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thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 12/31/2019 1:40 pm Over last weekend, I got my dad and grandpa's old Whitman folders. They avidly loaded them up during the 1930's and 1940's, and then they were lost in storage boxes for years. There's nothing very special about the coins, just what they could pull out of pocket change. But it's interesting to see how they filled up. -They didn't collect anything that was silver other than the War Nickels. They had the books but there is nothing in them. -The best books are the Lincoln cents and the Buffalo nickels. Each of these is about 2/3 complete with many of the semi keys but none of the key dates. -Because they were collected on the West Coast, almost all of the San Francisco coins are present, except for the key dates. -The earliest coins are heavily worn with only a couple better than Fine. 25-30 years of hard circulation is evident. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5240 Posts	Posted 12/31/2019 2:56 pm I wonder if the dime and other books were just stripped and spent decades ago when they lost interest? Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 12/31/2019 3:01 pm Too bad they weren't interested in silver at that time . Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188342 Posts	Posted 12/31/2019 3:05 pm Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 01/01/2020 08:46 am Yes it is to bad they didn't collect Mercury dimes. They were all over the place back then. Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 01/01/2020 09:57 am When he was in his 70's my dad started collecting the annual proof sets. A few contained silver and gold, but most were the base metal sets. My grandpa gave me his small accumulation of silver 50 years ago, containing one worn 1878-S Morgan. Collecting silver coins didn't interest either of them. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff
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