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New Member
United States
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I recently became interested in gold and silver bullion. I was showing my grandparents my silver and gold coins last week. Yesterday, they called me to come over because they wanted to show me something. They had a huge stack of silver coins sitting on the table. I was amazed when they told me I could have it all! There were 5 Morgan's, 7 Peace dollars, 19 Walking Liberty halves, 20 Franklin Halves, plus a bunch more! I was extremely grateful that they thought enough of me to give me these. There are 8 grandchildren and they gave me their silver! Most of the others wouldn't know what to do with it, unfortunately... |
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Valued Member
United States
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That is exciting! I know I'm trying to get my grandchildren interested in coins. I have 2 over this evening and I plan on letting me do some roll searching and maybe let them play with some wheat pennies I have left over from a purchase a few years ago.
I'm proud for you and I know you will remember this for the rest of your life
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congratulations! Can we see some pictures?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow...that's so nice of them! I hope you have some good dates in there as an added bonus!  |
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New Member
 United States
37 Posts |
I don't have a camera, unfortunately! :( I just placed an order online for a bunch of square tubes to keep what they gave me in. I plan on putting them in my safe deposit box along with my other silver and bullion. I will NEVER sell these coins. It's convenient though, there just happened to be exactly 20 walking liberty and 20 Franklin halves. That's the exact amount that will fit in the tubes I bought! :) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Watch your mail. They may send you a bill for that. Just kidding I hope. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
749 Posts |
Good for you Alzika  Im sure when my grandparents coins are doled out, EVERYONE in my family will all of a sudden be a coin collector  Im thinking on making sure they all go to me  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you can't take pics, it would at least be great to know the dates. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That is great ! My Grandfather gave me some silver coins when I was 10 , I have been hooked ever since. Wonderful thing those Grandparents !
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My Grandparents hooked me too! My Grandma gave me some stamps from Canada (You can not imagine the excitement I felt to get stamps from another country!). My Grandpa brought me back some coins from West Germany from a business trip. The coins didn't interest me until a few years later when I was dissassembling the washing macine and found those coins inside of it. My grandmother and I collected stamps together for years, until I went to high school and college and got too cool to hang with my grandma. Whoops! So sorry grandma,I owe you more than I can describe.
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New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Walking liberty halves:
2 1940
1 1941
1 1941-D
1 1942
2 1943
1 1943-D
4 1944
1 1944-S
2 1945
3 1946
2 1947
All coins are heavily circulated, none even appear to be AU quality.
The Franklins are mostly 1962s and 1963s, and also, heavily circulated.
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Valued Member
United States
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You are lucky! I have an 8 year old nephew who recently started a coin collection. I had no idea he was a numismatist until I traveled across country to visit, and he showed me his collection. I would have brought him some coins my dad and grandpa gave me if I had known! We did go to the coin store together and I helped him pick out some nice coins that he bought with his own money, and I bought him a bunch of supplies to help with his growing collection. It's nice to see someone from the next generation in our family take up the hobby that three generations have already enjoyed so much!
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Valued Member
United States
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thats was nice of them, I am hoping my daughter will collect coins when she grows up. Shes only 5 months old at this time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Why don't you buy a Dansco album to display your coins? Sounds like you have a decent smattering of dates between 1940-1947
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Pillar of the Community
United States
543 Posts |
I agree with your decision not to sell them I recently inherited some coins from my Grandfather and I will certainly never sell them. |
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Valued Member
United States
328 Posts |
Your grandparents are geniuses. Pure geniuses. Very few people saved silver coins.
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Posted 02/23/2008 7:16 pm
