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New Member
Canada
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Hi Everybody,
Its been awhile since I have posted (i had just found this site), lots of things going on but most importantly, my stepfather passed away just before Christmas. He had been very ill for a long time, so it wasn't especially unexpected, but it was still a shock to the system.
Obviously, they knew I am coin collector and he had given me some coins over the years, nothing fancy or expensive, just the usual stuff it seems everyones parents saved out of circulation. Last night I was helping my mom sort through some of his WW2 stuff when she told me this story.
My stepfather had returned from WW2 in January 1946 and got a job at the local factory which made wooden fruit baskets. Apparently, as a young man with no family obligations and a childhood from the great depression, he was quite a saver of everything - I mean everything - there was a huge pile of pay stubs starting in February 1946, a debt book from 1946 on, etc. He literally never threw anything away.
Anyways, he apparently accumulated a huge hoard of Canadian silver dollars in the years after the war and saved them in round flour can - he wouldn't spend any silver dollar or old half dollar, just brought them home and put them in the can. When I asked how big, Mom held her hands about two feet apart (the diameter I guess) and said it was about two feet high as well. It was full to the brim when they got married.
He married my Mom in 1976 and bought a new sofa and chair, kitchen table and chairs, bed and other stuff she couldn't remember. As you probably guessed by now, they used the silver dollar can to pay for it all. Canadian collectors will know that the 1945-1948 silver dollars are the most valuable of the series. I can just picture in my head, my stepfather buying the kitchen table and paying for them with dozens of 1945, 1947 and 1948 silver dollars at face value.
No real point to me posting this story. My buddies aren't coin people (they look at me kinda funny when I talk about coins) and wanted to share with someone who might find this story interesting.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1554 Posts |
 Hello Mikey, nice to have ya on board with us! Yes that is a sad story, I broke down crying all evening when I read your article. However, it is said that for every sad story one knows about, there are 10,000 sadder stories one hasn't heard yet!  Glenn Pinto Edited by glenzy1
03/28/2009 9:54 pm
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I just wish once I would hear about things like this before hand and not after. Things people do.
Posted 03/27/2009 10:58 pm
