Those sentimental coins...
Sylvestius
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We often share stories of historically interesting coins, expensive coins, high grading coins, extremely low grading coins, holed coins... and a whole load of such topics.
But what about those sentimental coins? Those coins you just wouldn't part with?
Doesn't look much, but here's probably the one coin i've had in my possession the longest time, it was another one of my first ever coins. I think these look nice worn...
But what about those sentimental coins? Those coins you just wouldn't part with?
Doesn't look much, but here's probably the one coin i've had in my possession the longest time, it was another one of my first ever coins. I think these look nice worn...
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I've kept a VG 1936 Mercury dime since Thanksgiving Day of 1976. It was the "one that started it all".
Worth a buck or less monetarily, but I don't care. It's priceless to me.
My detector finds are similarly sentimental to me- I never sell them. (Many of them wouldn't be worth much, anyway.)
Two of them happen to be King George coppers, too. 1 2
My first bought King George copper, when I was a young lad, looked much like yours there. I think it was an 1806 halfpenny. I paid five dollars for it.
I also have an 1806 halfpenny, decent grade on it but pitted, looks like that was dug up too at some point. I nearly parted with that coin a few times.
It had been my great uncle's at one time or another, this great uncle vistited his brother (my grandfather) very rarely, although i'm sure i met him, vaguely seems recollectable. Quite how my grandfather ended up with it is a mystery, i'm guessing my uncle must have left it in the house before moving out and when my grandfather managed to retain the house after his father's death and his mother had moved out in the early '60s, i'm guessing the coin must have still been in the house.
I know i first became aware of it's presence back in the early '90s, and i pestered and pestered my grandfather to let me buy it off of him, he refused saying, 'it's Cyril's not mine', eventually he did give in and he gave me the coin. It took me so long to get it, that although i toyed with the idea of selling it at one point, i doubt i ever will. And ever since my great uncle passed one back in 2003 it's all the more reason to hang onto the coin as it's the only tangable link i suppose i have.
Certainly fascinating though how these coins shift from one owner to another...
<< <i>Hey cool! I bet there's nothing like finding an 18th century copper, especially if you're in the US! >>
It's very cool to find, here in the US!
In your neck of the woods, I'd expect it's a wee bit more common occurrence. I'd love to dig on your side of the pond. Hammered silver... mmmm!
I've eavesdropped on online conversations between Brit detectorists, commiserating with one another over their less-productive outings:
"...Not much today- just three or four small Romans..."
Sheesh!
Got the 1908s Indian Head Cent that my grandma gave me
And the first gold coin I bought for $14.50 ($2.5 Indian)
Aint no price on em neither.