Just found a Jackpot left to me by my Mother

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Okay, to some of you, this may not be an actual "Gold" jackpot or burried treasure from the sunken ships of the sea Jackpot.

Instead, it's a personal jackpot that made me very shocked and happy all at the same time..


So, to start,

My mother gave me this red purse of hers(very tiny, it's an old one) that had a bunch of coins in it back in 2007.
I never appreciated coins back then so to me, they were just coins. Nothing more , nothing less.

Well, ever since I moved to California, I thought I lost the red purse!

Turns out, it was hiding in the back of one of my cabinet drawers and when I found it last night, I was so happy.

When I opened it, I was even happier.

Here are the contents of this true, "Mixed bag of fruits":

My first ever 1 ounce silver bar bought at $11.00 from Mike P of Yankee Coin back in '07 (Madison Mint)
3x Peace Dollars (No keys)
2x Morgan Dollars(No key dates just commons)

1x War Nickel

7x Washington Silver quarters pre-64

1x Merc dime

1x Walking Liberty

A bunch of gold plated Sac dollars

A bunch of Kennedy halves(No silver ones)

and about 6x Buffalo nickels.

Also, I found a token that was made for our old dog, "Lady" which was a little sentimental because we lost her many years ago and that token really reminded me of the good ole days..

Anyway folks, I think I did well and now since my paradigm is so different I can actually appreciate these coins.. It's amazing how I once never even cared for this stuff and now I do and I almost had a field day last night checking them out.

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Fletcher

<< <i>So, to start,

My mother gave me this red purse of hers(very tiny, it's an old one) ...

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Did you ever find shoes to match???

Broadstruck

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My mother gave me this red purse of hers(very tiny, it's an old one) ...

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Did you ever find shoes to match??? >>

BaseballAbs

I wish my mom left me some coins, even if its only worth the price of a movie ticket and some popcorn.

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Swampboy

RebelRon

My Grandma,bless her heart,knowing that I was a coin collector,saved me a "real" Buffalo nickle from the Westward journey nickles a few years ago.To this day,I'll Cherish it!

rbalderman1

My grandfather died 2-12 last year and had 3 grand in halves and dollars, my grandmother having no clue took those to the bank to get money for the funeral expenses, I didn't want to ask her about them right away figuring she would hold them for awhile knowing I had always asked about his collection. End of february I asked her about them and she told me she took them to the bank to get cash and she forgot about me.
p.s. If you have a collection and your wife/husband doesn't know much about coins then don't leave the coins in the safe deposit box, unless you leave a note with them.

LoveMyLiberty

My mother left me a pile of coins back in the early '80's that resparked
my interest. There were hundreds of mercury dimes, Morgans, coins
from all sorts of foreign countries and lots of wheat cents. They were
mostly common & some worn, but they were her little treasures!

Coiny

My mom gave me this 1880S $5 Gold Liberty from my Grandfather who I knew well as a kid. He was poor financially, but it never mattered as he one of the greatest role models in my life.
He found ways to provide for his family that focused on love and a instilling fantastic family value that lives on today. He immigrated to this country from Kratzner, Russia via Ellis Island.
He managed to save this coin and pass down to mom. I sent it in for slabbing thinking it would come back as genuine and came back to my surprise as AU53.
It is now preserved for life as I will pass it down to one of my kids with the story in tact. A pretty cool remembrance for me and a treasured family coin.

illini420

cool!

my mom gave me a small box of coins when I was a youngster that I still have. it just has a bunch of unc bicentennial halves and unc SBA dollars. Nothing of value, but still sort of cool and I'll keep them for awhile.

Ed1840

My Mom left behind some coins when she passed away. Nothing to retire from, but it started me collecting. It's sad in a sense that I may have been able spend time with her doing something that today I really love to do. Here is a bad pic of a Large Cent (the only one she had) that got me hooked on the series.

BaseballAbs

My great grandmother did leave some Morgans in her drawer when she passed away and when nobody in my family was looking i took them.

Type2

Take a pic with the red purse and post it. not a big haul but nice to rec some gift's.

AnkurJ

GREAT POST!

ricko

Good story and glad you found it. You mentioned gold plated Sacagawea's...were they novelty items she purchased? Cheers, RickO

Priest

Nice story thanks for sharing, now, try to rember did your mother eat Cheerios you may have more investagating to do.

Good Luck, It's the hunt and hopefuly the find.