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Valued Member
United States
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Awesome Story! I love how coins can tell history. My Grandpa has an old Liberty nickel that looks like that it has been in a housefire. Now, My grandpa told me that his father was in a housefire that was started by an over, or something like that. There was a baby girl (not sure who) in the housefire who didn't survive. But I think that coin may have been in that house fire based on the timing of the events. Edited by SilverTurtle
06/05/2010 2:43 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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Congrats and a great Story! I love getting coins passed down from my family! The are just so much more special! :)
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Valued Member
United States
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Can't wait to see the pictures. I have a few coins from my grandparents (Large cent, 3 cent silver, etc) and they are some of the most special coins in my collection!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like hearing stories almost as much as making them up. Back in the 60's my dad gave me a Moroccan coin with a wild design. It changed my collecting habits, and expanded my appreciation for the off-beat.
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Valued Member
United States
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My most treasured coins are those that were given to me by my father. There is no monetary value that be put on them. That is what sparked my interest in collecting and 50 years later I'm still at it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good Story :)
I have an 1850s large cent which my grandmother gave to me. Her grandmother had given it to her. It is bent and beat up. Most people on this forum wouldn't pay $10 for it, but it is invaluable to me.
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Valued Member
United States
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Mint State Coins are cool, but it is the heavily circulated ones that tell more of a story... Unless your talking about the extremely rare and famous coins like the 1913 Liberty nickel or the 1933 St. Gaudens $20 Gold Piece. But either way, every coin tells a story. |
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United States
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My father has an old dollar bill, much bigger than modern dollars that has a nice story. When grandpa migrated from the east (NYC) to Kansas, where he was a cowboy for years, my grandmother kept it pinned to her petticoat for sake keeping. My father likes to raise the bill to a light to show the holes.  |
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United States
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I love all these tidbits of hand-me-downs! Those are true treasures. I don't have any stories like that because no one in (at least my immediate) family ever collected coins. I guess I have to be the pioneer.
I can only hope whoever inherits my collection will jump on here and share a story like that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yea, I also love stories like this. My grandpa gave me some coins the same way. I just brought it up one day, and the next time I saw him, I got a present.
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 United States
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Count me as another that considers this a great addition to your collection.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Back when I was young (substitute stupid here) my Dad gave me a handful of silver coins. I kept them for a while and then spent them. He was so mad he never gave me another coin. I felt so bad when I saw how ticked he was that I started saving silver coins like crazy, probably so he wouldn't be mad at me anymore. It didn't work... he's still mad at me and I have hundreds now :)
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United States
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 I'm sorry you did not get a chance to know your Grandpa. They both sound like wonderful people Great story. Please post a picture, we would really love to see it  swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nice story--
post the pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great start for perhaps building a collection, and you have a lifelong memory to go along. Perhaps, a trip to the library might produce a book that would tell something of your coin? Enjoy!
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Posted 06/05/2010 2:45 pm
