What Coins Do You Own That Have Sentimental Value? - Page 3

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ljenkins990 Valued Member United States 406 Posts	Posted 02/26/2018 12:54 pm Probably the coin with the most sentimental value is my 1890 IHC - first coin I ever owned that wasn't a "modern" issue, given to me by my grandfather. I consider it Coin #1 in my collection. A close second is the 1798 Large Cent I received after he passed away in 2005. I can't look at it without thinking of him. Report this Post to the Staff
nfine Pillar of the Community United States 3473 Posts	Posted 02/26/2018 1:02 pm That's what this is all about, ljenkins990. Thanks for sharing. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189301 Posts	Posted 02/26/2018 4:35 pm Quote: I guess I'm a mushy person because I have a number: Fantastic examples. Quote: That's what this is all about, ljenkins990. Thanks for sharing. Agreed! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
nautilator Valued Member United States 330 Posts	Posted 02/26/2018 9:07 pm The badly worn 1917D cent (a better AG, I think) that I found about 25 years ago was the single thing that got me interested in coins. It permanently resides in a dansco album. The 1921 'borderline uncirculated' Morgan dollar that I bought about 20 years ago was one of my proudest moments, and it too resides in my (type set) dansco album. They're never going to be replaced. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189301 Posts	Posted 02/27/2018 08:39 am Quote: The badly worn 1917D cent (a better AG, I think) that I found about 25 years ago was the single thing that got me interested in coins. It permanently resides in a dansco album. The 1921 'borderline uncirculated' Morgan dollar that I bought about 20 years ago was one of my proudest moments, and it too resides in my (type set) dansco album. They're never going to be replaced. Excellent. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDollar2017 Pillar of the Community United States 8715 Posts	Posted 02/27/2018 10:42 am A 1923 Peace dollar was the first coin that I bought, and it got me started in coin collecting. It currently is in my Peace dollar Dansco album. Edited by SilverDollar2017 02/27/2018 10:42 am Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189301 Posts	Posted 02/27/2018 11:54 am Always good to see the first coin still in its set! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Paul Bulgerin Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 02/27/2018 12:34 pm I have three of them. One is an EF 1904-O Morgan given to me by my boyhood best friend back in the 1960s. The second is an 1878-S Morgan. It was the first coin I bought. I was 13 back in 1970 when I paid $5.50 for it at a Minneapolis coin shop. In my will it states that one of them goes to each of my daughters. The third is a potin tetradrachm of Claudius II Gothicus (268-270 AD). I purchased it at my local coin shop for $5.00 on February 4, 1999. That night I emailed my Dad about the coin and how I was able to identify it using dealers' catalogues. He responded about how interesting that was. He died the next day, so our email about this coin was my last communication with him. On the coin's insert it says, "My Dad Coin". Paul Bulgerin Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189301 Posts	Posted 02/27/2018 2:24 pm Wonderful examples, Paul. Treasure them always. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 02/27/2018 2:58 pm those coins have a meaning. Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7956 Posts	Posted 02/27/2018 6:18 pm I saw a few comments upthread about coins from a dad's WWII service, and this is what started my interest in world coins. Those coins charted what seemed a bizarre deployment route: Egypt to Iran to India to the Philippines to Japan. While I've been dilligently selling off the other world coins I collected as a kid and teen, these will stay in my collection. Along with a few 17th and 18th c. Spanish coppers my older brother brought back for me from a summer program in Spain he attended as a high school student in 1970. And the first medieval coin I ever bought, from the Sunday stamp & coin market in the Plaza Major in Madrid in October 1980. Report this Post to the Staff
88isgreat Valued Member United States 397 Posts	Posted 02/27/2018 6:57 pm I also have a few that are sentimental to me. First is a 1909 VDB LWC that I found in change at the supply store in school when I was in the 6th grade. It is the only coin I kept from my childhood collection. Also have an 1898 IHC and a 1912 V nickel that were passed down to me from my father when he died. They are not high grade but mean the world to me. Edited by 88isgreat 02/27/2018 6:58 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189301 Posts	Posted 02/28/2018 09:04 am Great stories. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Ariette Valued Member United States 295 Posts	Posted 02/28/2018 7:34 pm One of my first coins from when I just started collecting as a child is a 2004 Silver American Eagle. I remember silver back then being really cheap - that coin cost me something like 8 dollars. It's sitting around in a box somewhere at home, having accumulated a ring of light brown toning around the edge through the years. Report this Post to the Staff
ikeyPikey Rest in Peace United States 233 Posts	Posted 02/28/2018 8:32 pm My father & his brothers owned a liquor store through the 1960s, and pulled an array of US coins out of circulation. They are in small paper envelopes, annotated in his long-gone hand. When my older brother returned home from a summer in Europe in the early 60s, he brought me a coupla dozen coins out of pocket change. W-o-w. As I've traveled here & there over the years - Europe & Southwest Asia - I've brought home piles of pocket change that I share with the grandchildren. Once upon a time, I was in a UK post office just as the window clerk was taking delivery of bags of brand new 2p coins. "Can I buy those?" Five or six bags went into my back pack and, boy, was I sore by the end of that trip! Cheers, /s/ ikeyPikey Report this Post to the Staff
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