The Stories Behind The Coins

I don't currently have my coins with me, so I have to use this poor picture of it, but when I was about 8 years old, my great grandmother passed away, and my grandmother bought me some coins to commemorate her life, these coins lay in a binder on my shelf for 10 years until one day I re-discovered it by accident, and it got me into coin collecting. The coin my grandmother had said was the most important was a 1918-S Walking Liberty half, it was minted in the year my great grandmother was born.

That is a good story, Arael. It reminds me of a "coin" that my Dad gave to me in the mid-1950's. The coin looked like a 1918 Walking Liberty half, but it wasn't silver. Dad had found it, along with another coin, inside an old trunk. I later learned that it was a counterfeit half, made of lead. It was probably made some decades prior to my receiving it, back when lead was being used to make kids' toys.

By the way, the other coin that Dad gave to me was genuine. It was a well-worn, 1795 Flowing Hair silver dollar! A local pastor that I knew collected coins. He swapped me a bunch of old type coins for that dollar, and that's how I got started in the hobby.

There are a few coins I have that I could never part with.

I have a 1927-P Standing Liberty quarter. My mom bought it for me at Woolworth's back in 1980. I think it was $4.00 back then.

Back when I started coin collecting, I wrote a letter to my grandparents asking if they had any old coins they didn't want. My Grandfather sent me back a letter with a 1908-O Barber quarter and three Barber halves! My Grandpa died in 1995 and my Grandma in 1997. Every time I look at those coins, I think of them.

Lastly, I've got two Walking Liberty halves in my collection that my mother gave me. Technically, loaned me, since they are her's. She is the second child of her family, and was supposed to be the boy. So, she was the one that helped her dad around the farm. Every so often, her and her dad would load up the truck with scrap metal and sell it to the local junk merchants. Her dad would give her a half dollar as her "pay" for helping him. She saved two of the halves, and I am keeping them safe for her.

Here's a picture of the coins. The three Barber halves and the Barber quarter are from my Grandparents. The quarter is a 1908-O and the 1903 Half has an O mintmark.

The two Walkers are my Moms. The one without the toning is a 1934-S.

Can I still post if what I have in mind is a banknote instead of a coin?

Sweet lets see em !

I'm jealous! I've never seen or handled one outside of the internet (rarely get the opportunity to go to coin shows, the two that I have been to were very small. LCS doesn't have anything too valuable), let alone owned one!

Very cool stories everyone.

I have between 6 and 12 Mexican Pesos between the dates of 1958 and 1964 that were my great-grandmother's. When she passed, my Dad brought me home a little plastic box with some old Mexican coins in it. I still have them.

My story is about the "3 Bank Hoard". I named this adventure because the accumulation was stored in three different banks. I purchased the best 1931 S Lincoln out of the lot.

First is a picture of the entire group of 1931 S Lincoln cents included in the hoard.




Is a little splotchy, but has superb detail. Believe this Lincoln spent the last 50 years in the flip.