When I first ran this photo on my home page, it drew a lot of attention. Dozens of people wrote to ask if this photo was real, did it really depict the better part of 2,000 plain edge dollar coins?
The answer is yes, it does! However, I doubt that the typical Florida resident amassed a hoard of this size, because the person who collected these, Eric Dennis, spent the better part of two weeks going from bank to bank all day long, buying up every Presidential dollar he could get his hands on. He opened numerous bank accounts when tellers would refuse to sell to anybody but bank customers. He even bought cheesecakes for helpful bank personnel to enjoy on their lunch breaks!
I really admire the entrepreneurial spirit as exemplified by Eric. Already a successful businessman anyway, he saw an opportunity to make a huge profit and jumped in with both feet. He worked this opportunity for all he could, and in the end, you can see his results, stacked in scores of piles of 25 coins each, every one being a plain edge Washington Dollar worth at least 75 to 100 times its face value.
The answer is yes, it does! However, I doubt that the typical Florida resident amassed a hoard of this size, because the person who collected these, Eric Dennis, spent the better part of two weeks going from bank to bank all day long, buying up every Presidential dollar he could get his hands on. He opened numerous bank accounts when tellers would refuse to sell to anybody but bank customers. He even bought cheesecakes for helpful bank personnel to enjoy on their lunch breaks!
I really admire the entrepreneurial spirit as exemplified by Eric. Already a successful businessman anyway, he saw an opportunity to make a huge profit and jumped in with both feet. He worked this opportunity for all he could, and in the end, you can see his results, stacked in scores of piles of 25 coins each, every one being a plain edge Washington Dollar worth at least 75 to 100 times its face value.