Do you have any coins which have been in your family for moultiple generations?
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If so, tell us about the coin(s) and the "family history" of same.
For me I have a circulated 1890CC Morgan that my aunt found on the street. On her death it passed to her sister (my mom). My mom gave it to me and I have had it about 40-45 years.
For me I have a circulated 1890CC Morgan that my aunt found on the street. On her death it passed to her sister (my mom). My mom gave it to me and I have had it about 40-45 years.
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They aren't valuable numismatic coins. An 01 S Double Eagle in VF, an 04 S Double Eagle that is AU, two circ. IH $10s and three circ. IH $5s. While some of the IH gold has low mintage, they aren't scarce coins. But, they're all family heirlooms.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
a brand new coin to celebrate the birth of his new child. The coin was
bright & shiny and newly made and was a beautiful specimen.
It has come down through the years from family to family and each
family has cherished it as their prize possession. At family gatherings
it was brought out and shown to the group and refreshments were
served. It's a miracle it has survived all these years and we are so
proud to own it.
Someday it will pay for a new house and little Buddy's education at Harvard.
R.I.P. Bear
If you ever get a chance, post pics of the Morgans.
Last year at a family reunion up in British Columbia, my maternal aunt gave me a coin my great-great-grandfather passed down to my grandmother. It's an 1876 half dollar that was saved as a birth year mememto and is in AU condition. The problem with it is that my great-grandfather or grandfather tried to solder it to something (probably a bolo tie). Now it is deeply toned with a glob of silver solder on the reverse. It's not worth much, but it's definitely a keeper. So far it has been passed down 5 generations.
Obscurum per obscurius
Yes, I do. As a nine year old, once I went to buy candy at the Union 76 station across from the elementary school I attended. I bought some candy and the guy gave me change for a dime. One of the pennies I got in change didn't look right. It didn't have a picture of Lincoln on it, so I thought it was fake. I explained it to the guy, and he assured me that the penny was indeed real, it was just old. As I had been buying candy from him for over a year, I took him at his word. It was an 1898 IHC.
Until they stopped putting silver in dimes, quarters, and half dollars, coins circulated. I found a few odd Liberty Nickels, Barber Dimes, and even a few Barber Quarters in change. I also found a 16 P Walker in change. Even now, I'll occasionally find nickels minted in the 1940s in change.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
My wife's other grandfather was German & fought in Europe, eventually becoming a Soviet POW in Romania.
He was released at the end of the war & walked from Romania to Bavaria, Germany to get home.
It's been said that his wife (my wife's grandmother) didn't even recognized him when he finally arrived home.
I have 1940's German, Romanian & African coins passed on from each veteran to my wife's parents and now they are part of my collection.
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I still have it, as a momento - explaining to a large degree why rare coins are rare. This unc 1884-s just needed a little dip and it would have been an amazing MS63-64 coin.
C'est la vie!
The name is LEE!
In the 1950's the local variety store owner gave me two Canadian 5 cent silvers that had been in the cash register for probably decades.
That she gave them to me was a bit out of character for her but greatly appreciated.
Its a Large Cent altered to read ONE C*NT.
It has been in the family for at least 100 years.
Also have a few Italian and German coins from WWII that have been passed down from my grandfather to my father and then to me.
You wouldn't believe how long it took to get him to sit still for this.
They will be in my possesion forever, there is no amount of money that could make me sell them.
I hope that someday if I ever have kids, I can tell them the story of how I found them, and that they could be the 5th generation to be in possesion of them, but at the very least 4th!
I also have a large number of wheat cents that my mom and dad pulled out of circulation in the 1950s and 60s, probably about 400. Unfortunatly they were stored in a leaky basement and most of them have enviremental damage There were about 10 Mercury dimes and 3 silver Washington Quarters with them as well. Only one of the quarters was damaged and none of the dimes, luckily!