I was looking for earwax and found this!!!

[hoosierdoc]

My son is getting swimmer's ear from our tub so I went to CVS. Actually paid cash for the $6.50 item and the clerk asked if I'd take two half dollars in change. Why not, my kids would like them. As she lifts them I see the big dollar beneath it. "can I have that too?" she says yes, they mess up her change drawer. Se alcoholic had come in and paid with these and bills for a $7 bottle she said. My kids will be thrilled.

 

[RobbyMaQ]

Nice!
My dad asked to take over the soda vending machine at his work (After their vending supplier retired). For some time I thought he was nuts, wasting alot of time and effort to refill/stock a soda machine for pocket change.
Stupid me realized too late that, as a coin collector, that's precisely what he was looking for!
He scored a few nice pieces... nothing stupendous, but it's amazing what people just spend, without looking at it

 

[repeter1977]

very awesome, i have more then a couple of those saved, as well as some 2 dollar bills. Couple other things as well, although not a serious collector by any means

 

[hoosierdoc]

I'm guessing these were not circulated. They are bright as can be and 40 years old

 

[Bunnykid68]

Are they worth anything though?

 

[dubsac]

Not goin to lie I read the title opened up the post read the first line and was like how in the %#^* did your son have that in is ears. Lol sorry its been a long day. I remember every Easter when I was a young'n my parents would put silver dollars and half dollars in our eggs. I remember trying to use one one day to buy a pop and my grandpa told me I shouldn't spend them. So to this day 20yrs later I have a shoebox full of them. Just glad he told me that or today I probably wouldn't have any.

 

[BGDave]

All three appear to be proof coins. The ears are the give-away. Somebody is gonna be mad in the morning.

 

[mdemetz]

Are they worth anything though?

If they were '64 instead of '74

 

[hoosierdoc]

All three appear to be proof coins. The ears are the give-away. Somebody is gonna be mad in the morning.

I just like big round shiny things. Does that mean anything good?

I'm just excited to see unusual coins. I got a Bahamian coin the other day as change. Smelled like relaxation

 

[femurphy77]

I picked up something at a store one day and paid cash. In my change was a '63 silver dime. I told the clerk "cool" and he said he had just opened a roll of dimes and they were all "funny looking and didn't have the copper ring, are they real?" Needless to say I pulled out a five dollar bill and scooped them all up.

 

[CountryBoy19]

If they were '64 instead of '74

'64 does not apply to halves and dollars... halves were 40% silver from '65-70 and COLLECTIBLE VERSION of the Eisenhower dollar was 40% silver from '71-'76

OP, check to see if that dollar is cupre-nickel (standard eisenhower dollar) or 40% silver.

 

[kjf40]

Don't see those too often anymore.....good find.

I used to get the dollars and 1/2 for christmas from my aunt....wish i was old enough then to realize i should have saved them.

 

[SmileDocHill]

Those are cool. In a related matter, what does the good doc recommend for swimmers ear?

 

[hoosierdoc]

It's a San Fran mint mark, that's where the silver proofs were made! If silver it's worth about $10.50 to melt

 

[hoosierdoc]

Those are cool. In a related matter, what does the good doc recommend for swimmers ear?

Ciprodex if you have tubes like my son but it's like $140 at CvS. For normal people cortisporin otic is cheap. For mild,acetic acid rinses. For prevention, alcohol or acetic acid rinses after exposures. At least that's what i read on the Internet, no medical advice here

 

[red_zr24x4]

About a month ago I got a 1913 penny in some change. Not a lot of wear on it, which surprised me.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Those definitely look proofish to me, with the matte heads and apparently shiny background. Have someone that knows that stuff look at them, and also investigate the silver content. You should be able to tell from date and proof mark. You definitely have more than $2 there.

A few years ago I received a $1 silver certificate in change at a pizza place, but the really good one was a series 1950 $20 bill. I looked up the treasurer and secretary of treasury, and it was printed 1963-1964 I think, so it's my age. It says stuff like "pay the bearer on demand" and whatnot. Real money, not a federal reserve note.

 

[sepe]

Ciprodex if you have tubes like my son but it's like $140 at CvS. For normal people cortisporin otic is cheap. For mild,acetic acid rinses. For prevention, alcohol or acetic acid rinses after exposures. At least that's what i read on the Internet, no medical advice here

How much alcohol do you have to drink? With age my tolerance has gone down quite a bit.

 

[slimplmbr]

My wife had a patient pay for their prescription with $5 in silver dimes about a year ago. She called to tell me and I told her to buy them from the drawer ASAP.

 

[GunSlinger]

I just like big round shiny things. Does that mean anything good?

I'm just excited to see unusual coins. I got a Bahamian coin the other day as change. Smelled like relaxation

What does a big spinning Disco ball do for you Doc?