Please, please...don't tell me any more about defective coins that are worth thousands of dollars. I heard a few years back about the Wisconsin quarter and how it was struck with a loose or defective die or whatever they call it that punches coins, and it left a different impression on a few of the quarters.
I realized yesterday at the laundromat that I have checked every fucking quarter that I've had ever since I found out that fact - which may or may not have been a conspiracy to get more people into coin collecting. (Coins are useless anyway.) That's me in line getting a bagel with one twenty, a dollar bill, and several quarters. I'm not breaking the twenty. But wait, I have to go through each of these quarters...Nebraska...Indiana...ok, we're solid.
I shell out about $6-8 in quarters at the laundromat. Checking the quarters is a bit of a way to pass the time in that context. But it really isn't because I'm searching in desperation. There's a part of my subconscious that is thoroughly horrified that I might get one of those Wisconsin quarters and pop it right into the dryer. I devote A LOT of unhealthy attention to this. I think they're worth about $5,000.
Oh, here's the link. Happy hunting!
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