Got to look at a Collection/Hoard today
Garneteye
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Went to have a pre-Christmas lunch with a portion of my family that lives several hundred miles from me and the subject of coins came up. Now everyone in this group knows that I collect coins and after lunch my cousin says “I have some coins I want you to look at”. I say “OK” and prepare to look at a few buffalo’s, Franklins, wheat's, Kennedy's, etc. You all know the drill.
She comes back from the back of the house with 4 baggies of coins, sure enough the first bag was full of circulated Kennedy's that she had save when she started her career in banking. Nothing special except they were all silver or 40% halves. Next bag is copper so I expect wheats. Sure enough first coin I see is a wheat but the rest are Indians or flying eagles, now I am getting interested. Next bag is nickels, 1 buffalo, the rest are libertys. The final bag is silver, 1 Columbian half, 2 Stone Mt.s, 1 common date Morgan. The rest are Liberty seated dimes, quarters, and half dollars, not a Franklin or WL in the bunch. Here I am at a kitchen table with poor lighting, no loop, and no reference material. Also limited time, as I needed to spend time with the rest of the family who I see only rarely. I told her that we needed to schedule some time after Christmas for me to have time and tools to really look at her coins. She says “great, I’ll see if I can find the jars of old dimes and quarters, they are stuck back somewhere”
You never know!
Dan
She comes back from the back of the house with 4 baggies of coins, sure enough the first bag was full of circulated Kennedy's that she had save when she started her career in banking. Nothing special except they were all silver or 40% halves. Next bag is copper so I expect wheats. Sure enough first coin I see is a wheat but the rest are Indians or flying eagles, now I am getting interested. Next bag is nickels, 1 buffalo, the rest are libertys. The final bag is silver, 1 Columbian half, 2 Stone Mt.s, 1 common date Morgan. The rest are Liberty seated dimes, quarters, and half dollars, not a Franklin or WL in the bunch. Here I am at a kitchen table with poor lighting, no loop, and no reference material. Also limited time, as I needed to spend time with the rest of the family who I see only rarely. I told her that we needed to schedule some time after Christmas for me to have time and tools to really look at her coins. She says “great, I’ll see if I can find the jars of old dimes and quarters, they are stuck back somewhere”
You never know!
Dan
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- Jim
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Based on your picture, she is a little old for you! About 40 years, I estimate
Lane
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
I knew it would happen.
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Based on your picture, she is a little old for you! About 40 years, I estimate
So you're saying she's a coin-rich cougar.