Wisconsin: xtra cheese, hold da mayo

I was loitering outside the public library today and decided to look at
the quarters in my pocket to pass the time. I saw a Wisconsin quarter,
but the sunlight was too bright for me to tell any detail. So I put the
quarters back into my pocket and thought about writing a story here
about how I found a Wisconsin "extra chesse" die chip variety. Well, a
bit later I was in the library and looked at my quarters again, and saw
a little extra leaf. Then I went upstairs to look at the Numismatic News
to check. Sure enough, a low leaf variety.
Heh!
I posted it on abpn.
BTW - that is my second score of the day. Earlier I was at a convenience
store and noticed the clerk had a strange coin sitting on the side of
the cash register. I asked him, "What's that, a bimetallic?" He told me
to take it. It was a 1996 Canadian twoonie! Then I left two cents change
in the penny tray.

"Edwin Johnston" wrote in message
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I was loitering outside the public library today and decided to look at
the quarters in my pocket to pass the time. I saw a Wisconsin quarter,
but the sunlight was too bright for me to tell any detail. So I put the
quarters back into my pocket and thought about writing a story here
about how I found a Wisconsin "extra chesse" die chip variety. Well, a
bit later I was in the library and looked at my quarters again, and saw
a little extra leaf. Then I went upstairs to look at the Numismatic News
to check. Sure enough, a low leaf variety.
Heh!
I posted it on abpn.
BTW - that is my second score of the day. Earlier I was at a convenience
store and noticed the clerk had a strange coin sitting on the side of
the cash register. I asked him, "What's that, a bimetallic?" He told me
to take it. It was a 1996 Canadian twoonie! Then I left two cents change
in the penny tray.

Congrats! The unexpected finds are the sweetest.
This was found in Texas right? It seems they are all in that area.
Just like they are finding those spiked Bisons in Texas.
Maybe there's a serial engraver on the loose at the Denver mint?

bri wrote:
"Edwin Johnston" wrote in message
...

I was loitering outside the public library today and decided to look at
the quarters in my pocket to pass the time. I saw a Wisconsin quarter,
but the sunlight was too bright for me to tell any detail. So I put the
quarters back into my pocket and thought about writing a story here
about how I found a Wisconsin "extra chesse" die chip variety. Well, a
bit later I was in the library and looked at my quarters again, and saw
a little extra leaf. Then I went upstairs to look at the Numismatic News
to check. Sure enough, a low leaf variety.
Heh!
I posted it on abpn.
BTW - that is my second score of the day. Earlier I was at a convenience
store and noticed the clerk had a strange coin sitting on the side of
the cash register. I asked him, "What's that, a bimetallic?" He told me
to take it. It was a 1996 Canadian twoonie! Then I left two cents change
in the penny tray.


Congrats! The unexpected finds are the sweetest.
This was found in Texas right? It seems they are all in that area.
Just like they are finding those spiked Bisons in Texas.
Maybe there's a serial engraver on the loose at the Denver mint?



Yes, it was in Houston , but from the tip tray at the Starbucks in the
downtown Hyatt (I had asked for parking meter change), which may mean it
came from an out of town traveler.