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Valued Member
Canada
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Over 50 years ago when I had my paper route in Halifax NS one of the highlights was getting Christmas cards from my customers with coins. I could not wait to get started at 5 am in the morning during Christmas week. My favorite was a senior home.The residents then were mainly old war vets who ere kind to me. I would get a lot of silver dollars that I cherished and one I will never forget was from a gentleman that apologized to me for having only an old 1932 fifty cent piece that I really did not want because at the time to me it was just an old coin and threw it my junk drawer for a few years until one of my brothers got it and drilled a hole in it to wear around his neck now, many years later knowing the value of the coin I could wring his skinny little neck. Merry Christmas
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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You should have wrung his skinny little neck..  Great story.  |
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Valued Member
 Canada
495 Posts |
Shafta Yes, and wrung it 32 times  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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What part of Halifax was your paper route?
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Valued Member
Canada
495 Posts |
Chequer I had mid North End e.g Part of Gottingen,North St, Brunswick, Creighton, Uniacke, all the hot spots |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I know the area pretty well. |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
2360 Posts |
Noting that it was a 1932, holy.
Nice story.
Edited by SilverDon
12/23/2014 2:57 pm
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Valued Member
United States
467 Posts |
When I was a kid I used to help out on a guy's paper route a couple of days a week for a dollar a day plus tips. A guy used to tip me a Barber dime or a Mercury dime and I would routinely get Franklin half dollars in payment, which I would immediately purchase with my own money. Ah, those were the days.... |
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Valued Member
United States
335 Posts |
If I had only been aware of numismatics @ at earlier age while delivering papers in my youth, actually I believe it was the numismatic badge for the Boy Scouts that kickstarted my interest in them.
Edited by zookr
12/26/2014 12:25 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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I had two paper routes back in the 1960's a morning run and a different paper in the afternoon. As I recollect the Vancouver Sun was $2.50 a month and the local paper was exactly $2.00 a month. At that time (1966-67) fifty cent pieces circulated quite frequently in BC. Needless to say collection time was heaven for me as I was already collecting coins. Over the course of two years I was able to acquire every date and variety (from 1900 on) at FACE VALUE except for 1921 and 1947 MLCR7. Some of the coins were very low grade but they were all there.
Christmas was a "Vultures Feast"! Most of my customers were older and knew I liked coins , the tips were usually Silver Dollars both Canadian and US as there were lots of those around at the time.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Wow.. Pacificicoin, that's sounds so great along with the other paper boy stories... I lived in a rural area, didn't have 'paper boys'..  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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led to a later career as a letter carrier! Soon we wont have those anymore either!
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Posted 12/23/2014 08:43 am
