Time for therapy?

LanLord

This weekend my wife's former highschool celebrated it's 100th anniversary. In the parade that they had there was the oldest living alumnus, she graduated from San Mateo High School in 1917. I figure she must have been born in 1899 or 1900. She was a grand dame, really spunky. All I could think of was that she very possibly could have held/spent a mint state 1916 SLQ, she very possibly remembers the introduction of the Lincoln cent and she has witnessed the release of every current US coin.

Do I need therapy or what?

a2labmom

Think I'll be right there beside you. Whenever I watch a Three Stooges short, I think about what coins they may be holding in their hands.

09sVDB

mee too.

ursabear

I've had these very thoughts. Often, I wonder what it was like for folks in Denver when the Merc was introduced, or what it was like at the turn of the century to have a pocket full of indians and barbers...

If only time travel was easy...

goose3

was it Ms. Haversham?

My granny is 90. It's odd to think of the change that she has spent over her lifetime.

Flash

My grandmother was born in 1900, and always wore a ring with a gold $1 dated the year of her birth. As a child, I was fascinated with her ring and the tiny gold coin it held. She always told me that the ring would someday be mine. Don't know what ever happened to that ring. Or the 1956 Pontiac she told me would be mine, for that matter. Hmmmm....

clw54

The couple across the street from me are both in their nineties. Sometimes I wonder if they have coins stashed away, but I'll never ask them that because I wouldn't feel right about it. They're both great people.

wingedliberty

Mint state 1916 SLQ. My mouth is watering.
I wish I had a time machine.


Brian.