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Pillar of the Community
United States
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As a young man in the late 70's I spent a lot of time in my local coin shop Beaverton coin in Oregon. During the spike in silver many people were cashing in on their hoards of silver and I was allowed to search bags of coins for the dates I needed for my Mercury dime folder. Many semi key coins were added to my set including this one purchased for spot price.   |
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Valued Member
 United States
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Nice stories Cipster and muddler.
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
I want this to keep going come on people. You have to have a good story!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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not a US one but a good story--My daughter is 11 and we collect coins together when we go to the grocery store I always tell her "check the coinstar reject tray" we went to Smiths one day and we walked in and she looked then she said "wait" and went back and found this--1926 Canada nickel, I didnt think much about it until I did some research and found its an error called a "far 6" worth around $150 !  Retired USAF 1983-2003
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07/14/2012 12:16 am
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Valued Member
United States
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
I love your story coin star and we don't care if there not us it can be Italian for all a care.
It's your stories I really love to hear.
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Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
I want this to get at least 50 posts to make this one of those great memory thingies.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1095 Posts |
I first want to preface this with the fact that I have been collecting coins for only around 8 months now and I am hooked. I search rolls, buy uncirculated silver coins mostly although I have purchased a few uncirculated indian heads. Anyway, my mom told me she was goint to her safety deposit box at the bank and she had something for me. I didn't know how to respond because I didn't even realize my parents had a safety deposit box. Anyway she brought over a huge bag of coins,mostly circulated silver coins from the 50's and 60's. There were probably close to 200 coins from dimes to 1/2 dollars, morgan and Peace dollars and quarters. Anyway there were two envelopes with my grandmothers writing on them. On the outside of one it read, "for my loving daughter, these will be quite valuable some day, I love you very much" also it said that my grandmother had spend a whole day on driving from bank to bank on the first day of issue to get these two coins. They were JFK 1/2 dollars from 1964 in beautiful shape, probably MS65. I will never get rid of these coins for ever and I will make sure my kids don't either. I of course will keep them in the same envelope as well, but I have put them in air tight containers though. The other envelope was probably better. I contained two Morgan dollars, one was jet black. But on the envelope it read that these two dollars were given to my grandfather as his first paycheck, from his first job out of college in 1936 or so in Okamudgie, Oklahoma. I know I must of spelled that wrong. Jay |
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United States
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I have two very special coins. One is a 185? Flying Eagle cent that my grandfather on my mom's side found when he was gardening. Unfortunately the verdigris and wear on this coin have made the date non-existent. My second coin is a 1923 Peace dollar that was given to my grandfather on my dad's side. It is his birth year coin. Never asked him the story behind the coin other than its his birth year. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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While sitting in prison comparing stories of our stashed away money, one cell mate mentioned a pile of old coins he had stole from a museum. He said I could have them if I helped him break out so we did break out and he gave me all those old coins. Turned out he was a counterfeiter and all were fakes.   None of the above is true but I've been thinking of how a mystery book about coins would sell. My Dad gave me some coins when I was a kid. I still have all the ones he gave me as a memory of him. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Golden Nickel, I'm originally from MS, too. My dad left me a Peace dollar, also a 1923! I'll never get rid of it. I think it came from my grandparents. |
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United States
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It would appear that a 1923 Peace dollar is the most prevalent gift so far. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think I have shared this on the forum before but for my first tooth I lost, the Tooth Fairy (Dad) gave me an 1854 Seated quarter, very worn but wonderful to me at that age, I had never seen any old coins. He then told me that he got that coin for his first tooth from his dad. I was born in 1955, my dad in 1916 and I gave the same coin to my son who was born in 1989 when he lost his first tooth. Hopefully he will give it to his son when he loses his first tooth, provided he has a son at some point. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well that same coinstar machine the other day had a penny on it in the same place we got the nickel --1943 steel cent
Retired USAF 1983-2003
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New Member
United States
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Most definitely a War Nickel that I got while cashiering. A woman came in and bought a newspaper, $1.09 after tax. She handed me a bill and a dime and she told me to give the dime back to her and she gave me two nickels instead, one being a 1943 P. Not the best story, but it is by far my most favorite coin!  And yes it was hard to not just blurt out Wow WAR NICKEL!! But right as she left you better believe I was the happiest guy on the planet! Edited by MillaDaKilla
07/27/2012 04:10 am
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