| Author |
 Replies: 17 / Views: 2,314 |
|
Valued Member
United States
179 Posts |
My wife and daughter spent some quality time (shopping spree) together today. She calls me at one point and tells me they stopped at a used bookstore and she found a book on coins for me. She said it was a thin book about the Sacagawea dollar. I asked her how much she spent for it, and she said a dollar and a half. I told her she done good (hey, it was only a buck and a half, right?). She gets home a while later and proudly presents her find. What she bought was a Harris folder, the Millenium Edition. A three page folder with a slot for the obverse and another for the reverse on the left; a single slot on the center; and then a slot for a P mint and one for a D mint on the right. The kicker? All 5 slots had a Sac in them. Not mint condition or anything, but... When I showed them to her she said, "Oh, that's not a book is it? I guess I should've opened it before I bought it." I love this woman. |
|
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
Congratulations to you and your wife on a great find.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
882 Posts |
Good find indeed. It's always nice to add something cheep to the collection. I'm a quantity not quality man myself.
Ty
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1151 Posts |
So are you calling your wife a blind squirrel?  |
|
Valued Member
 United States
179 Posts |
When it comes to coins...
Yes.
She came home one day a week or so after the bug hit me and I started collecting again and was all excited. "I found a real old penny on the ground for you."
It was a 1983 that was beat all to heck. Dirty, scratched, even a little bent.
She was crushed when I told her it probably wasn't even worth one cent anymore.
I put it in a 2X2 and wrote, "The Diana Cent" on it and put it in my notebook. A while back a friend was looking at my coins and asked about it. She overheard him and was surprised I'd kept it. The fact that she takes the time to "help" makes anything she comes up with nearly priceless for me.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
That is cool that your wife thought about you !! and well worth the effort of a 2X2 !!
Metalman
|
|
New Member
United States
10 Posts |
Mathman: would you tell your wife I'll give her three dollars for what she bought?  She'll get her original 1.50 back + make $1.50! (lol!) |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
Mathman. Please pass our congratulations on a great buy on to your wife. Sounds as though you and she are well-suited to each other. Good, very good!
|
|
Forum Mom
 United States
5877 Posts |
I think it's so great that your wife wants to help you with your collection. That was a really great frind on the Sac folder, too. She must love you very much.  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
834 Posts |
Mathman.
I think your wife deserves a little more then a thank you it's nice to have family members who are that supportive of there loved ones hobby congratulations on your find.
Bruce.
|
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1031 Posts |
That's a great find. When you were just expecting a book, you had to be really happy to find out it also had coins. Congratulations to you, your wife and your daughter. Hopefully they will catch the bug also.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
194 Posts |
Wow, tell her nice grab! Lol, couldn't go wrong for $1.50, especially when you made a few more dollars lol. Nice buy.  Phoenix  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
1247 Posts |
Could you ask her to pick out six numbers from 1-53?  |
|
Pillar of the Community
United States
2254 Posts |
quote:
Could you ask her to pick out six numbers from 1-53?
 I'm watching for a reply to that question too!!!!! |
|
Valued Member
United States
487 Posts |
Very nice! A friend of mine went to a yard sale and bought a belt for a quarter that had a silver dollar mounted in the belt buckle.
|
|
Valued Member
United States
487 Posts |
When my wife helps me it doesn't always turn out so good. I had a pick up truck for sale one time and my wife decided to run an ad in the paper while I was out of town. She had 3 people lined up to come look at it the day I got back. Which I thought was great as I had ran an ad a few weeks before and only had a few calls on it. I asked her what she put in the ad that had made it so successful. Just that it was a 3/4 ton extended cab diesel for $500. OUCH!!!
|
| |
Replies: 17 / Views: 2,314 |
Posted 04/08/2007 12:41 am
