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Rest in Peace
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Welcome Jayson! What a great story. I hope this lights the fire for you and you keep the torch burning for future generations! By the way, a Daughter can do that for you as well! Mine has so far and I hope she keeps it going with her children in the future! Mike  |
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United States
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I was just gonna say, "Wait a minute, girls collect coins too!" but Mike beat me to it! We may be few and far between, but we're out there! Welcome to the forum, BTW.  That's a great bunch of stuff your grandparents left to you. I also wasn't aware of the extent of my grandfather's collection until after he passed away. My grandmother gave my dad and I his cent hoard- nothing terribly valuable in there but I still wanted to keep all of them just because they were Granddad's! Rachel [:p] |
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 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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OK, I'll forgive ya! Just don't let it happen again...  Seriously though, I think more dads need to encourage their daughters to start collecting. I know I wouldn't be a collector today without my Dad's determination to make me one! That first Morgan dollar in my Easter basket when I was a kid went a long way. Rachel [:p] |
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Originally posted by Kyra
That first Morgan dollar in my Easter basket when I was a kid went a long way.
Rachel [:p]
Most excellent idea. |
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Darn, learn something every day! Guess my parents (grandparents) didn't have any Morgans as all I ever got for the holidays was coal and switches!
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Originally posted by Kyra That first Morgan dollar in my Easter basket when I was a kid went a long way. Rachel Relatives and Morgan dollars are responsible for a lot of collectors. I remember as a kid of about six years old, running home with my older brother from an A&P food store where we had seen the teller had Morgan dollars in his till. We got three dollars from Mom & Dad (a lot of money then) and ran back to the store and exchanged the paper money for three Morgan silver dollars. Years and Years later my brother gave me a Morgan dollar and told me it was one of the ones we had collected. That sparked my adult interest in coin collecting. And that Morgan dollar remains my most sentimental coin. |
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United States
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Well came back from my grandparents and found an entire binder full of "proof sets". Not old proofs, but they are what they are. I will double check when I get home the time span. Found a HUGE stamp collection as well as those 22kt gold stamps. 4 binders full of gold stamps. Some other things as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ok...the proof sets are from the years of 1968 to 1978. They are in a very nice binder complete with stamps etc.... Some other coins in hard casing as well
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Posted 07/11/2005 9:43 pm
