Posted 07/02/2017 01:32 am
When I was around 8 my father gave me 10 Kennedy halves for my Birthday from a BU roll and they were the new Kennedy coins. 1964's! That was a big deal getting the new Kennedy half dollar.
It's odd, because it was a very big deal when the "sandwich coins" (clad) came out.
Even though after that, although the halves were still part silver, I don't think it mattered to anybody at the time. I don't think we even knew there was silver in them or cared?
Best I can remember, there was a bigger fuss over getting the new shiny copper in the middle of the quarters and dimes.
Anyway, with my Kennedys ...
I went to the Five and Dime chain store with my older brother and could have bought a Daniel Boone Kentucky long rifle cap gun
but my brother told me I would get in big trouble for buying it.
So he made me buy an educational Solar System model that everything rotated. ( something like this shown below )
I never forgave him for that.
$5.00 did go a long ways back then, I might have had to dig into my own money a little for the long gun. I forget that part.
It's odd, because it was a very big deal when the "sandwich coins" (clad) came out.
Even though after that, although the halves were still part silver, I don't think it mattered to anybody at the time. I don't think we even knew there was silver in them or cared?
Best I can remember, there was a bigger fuss over getting the new shiny copper in the middle of the quarters and dimes.
Anyway, with my Kennedys ...
I went to the Five and Dime chain store with my older brother and could have bought a Daniel Boone Kentucky long rifle cap gun
but my brother told me I would get in big trouble for buying it.So he made me buy an educational Solar System model that everything rotated. ( something like this shown below )
I never forgave him for that.
$5.00 did go a long ways back then, I might have had to dig into my own money a little for the long gun. I forget that part.
