Got grade - This one is special besides the grade

RR

Got a grade today on a quarterly freebie. What's special is this coin was one of the first coins I ever collected as a boy sitting in the living room floor with my parents going through a pile of pennies. And that was 47 years ago.

21862513 1909-S 1C Indian USA XF40BN

Date Received: 01/06/2005
Date Shipped: 02/08/2005

This one sure brought back some nice memories. Both parents are gone now. Yep, it's special.

RR

lordmarcovan

You cherrypicked an EF 1909-S Indian as a kid, from a pile of pennies on the living room floor? Whoa! That must've been some pile!





I sent in my "childhood keepsake" on a freebie submission once, just for fun. It is an EF45-ish 1827 Sq.2 Bust half. I got it on December 28, 1977- my 12th birthday (and it was 150 years old that year). Unfortunately I cleaned it when I was a kid. It has retoned beautifully over the years, so I thought it might have a long shot, but they bodybagged it for cleaning. It also has a bit of a rim bump on it. Not that I care.

I plan to keep it until 2027, when I am 62 years old and it is 200. By then, I hope to have a grandchild to pass it on to.

BigE

A truly priceless coin, and there aren't many. Congrats on keeping it all these years--------------BigE

RR

Howdy lordmarcovan! Yep, I went through piles and piles of coins back then. My Dad was a banker and he'd bring home bags of coins for me to go through.

BigE, I still have many of the coins from back then. I recall the excitement of filling a vacant hole in my various Whitmans. That 09-S Indian was the rarest I ever found and my Dad put it in the safe deposit box.

Geez, that sure brings back memories and how I loved going though those piles of coins.

Rick

lordmarcovan

I can see why that would be a fond memory!

Shoot, even if it didn't have a nice family context, a cherrypick like that would be worthy of remembering!

Windycity

Now to me, that's what coin collecting is all about. Kids discovering the fun and value of the treasure hunt and the beginning of a lifelong hobby.

I got into collecting when I discovered a "different" penny as a kids. I took it home, showed it to my mother, and began to look for more... the penny was a 1959 with the new Lincoln Memorial reverse. Just the "new" look was all it took for me to get interested. About 3 years later, after I had put together about 75% of the lincoln set from circulation, a friend of the family gave me his set. I was 8 years old and I now had a 1909 s, a 1914d and every other coins with the exception of the s vdb. I've been hooked ever since.

Recently I tried to return the favor by giving an entire jar of circulated wheat cents (many good dates) to a friends daughter whose has shown an interest in collecting. I hope she get's hooked as well. Also gave her a 1990 proof set, the year of her birth.

Windycity