The Good Ole Days

eddieal

Anyone here remember the late 50's when you could go to the bank and get a mint bag of Morgan Dollars, most of which were MS 63 or better, for a dollar each. I know several that ended up with a full set of Morgans, but then who wanted them. They were only worth a dollar a piece. This was when a vault at the Orleans mint was opened and found full of Morgans. Anyone remember--Ah. Don't you just hate hine-site.

Longacre

My parents were teenagers then.

relayer

Damn, I'm old and even I don't remember the late 50's

(But I do recall the early 60's)

PerryHall

Yea. I remember. Couldn't afford a full bag but I would buy a few at a time with my allowance. Always asked for the ones from the 1800's.

nankraut

Yup, I remember, and I used to cash my paycheck and take the proceeds in silver dollars. (usually about $175 a week). Problem was---after checking for the dates I needed, I had to turn the silver dollars back in so I could buy groceries. I can't begin to tell you how many CC dollars I turned back in to the bank.

EJB

At the Horseshoe casino in Vegas the dollar slots paid you in Morgans, and the side walk in front of the casino was paved in morgans, remember that. Man that was a long time ago...

Dave99B

Ah....them were the days....nothing like 90% silver coins jingling away in your pockets.

I remember my Uncle telling me that silver dollars were commonly used in Montana up until the mid 1960's.

Dave

DJC

<< <i>My parents were teenagers then. >>



My mother was born in '53.











Just tryin' to help annoy the old guys

SanctionII

DJC, if your mother was born in 1953 and she had a kid at 13(1966) who then had a kid at 13 (1979) who then had a kid at 13 (1992) who then had a kid at 13 (2005), your mother could be great great grandmother and you could be a great grandfather (at the ripe old age of 39).

The above seems quite strange today, however I have no doubt that 100+ years ago when the average life span was 45 years of age and when people got married at 13-14 years old, these situations did happen fairly often. I could not even begin to imagine what it would be like to be a parent at 13 years of age.

21Walker

Yup, new about that.....except in '60 I was 8 years old with a paper route. I would go and get an occaisional silver dollar at the bank. The kicker was for 6 days of newspaper, it was 0.42 cents. I had 102 customers and I would say 95% of them would pay me with a walker or frankie and say keep the change....big digs for me back then. Needless to say I had alot of walkers to go through back then. I had to be very selective as the profit margin was very small.....but there was always next week. Wish I could have scored on many more Morgans at that time.....................AH the good ole days..............Rick

TOMCATTOM

I work in social services and have had 11 yr old mother, 26 yr old grandmother and 39 yr old great grandmother. Had one mother who had 12 kids in 12 years (no twins), one each year, after the other. No break.

LanLord

While not as extreme as your examples, my wife's mother was a great grandmother at 50 or 51.

She had her first child at 17 or 18, who had a child at 17 who got his girlfriend preggy at 16 or 17.

That is a bit too young to be a g-grandmother, for that matter, 34 seems a bit yound to be a grandmother.

FatMan

<< <i> Anyone here remember the late 50's when you could go to the bank and get a mint bag of Morgan Dollars, most of which were MS 63 or better, for a dollar each. I know several that ended up with a full set of Morgans, but then who wanted them. They were only worth a dollar a piece. This was when a vault at the Orleans mint was opened and found full of Morgans. Anyone remember--Ah. Don't you just hate hine-site. >>

And the naysayers said it was a waste of time. After all, it was nothing but MODERN CRAP!

DJC

<< <i>DJC, if your mother was born in 1953 and she had a kid at 13(1966) who then had a kid at 13 (1979) who then had a kid at 13 (1992) who then had a kid at 13 (2005), your mother could be great great grandmother and you could be a great grandfather (at the ripe old age of 39).

The above seems quite strange today, however I have no doubt that 100+ years ago when the average life span was 45 years of age and when people got married at 13-14 years old, these situations did happen fairly often. I could not even begin to imagine what it would be like to be a parent at 13 years of age. >>



Wouldn't surprise me either. I've known quite a few 14 and 15 year old parents, and a few who at 31 or 32 became a grandparent, but I've never thought about it extended quite that far along. BTW~ I was born in '75, and no kids (yet), so I'm already disqualified, I guess.