Check Out The Undersized 1875 Liberty Seated 25c In This Type Lot .

Value in 1961: $6.50

So a 20 cent piece instead!

The set was apparently put together or finished in 1961. Here is what I remember about collecting out of pocket change in late 50's and early 60's. Buffs and Walkers could be found in daily change. An occasional Barber in all denominations could be found. V nickels could be found. I do not remember seeing any Flying Eagle cents or 20 cent pieces in circulation. It was rare to find Seated quarters or halves or dollars in circulation.

As a kid growing up in the 1950's, my introduction to coin collecting was filling in a Roosevelt dime blue Whitman folder. However, what really sparked my interest in our wonderful hobby was the following: my dad owned a coffee shop in lower Manhattan, and one evening in the early 1960's he brought home a coin that a customer used to buy a cup of coffee - an 1875-S Twenty Cent piece. The customer had probably thought it was a quarter. In those days before 1964, as others noted above, old coins were free flowing in our current coinage. So while that customer wouldn't have thought twice about spending a well worn Seated quarter, a 20 cent piece was considered special, even back then!

In life, we learn from our errors. One big mistake I made was selling that coin from the Type Set I started putting together when I bought an upgrade years later for that spot. Looking back, I truly wish I saved that coin, since as noted above, it was that very coin that started my life-long endeavor of building my Type Set. It was also a wonderful reminder of my relationship with my dad.

The current version of that Type Set is my Dansco 7070. The hotlink for that set is in my signature below each of my posts.

Steve

Smart! As noted, that was an error on my part that I wish could be done over!