A rarity in the donation box

[cimperialis]

Today I was at the grocery store and spotted a wheatback in one of those clear, plastic donation boxes. You know the ones, they have a lock and the only opening is a tiny slit for coins. Then it occurred to me, what if there was a 1983 DDR #1 sitting in there?

Here's my question: what would you do if you saw a true rarity sitting in one of those donation boxes, like a 1984 double ear, or a 1972 DDO #1? Would you ask for the box to be opened so you could have the penny? Would you let it go, knowing you might have just passed up a few hundred dollars?

[tinytinkerbell]

I would suffer a nervous breakdown for sure...

[liveandievarieties]

I'd offer a $20 donation or whatever for that single penny, and I'd get it!!

[thecentcollector]

I've already yanked a 98 WAM out of the give/take-a-penny cup. I always throw a quarter or whatever I have in my pocket into the dish. If i see wheats, I always grab them and exchange with a penny from my pocket. Money is money, right?

[Coppertop]

+1 to exchange the pennies for a large cash donation.I always grab the cents out of the give and take a penny also and throwing a dime/quarter in there

[kloccwork419]

Most of the time if its a donation jar that is locked, only the charity can open it. The store has nothing to do with it at all. Just helping by sitting it on their counter.

[hasfam]

My son found his 1st 1999 WAM in a give a penny-take a penny tray at a gas station a couple of years ago.

[Brad]

I'd offer a $20 donation or whatever for that single penny, and I'd get it!!

Me too, except I would offer $5

[Maineman750]

Me too, except I would offer $5

[jcuve]

If this occurred in Brooklyn I'm not sure I would be able to inquire without causing a stir; and $5-20 sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately these bodegas around me are not the best places to have such conversations...

[RWBILLER]

I would do exactly what Chris says.
Rog

[pman860507]

I'd offer a $20 donation or whatever for that single penny, and I'd get it!!

Me too, except I would offer $5

Eh i would just give them a penny.

[Maineman750]

I think Chris would get the penny by offering an incentive for somebody to open the box..anything else would probably be laughed off or treated with suspicion.

[DoubleYou]

I would go into a mad burst of outrage over the fact that pennies were being locked away in such a torturous environment, and then threaten to sue them for the crime of defacing currency, unless of course they allowed me to buy the container for like $25 so I could set them free from aforementioned shameful habitat.

Eh, not really....

[SuddenAdoration]

ha! what a thought! I haven't thought about that one yet, however I would probably ask for sure to have them open it... then offer to sell it and then donate the money to that charity. I am more careful now however with all of my change, even if I give the local homeless guys some money... it's also bills now... I am temped to buy the change they collect off them too! lol