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Valued Member
United States
135 Posts |
So here is the story. My Mom passed away almost 5 years ago. When she passed my Dad gave me all the halves that they has saved up. About half were silver the rest clad with 2 Franklins. Well Dad has moved on and is seeing someone new. They bought a condo together and he is in the process of moving and cleaning out the house. He had lived there almost 40 years. Well as I am the only child the items he does not want to keep he is bringing them to me to deal with and to go through. Included in this load was Moms jewelery boxes. This is not what I expected as I thought I had all their coins.  This is what I pulled out the top of the box.  Now most of what I am seeing is a lot of Ike's, wheaties, and clad halves. If people are interested I can post pictures of other finds. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice! My folks spent my inheritance...and enjoyed every minute of it.  Unless she is holding out on me...she won't say.  What does the rest of the actual box look like?  I like wooden boxes!  Edited by oih82w8
04/13/2012 10:36 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
That is very cool! I would keep it intact and pass it to the next in line when the time is right. I've handed some very special items from my grandmothers to my daughters.
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Valued Member
United States
223 Posts |
I would get them coins out of the wooden box ASAP. But it is always fun to look at a parents collection.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Here is one of the pins from my grandmother that I recently handed off to my youngest daughter. (hope my oldest doesn't find out)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
Oh my, what a true treasure. Thank you for sharing.
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Valued Member
 United States
135 Posts |
Ok, here is the tally. 6 Morgans 1890 1900 1921D 1921S 1921 x 2 1 Peace dollar1922  2 Barber halves1899 1903o  3 Franklins Halves 1949D 1950D 1954D 3 90% Kennedy's, 4 40% Kennedy's halves 3 Washington quarters1934 1941 1962D 1 Barber dime1903 1 Silver Rosie 1961  $50 in Ike's, SBA, and Sac's  2 proof sets 1973 and 1974, my birth year. A handfull of foriegn coins that some look to be silver and a bunch of wheaties that I have not fone through yet. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Your Mom left you lots of nice coins jewelcard, It looks like you some silver, check your Wheat's for rare dates, also, some of your foreign coins may be silver, check those too.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1770 Posts |
nice jewelcard thanks for sharing that it was really a pleasure as if we were looking in the wooden box with you  and of course sorry to hear about your moms passing |
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Valued Member
United States
135 Posts |
Ok, 1 last update. I finally went through the foreign coins. I found an 1893 United States Columbian Half.  And 2 1944s U.S. Philippine halves (75% silver) And 2 Candian Halves, 1962 & 1963 (80% silver) The wheaties were all common dates, did fill 1 hole 1914.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3278 Posts |
Looks like a nice boost to a collection and I'm a big fan of "family" coins.
Those coin from the Philippines are pretty cool
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your Mom left you a nice little treasure chest. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1388 Posts |
 btw my condolences to you and your family |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1388 Posts |
You should also check the clad forberrors and proofs!
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Valued Member
Canada
262 Posts |
May she rest in peace.
As for the treasure, nice!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3184 Posts |
really neat, keep them all as remembrance
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Posted 04/13/2012 11:11 pm
