My son played in a baseball tournament over the weekend and the 100+ mile trek took us thru number of toll roads. I thought the first toll was going to be $1.50, so I paid with a $5. I pulled up, noticed it was a 75 cent toll and was confused when I had received three $1 bills and what I thought were two quarters.
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As we pulled away, my son said we received a dollar coin and a quarter and when he put the quarter in the ash tray, I heard the silver coin sound. He had heard it also, pulled the quarter back out to find it was a 1964.
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He was focused on the dollar coin and never took notice of the silver quarter until we both heard that sound that only a silver coin makes. With the exception of a war-time nickel, he had never come across a silver coin given in change and it had been more than a decade since I receive a silver quarter in change. Thankfully, the toll-taker was so engrossed in their phone to notice they were giving me a silver quarter in the change.
Even though we were not able to make a weekend trip to a coin shop, we were still able to add something to the collection, this time at face value. Keep your eyes open stackers, you never know where your next piece of silver will come from.
