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After a 13 year absence, I'm back to collecting Morgans, especially Rainbow toned. I stated collecting in 1956, when my dad gave me, for my birthday, the biggest, brightest and heaviest coin I had even see in all of my 10 years of live. A 1881-S Morgan. I was hooked. Since I received only 50¢ a week for an allowance, it took 6 to 8 weeks to save up a dollar so I could go to the bank to get another Morgan. After awhile, the bank would let me look through the Morgans and choose the one I wanted, just as long as I didn't take very long looking. This went on until 1962 or 1963.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 umm I mean...  ! That's great! I wish banks would let us do that now! Edited by Mayflower2020
09/20/2015 04:35 am
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Valued Member
United States
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That's a nice story. to the community Edited by Brian Mc
09/20/2015 2:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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To CFF!
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Pillar of the Community
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to the CCF! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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to CCF from the Longview area. Great to have another Morgan collector on board and remember, we love to see photos.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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to the CCF! |
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to the Community! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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from England! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yeah, US money went downhill after '63. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wish I would have been around in the days that a bank would let me search their stash. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Howdy and welcome from another native Texan (Dallas) although I live in Virginia now. I too used to get Morgan silver dollars from the banks down there but couldn't afford to keep them -- my allowance was only a quarter a week. Best Regards,  George |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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and thanks for sharing that great story of the beginning of your collecting days! |
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Posted 09/20/2015 2:24 pm
