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February 10th 04, 12:57 AM
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GD's at the Post Office
Not! I went to the Post Office to buy some Love stamps for some Valentines
and put a $20 bill in the machine and got 5 stamps and 18 1999-D SBA's all looking new. Not a single golden dollar. -- Richard ANA# R-176949 http://home.netcom.com/~richlh Dating Coins from the reverse: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...erse_Dated.htm Minor Errors: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins/Errors//Errors.htm http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...s//Errors2.htm Large and Small Date Lincolns: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...mall_Dates.htm Viewing the 3's on Lincolns http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins/Comparison3's.htm RCC FAQ: http://www.telesphere.com/ts/coins/faq2.html 
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February 10th 04, 02:50 AM
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On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:57:51 GMT, Richard L. Hall
wrote: Not! I went to the Post Office to buy some Love stamps for some Valentines and put a $20 bill in the machine and got 5 stamps and 18 1999-D SBA's all looking new. Not a single golden dollar. Are you sick of everyone saying,"Been to the post office eh?" when you go and spend them?
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February 10th 04, 03:31 PM
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In article , Jorg Lueke
wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:57:51 GMT, Richard L. Hall wrote: Not! I went to the Post Office to buy some Love stamps for some Valentines and put a $20 bill in the machine and got 5 stamps and 18 1999-D SBA's all looking new. Not a single golden dollar. Man, I'd need some therapy if that happened to me. Ugh! Are you sick of everyone saying,"Been to the post office eh?" when you go and spend them? Yup. Or "been on the MBTA"? (The MBTA runs the subways and commuter trains near Boston.) A car wash I go by has put in two new automated bays that accept dollar coins. The machine clearly says to insert "QUARTERS OR DOLLAR COINS". You can put in bills, too, so next time I go I'll see if putting in a $10 bill for a $7 wash returns dollar coins. Paul -- Paul Anderson OpenVMS Engineering Hewlett-Packard Company
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February 10th 04, 09:29 PM
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"Jorg Lueke" wrote in message news  On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:57:51 GMT, Richard L. Hall wrote: Not! I went to the Post Office to buy some Love stamps for some Valentines and put a $20 bill in the machine and got 5 stamps and 18 1999-D SBA's all looking new. Not a single golden dollar. Are you sick of everyone saying,"Been to the post office eh?" when you go and spend them? Actually, most people, especially the youngsters at the local Starbucks are delighted to get them. They want to save them and don't have the foggiest idea that they can get them at the Post Office until I tell them.
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February 11th 04, 02:28 PM
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Could be that when they were turning on the dollar coin rolling machine the hopper ran low
on GDs or commingled GDs and SBAs from circulation and they had to rip open a bag of uncirculated 1999 SBAs. If that's the case, they will run out of those as well and they will have to order more dollar coins from the mint. Maybe we'll see 2004 circulation strikes? Keep buying and spending them and we will. -Fred Shecter -- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. "Richard L. Hall" wrote in message hlink.net... Not! I went to the Post Office to buy some Love stamps for some Valentines and put a $20 bill in the machine and got 5 stamps and 18 1999-D SBA's all looking new. Not a single golden dollar. -- Richard ANA# R-176949 http://home.netcom.com/~richlh Dating Coins from the reverse: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...erse_Dated.htm Minor Errors: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins/Errors//Errors.htm http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...s//Errors2.htm Large and Small Date Lincolns: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...mall_Dates.htm Viewing the 3's on Lincolns http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins/Comparison3's.htm RCC FAQ: http://www.telesphere.com/ts/coins/faq2.html
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February 11th 04, 03:48 PM
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In article , Fred Shecter
wrote: Maybe we'll see 2004 circulation strikes? Keep buying and spending them and we will. I'd like to think so. Is there a place to find accurate information about the current inventory of dollar coins and what the drawdown is? Was it Jim Benfield who used to keep us up-to-date on this information? From where did he get the information? Paul -- Paul Anderson OpenVMS Engineering Hewlett-Packard Company
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February 11th 04, 04:50 PM
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-- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. "Paul Anderson" wrote in message ... In article , Fred Shecter wrote: Maybe we'll see 2004 circulation strikes? Keep buying and spending them and we will. I'd like to think so. Is there a place to find accurate information about the current inventory of dollar coins and what the drawdown is? I don't know. Was it Jim Benfield who used to keep us up-to-date on this information? Yes. From where did he get the information? I don't know. Paul -- Paul Anderson OpenVMS Engineering Hewlett-Packard Company I suggest calling the Mint. If enough folks call, perhaps they will provide that information or get the Federal Reserve to provide it on a website.
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February 11th 04, 05:39 PM
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"Fred Shecter" wrote in message ... Could be that when they were turning on the dollar coin rolling machine the hopper ran low on GDs or commingled GDs and SBAs from circulation and they had to rip open a bag of uncirculated 1999 SBAs. If that's the case, they will run out of those as well and they will have to order more dollar coins from the mint. Maybe we'll see 2004 circulation strikes? I'll settle for a 2001-D. Keep buying and spending them and we will. -Fred Shecter -- """Remove "zorch" from address (2 places) to reply. "Richard L. Hall" wrote in message hlink.net... Not! I went to the Post Office to buy some Love stamps for some Valentines and put a $20 bill in the machine and got 5 stamps and 18 1999-D SBA's all looking new. Not a single golden dollar. -- Richard ANA# R-176949 http://home.netcom.com/~richlh Dating Coins from the reverse: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...erse_Dated.htm Minor Errors: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins/Errors//Errors.htm http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...s//Errors2.htm Large and Small Date Lincolns: http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins...mall_Dates.htm Viewing the 3's on Lincolns http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/Coins/Comparison3's.htm RCC FAQ: http://www.telesphere.com/ts/coins/faq2.html
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#9
February 12th 04, 03:29 PM
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In article , Paul Anderson
wrote: A car wash I go by has put in two new automated bays that accept dollar coins. The machine clearly says to insert "QUARTERS OR DOLLAR COINS". You can put in bills, too, so next time I go I'll see if putting in a $10 bill for a $7 wash returns dollar coins. Gak! I put in a $10 bill for the $7 wash and got twelve quarters back! Not very convenient. Paul -- Paul Anderson OpenVMS Engineering Hewlett-Packard Company
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#10
February 12th 04, 05:14 PM
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Paul Anderson wrote:
Gak! I put in a $10 bill for the $7 wash and got twelve quarters back! Not very convenient. Pretty much the same thing can happen with high denomination coins, though. I was at the airport the other day, went back to the car, wanted to pay my parking ticket and had to wait for the couple in front of me. They had to pay ¤4 but for some reason the machine did not accept their credit or debit card. So the man inserted a ¤50 note and ... .... got 46 euros in ¤1 and ¤2 coins back. Poor guy g. Christian
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