Truck Spills Load of $800,000 in Quarters

[PrincessPerky]

HAMMONDVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A truck carrying tons of quarters caught fire Tuesday and spilled most of them on a highway, where workers used heavy equipment, shovels and buckets to scoop up the singed coins.

The driver said the truck carried 39,000 pounds of new Kansas quarters, part of the U.S. Mint's state coin series, that were worth some $800,000, said Police Chief Michael Putnam. ....full story here

[PFJournal]

Re: Truck Spills Load of $800,000 in Quarters

LOL... that's funny. Damn... $800k in quarters...

[Bluezy]

Re: Truck Spills Load of $800,000 in Quarters

That's a lifetime's worth of coin for the laundry...

[gakline]

Re: Truck Spills Load of $800,000 in Quarters

hmmm 4x800,000.... 2.4 million quarters. I wonder how many they missed and I bet that the metal dectector beach combers will be over there soon.

[stone]

Re: Truck Spills Load of $800,000 in Quarters

That is great. Reminds me of the Chicago Bears new running back who was paid his signing bonus in quarters (something like $3-4 million) as a small snub for holding out. Great story.