. I am forever finding quarters in the laundry room here. On the floor, in the washers and dryers. You would think those people doing laundry would pay better attention, since they need the quarters to make the machines work.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I admit to hoarding a FEW coins! Only my found ones. I need to sneak into your laundry room (without cleaning, of course) and look for quarters. I'm behind on quarters this year.
DeleteMy husband unloads any change he has on top of the dresser because it's "too heavy", he says. And Mr. Big Spender tells cashiers to "keep the change" often, it seems to me. He/We grew up poor, and I think that's something he probably wanted to say back then.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I partied like it was 1999. No, I'm sure it it -- I never did. If you get the chance, party every chance you get!
Hick collects the pennies in a giant plastic Coke bottle bank, and spends the rest by paying in correct change.
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