Sometimes it pays...

[Dragon Tamer]

I complain about my job a lot (the guys on vox tend to get an ear full), but sometimes my suffering is greatly rewarded. Being a cashier, I handle a LOT of money in one day. Far more than I care to count, but every now and then I am rewarded with a rare gem like the 1897 Indian head penny that ended up in my till the other day. I swapped it out with a penny that I had from lunch and took it home to get a better look. In its current condition it's only worth about $0.50 (still better than the $0.01 it was being used for). If it were in perfect condition it would be worth between $25 and $30. 

This isn't the first time I've found an odd or rare coin in my cash till. I like to collect old and rare coins and money, and my bosses are okay with me keeping the coins and bills as long as I am putting the same amount of cash back in to keep the cash total where it's supposed to be.

To date I have an old $100 bill, an old $50, an old $5, a few $2 bills, a gold quarter (already shared in another thread) and the Indian head penny. 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I complain about my job a lot (the guys on vox tend to get an ear full), but sometimes my suffering is greatly rewarded. Being a cashier, I handle a LOT of money in one day. Far more than I care to count, but every now and then I am rewarded with a rare gem like the 1897 Indian head penny that ended up in my till the other day. I swapped it out with a penny that I had from lunch and took it home to get a better look. In its current condition it's only worth about $0.50 (still better than the $0.01 it was being used for). If it were in perfect condition it would be worth between $25 and $30. 

This isn't the first time I've found an odd or rare coin in my cash till. I like to collect old and rare coins and money, and my bosses are okay with me keeping the coins and bills as long as I am putting the same amount of cash back in to keep the cash total where it's supposed to be.

To date I have an old $100 bill, an old $50, an old $5, a few $2 bills, a gold quarter (already shared in another thread) and the Indian head penny. 

I'd just carry the whole till home and replace it with monopoly money! 

[Zacherof]

So everyone can afford boardwalk and park place

[smoe]

I personally collect Canadian coins. 

[rpm]

I used to manage retail and had to sift thru lots of cash. I've stumbled on a few gems while counting tills like Silver and Gold Certificates or the odd silver coin, but my best find was a full roll of mercury dimes in very good condition.

[icepac]

I used to see a lot of silver certificates when I worked at a gas station in high school.

[Meatwad]

I have a 54 silver certificate dollar I came across when I used to count down drawers at night

And a lot of wheat pennies too

[SmokinLoon]

While in college I worked security for a riverboat casino.  Some handsomehunk brought in a bunch of $10 bills printed in 1910, and were silver certificates. So, needless to say I called the "eye in the sky", and swapped out enough cash of my own to obtain a few of those bills.  I gave a few away to people I knew collected old money, but I still have 1 in my jewelry box with the rest of my odd ball money from around the world. 

[rpm]

The funniest exchange involving old money was when I owned a liquor store. I had one poor old guy that was like clockwork every afternoon for a 5th of vodka. One day he comes in and is in kind of a hurry. Unusual for him since he usually wanted to stand around and talk. He sets the bottle on the counter and asks if change is OK. I told him sure, no problem. Out comes the silver including several very old silver dollars that looked in good shape. Before I can even start to count it, his wife's car comes sliding into the parking lot like 1-Adam-12 running Code 3.

"DON"T TAKE THAT MONEY!!!"

She grabbed it off the counter and pulled out cash to pay for his bottle. It was sad, but it was also all I could do to keep from bursting out laughing. Poor ol' Johnny was busted red handed raiding her coin collection after she cut him off. That woman was all over him like white on rice. Aunt Esther never talked down to Fred that mean. Johnny never tried that stunt again.