Another short Coin Shop story.
keets
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Had a guy come in the store a little while ago that sold some stuff he had inherited from a family member. Nothing big, just odds and ends that were loose and in folders. After the deal was done and we were finishing up we realized we grew up close together, separated only by the years.
As it usually does, talk of childhood experiences with coins came up. We both had paper routes delivering the now defunct Cleveland Press in the Euclid, Ohio area. While we each had memories of finding nice coins he had the distinct advantage of being about 15 years older than me. He had found IHC's, SLQ's, Walkers and Buffalo Nickels in his collection money. The best find --- he told me that he once found a 1909-S VDB Lincoln Cent. No mention of grade, but how cool is that?? Finding a key date around 1951 in change.
Al H.
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It's a small coin world afterall
wow
where is it now?
I think he said it went to his Uncle but who would know where it might be now? he didn't keep it.
That's the only coin I didn't get from circulation to complete the set.
I still have the '14 D in my registry.
I now live about 1000 miles from my childhood home.
Was playing bocce last summer and one of the players on my side was from the same town (Racine), in the same timeframe, and lived about 3-4 blocks away. Far enough away where we didn't cross paths until 2016. We couldn't stop sharing our memories of the way the area used to be.
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Walkers, Franklins ,old Lincolns still in change up to about 1960-63 .. Some Morgans still around same time .. got those on the paper route
Found a 1909-S VDB in my paper route change in the late 50s. Sold it to some guy that ran a "we buy coins" ad and set up shop at a local hotel. I think I got something like $12 or $15.
I replaced in sometime in the mid 90s with a nice "woody" example that now resides in a PCGS VF 20 BN slab.
it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide
Cool story Keets -- Thanks for sharing.
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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My paper route was in the mid seventies and one customer used to pay with random silver coinage. I don't recall any dates of note but he was the primary reason I became involved in collecting.
I had a paper route when I was 16-18 years old. It wasn't your normal bicycle-type paper route. I had an old station wagon and I delivered bundles of papers to the paper boys. Took them rubber bands too. I was a coin collector at that time but I didn't collect any change from customers. Didn't even give it a thought. The best part of the job, and the only part I really remember is that a lot of the paperboy's moms were really hot....like foxy. And friendly. Oh.... Gawd, those were the days!
Hydrant, classic!!!!
I had a young couple move in down the street from where I lived, they were on my route. it was the mid-1960's and I nicknamed them the "Quarter Tipper" for obvious reasons. the bonus was that for a 12-13 year old boy it was a treat to see a scantily clad hot 20's chick smiling at me when I collected. I quickly figured out that in the early evening was the best time to collect and I always liked knocking on their door.
the best coins I remember getting back then were 1938-D Buffalo Nickels, they seemed to be in abundance in XF/AU grades. I can only assume that they were held in banks and slowly trickled out at that time.
Ah the paper route days.... I had mine in the early to mid fifties... as mentioned above... a lot of Walkers, Mercks, Buffs... SLQ's still would show up.... IHC's also... and Columbian halves...most of my coins disappeared after I joined the Navy.... I did manage to salvage a few but all my '55 DDO's were gone...of course, I kept most of them in the sock drawer, so Mom cleaned things out and likely used them for groceries. Ah the old days... Cheers, RickO
Nice story, but this to me is really impressive:
drwstr123 posted: That's the only coin I didn't get from circulation to complete the set.
I still have the '14 D in my registry.
Neat Story!
I remember working in the summer of 1977 (between my junior and senior year in college) in Denver as a meter reader for the local power company. I worked multiple routes, standing in for full time meter readers who went on vacation.
A very interesting summer job, with:
hazards (dangerous dogs; and a father [of a young woman who moved home to get away from a bad boyfriend] who thought I was the boyfriend coming onto the property to bother his daughter and approached me with a shotgun pointed at me); and
benefits (housewives and 18-25 year old daughters [many very attractive, friendly and wearing shorts, halter tops and bikinis while hanging out by the backyard pool] who enjoyed a visit from a summer stand in for the meter man.
I know that this reply has nothing to do with coins, but it is a memory of a fun summer and a good story.