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ColquhounColquhoun Posts: 545 ✭
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I carry a couple mercury dimes and a pocket full of Sacs and GW dollars.

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  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭
    My wallet.

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  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • alfalfaalfalfa Posts: 275 ✭✭
    It's probably not what you had in mind but...

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  • CheeseGuyCheeseGuy Posts: 191 ✭✭
    Why Ike of course! Actually I keep this in my wallet so I won't lose it again
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  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
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  • SottySotty Posts: 373 ✭
    1837 Bust half

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    is that rosewood?
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  • hiyosilverhiyosilver Posts: 1,216
    kept in an air-tite that gets changed when it gets too scuffed up.

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  • StopMotionStopMotion Posts: 1,387
    Hey Herb,
    How long have you been carry that? I started carrying mine a couple months ago.
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  • SpaceMonkeySpaceMonkey Posts: 3,311 ✭


    << <i>Hey Herb,
    How long have you been carry that? I started carrying mine a couple months ago.
    SM



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    WOW... friggin cool! looks like a walker! and even wears like one too. neat... i may just have to start carrying one myself now.

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  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
    << Hey Herb,
    How long have you been carry that? I started carrying mine a couple months ago.
    SM>>



    Been in my pocket since the day I opened a mint tube in 2004.



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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,509 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A common date Peace dollar.
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  • BigE2BigE2 Posts: 1,037 ✭
    A 2005 SAE. Been carrying it since Jan 15, 2005. Makes a great conversation piece.
  • ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭


    << <i>A 2005 SAE. Been carrying it since Jan 15, 2005. Makes a great conversation piece. >>


    Were they released that early?
    Love the 1885-CC Morgan
  • SeaEagleCoinsSeaEagleCoins Posts: 3,262 ✭
    A couple of Sacs since 2000 when I got them at the bank when they first came out ... I actually like the way they wear... they develop a real nice patina ... If I had a camera I'd take some pics ... I'm 'old-fashioned' and use an HP scanner ... doesn't show color all that well ... image
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  • ShortgapbobShortgapbob Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭
    A nice and polished up 1939 Walker Half!
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  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    A 1987-S half. Found it in a roll of halves so I figured why not. I put a couple of scratches on the high points just to monitor the wear progress.
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,942 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Common date SAE. But only when I'm wearing jeans that have the little bonus pocket (usually in the right hand hip pocket). That's about 80% of the time.
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,011 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1881-CC Morgan
    1884-CC Morgan
    1890-CC Morgan Tailbar
    1893-CC Morgan

    You know, carrying around four Morgans in your pocket is heavy! It's easy to understand why paper currency became preferred by most folks.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    A silver coin always makes a good pocket piece. These wear down quite nicely.

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  • ccmorganccmorgan Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭
    Well twosides looks like you'll always have a quarter for the parking meter.image
    Love the 1885-CC Morgan
  • oldcameoproofsguyoldcameoproofsguy Posts: 3,174 ✭
    I think that twosides needs a good set of suspenders!
  • richbeatrichbeat Posts: 2,288 ✭
    I lost my first pocket piece, the first Sac dollar I got (2000P). Now it's the first GW dollar (2007D). image
  • scherscher Posts: 924 ✭
    1799 ten dollar gold piece..broke out of an anacs AU details net 25 alterred surfaces and a worn out sesqui commem.
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  • LongshotLongshot Posts: 353
    1986 Prospector Silver Bullion coin. I didn't want to use anything that would lose value with continued contact.

    Also a great conversation piece!
  • rah1959rah1959 Posts: 964 ✭
    1939 Walker

    This was given to me on my 16th Birthday by my mom...it was given to her as a child as it is her birth year....I have carried it each day for 32 years......I remember it being near BU when first given to me back then....

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  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    Currently, a UK 6 pence (tanner) coin. image
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  • Musky1011Musky1011 Posts: 3,904 ✭✭✭✭
    My two modern Commem. Proof pocket pieces
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,615 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I think that twosides needs a good set of suspenders! >>


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    I used to have suspenders.
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    now I'm a quarter hoarder.

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  • slipgateslipgate Posts: 2,301 ✭✭
    1894-o Morgan Dollar - the goal is to turn it into a P01 - it is probably an AG3 right now borderlining on FR2.
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  • AlixTCatAlixTCat Posts: 1,276
    1998 SAE that I had in my collection. It had toned black, poor storage? (Considering all the rest of the SAE's in the album are still blast white, I think not.)

    Anyway, when I pull out all my change from that pocket to look for exact change at the store or wherever, people get really excited to see that "coin" up close. Not many people even know they are minted. I've had some older people recognize the obverse Walker design. I know it is not really a coin, but people get such a kick out of seeing it.

    Also, I don't understand how some people, people who have obviously never tried it, can comment that carrying a few Washington $1 coins is too heavy. I'd say that three GW$'s equals one SAE in weight. I have never had a problem with the weight in my pocket and I usually have 5-6 quarters, 3-4 nickels and dimes and 4-6 cents in the same pocket along with a pocket knife, pill box and sometimes a USB memory key.

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  • DUIGUYDUIGUY Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    1880S and 1886 Morgans
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A Micro-Leatherman pocket tool..... usefullness trumps hobby quirks. Cheers, RickO
  • hughesm1hughesm1 Posts: 778 ✭✭
    A 2000P Sac, 22P Peace and 2002 Italian €2
    Mark
  • BoomBoom Posts: 10,165 ✭
    25 caliber semi-automatic with all the serial #s filed off. image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "25 caliber semi-automatic with all the serial #s filed off."

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  • BeeManBeeMan Posts: 364 ✭✭✭
    A 2005 SAE, a 2000-P Sac that was pretty well worn when I got it from a roll, and a GW $1.
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  • aballeinaballein Posts: 388 ✭
    washie dollar
  • jobiwan115jobiwan115 Posts: 769
    1885 Morgan. Not the best of shape, just a coin I bought on a whim specifically for this purpose.

    The more I collect, the more I love Morgans!
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  • TennesseeDaveTennesseeDave Posts: 4,809 ✭✭✭✭✭
    22 Peace $ and a few Washington $'s
    Trade $'s
  • CoxeCoxe Posts: 11,139 ✭
    A couple rolls of SAEs to impress the chicks.

    Of course not. I always have a loupe in my pocket in case of a VAM emergency. Have done a Sac and GW dollar on occasion but with very little dedication.
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  • elwoodelwood Posts: 2,414 ✭


    I used to carry a $5 Lib as a pocket piece and used it for a ball marker but lost it at some pointimage

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