A Fascinating Read On Circulation Populations

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SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10456 Posts	Posted 02/25/2015 11:39 am As a member of the RCNA, one has online access to all the older published CN Journal archives. I found the following two papers fascinating, and certainly would make the roll hunters of today green with envy... Allen, H.D. 1968. The last days of silver, a sentimental excursion. CN Journal, vol. 13 (5): 185-187. Allen, H.D. 1982. When cents were round and nickels magnetic: a circulation study, early 1982. CN Journal, vol. 27 (9); 416-419. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff

chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 02/25/2015 11:43 am Thanks, I was especially wondering about the first article recently. I enjoy Don's work - where is he now? Report this Post to the Staff
Pacificoin Pillar of the Community Canada 5394 Posts	Posted 02/25/2015 3:31 pm Roger it was a very fascinating time the mid to late 1960's. There was lots of goodies available for the taking. As a young collector (started 1964) I fondly remember kindly bank tellers letting you look through the drawers of Silver Dollars and getting to pick!!!!! at face value. Thank goodness I had two paper routes and understanding parents. By 1974 it was well over getting much out of change save the odd cent or nickel. Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 02/25/2015 3:53 pm As a paperboy in the 50's in Iowa, I got all the coins that I needed from my paperroute. The Sunday Des Moines Register was 20 cents and the daily was 35 cents. The 55 cents that I got from my 40 or so customers paid in all silver and lots of Buffalo nickels that I collected. I'd collect from my route and then my mom would get a $50 bag of nickels from the city from the parking meters and I would go through it. I'd rolls the nickels up for the bank, get what I wanted, and then turn in my money to the paper office. I still shutter to think of all the silver Standing liberty halves and quarters that I turned back in, but I didn't collect them. The same goes for all the Indian Head pennies. Report this Post to the Staff
garys64wildcat Pillar of the Community United States 593 Posts	Posted 02/25/2015 6:36 pm okiecoiner, I started out collecting the same as you did. I was from Iowa and I had a Desmoines Register and Tribune route in the 50~s and a customer would go through all my change and take the good ones. So I got the bug. I wish I could have a chance to go back in time. I got a complete set of Buffalos and many others off my route Lots of silver $$`s. Divorce in 70`s took most of my good ones, but silver was up high, but it was sad LCS sending rolls of halves and to melt. I came from the town of Rolfe, Ia Report this Post to the Staff
okiecoiner Pillar of the Community Canada 5585 Posts	Posted 02/25/2015 7:21 pm gary64: I was from Ft Madison, in the very SE corner right on the Mississippi Report this Post to the Staff
macdon Valued Member Canada 495 Posts	Posted 02/28/2015 2:59 pm I love hearing from the "paperboys" for I was one of the lost tribe too and well remember and lament over the days when I hoarded away my favorite coins with dots and ML's fifties, and silver dollars at Christmas they were my treasures and a few of my brothers were the pirates[:) Report this Post to the Staff
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