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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
I was just wondering after reading about all the excitement over newer coins if anyone on this forum is older than 50 and remembers spending silver and wheats?
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Valued Member
 United States
326 Posts |
I just realized that being over 50 and remembering anything more than yesterday is a difficult feat.
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Valued Member
United States
228 Posts |
tamshowoff: I am one of the ancient ones who remembers spending silver coins.(57 years old). When the silver coins went away in 1965 - it was about three or four years before they disappeared from circulation. I was a novice coin collector of 11 years old then... I knew a guy who ran a laundromat who would let me go through his coins. I was looking for coins like 1932D quarters,1916D mercs, and 1950D nickels and Buffalo nickels. (yes you could still find the occasional buffalo in circulation in 1964), as well as MANY silver coins of course. I did not have the foresight to save silver coinage however  Soon, copper pennies will be like the silver coinage in the 60's. In fact, I don't think the penny itself is long for this world  They cost too much to make! My advice is to all save all the coppers, and any zinc pennies in AU58 or above. They deteriorate fast, and will be conditional rarities in the future ! That gives us all a few years to pull whatever we can in nice coins from circulation.  |
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
I know what you mean about forsight. I remember putting together my albums and passing up things like 11-s's and 009 vdb's because I had them in my album already. I still can't get excited about hording copper though. My bank just got in $750 in boxes marked pre 1982. I looked through a few and got some Bu and S's but passed on the rest. Have to leave some stuff in circulation for the newbies.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm 55 and I got a lot of my silver and wheats from circulation.
My Dad let me go through his change every evening when he came home.
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Valued Member
United States
439 Posts |
43 but sometimes I feel like 50, and sometimes I feel like 5.
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
hi michael- My whole collection is from circulation and although I am still missing some key dates I am very satisfied with the end result. I enjoy roll searching and do not limit myself to one denomination. Have been doing this for about 55 years.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh, to be 50 again that would be nice!  I collected most of my silver from circulation in 1965 after getting out of the Army. |
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
I was not much of a hoarder but rather a coin collector. I do not see the enjoyment of just looking through a plastic sleeve of half dollars, quarters, dimes looking for silver. It's much more enjoyable to look at every coin.
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New Member
United States
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I was 8 in '65, so I didn't get much money in hand at that time. I traded two pencils to some kid for a silver 2 Guilder from the Netherlands - which I still have. I consider that to be my very first coin in my collection.
By '68-69, I was starting to get into collecting but the silver ones were already becoming scarce, although I have found a couple of mercs and walkers in change.
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
It's like panning for gold but keeping your feet dry.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My bank just got in $750 in boxes marked pre 1982 Now there was an opportunity for an easy $500-$600 profit...too bad I remember checking silver dimes to pull the mercs and remember as a boy helping my dad look for the 1955 DDO |
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Valued Member
United States
326 Posts |
At one of my early coin meetings I remember an older man showing everyone his roll of 55 DDO and how weird they were. I never got one though. He passed them out to all the old guys! |
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United States
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I just realized that being over 50 and remembering anything more than yesterday is a difficult feat. Now, THAT's just harsh! Actually, I remember things from the years before I headed off to first grade (in 1951) better than what happened this week! I started collecting Lincolns when I was about 8, and I can remember pulling dates like '10-S, '13-S, '22-D, and the like out of change before I knew that they were worth more than a cent each. I was just plugging holes in my Whitman album. A bit later, but long before 1965, I pulled a few of the less-common issues of dimes from circulation (like the '48-S), but like nearly everyone else I was spending silver in '65. I was in college and needed every cent I could get my hands on just to feed myself, and coin collecting just wasn't my highest priority back then. |
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United States
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Heck yeah. I remember spending Walkers and DL quarters. You could buy a lot of stuff for a quarter or half dollar in 1963.
Those silver coins have kept up with inflation. I would imagine todays 10$ bill was 1963s half dollar.
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Valued Member
Canada
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I was 12 when the silver and nickel change was being made I thought the new nickel coins were real cool looking I remember my grandmother had a big jar of pennies that they used to play rummoli with and I used to line them all up according to dates on a tv tray I guess that was the start of my fascination of pennies And buying superman and spider man comics So am 55 now and still love coin collecting  |
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