I haven’t seen a steel penny in decades. Or a silver anything.(Ashburn: How do you regularly find 1939 nickels? Do you run a vending company or something?)
AshburnStadium: Wasn’t the silver half dime about that size? A large nuimber of “three-legged buffalos” still exist, but I doubt you will find any in circulation.
I have the best fans in the entire blogasphere. I have decided to base a week of JumpStart on the coin -collecting factoids in todays list. Thank you guys so much. Keep tooned-in in the next three weeks or so!!
My younger child worked part-time in college for an archeology company. To get their certificate, needed for employment, it was necessary to do training which culminated in a minor dig at an 18th century fort. My wiseguy offspring told me the big find was a really old coin, “even older than you.” It turned out to be a 1942 Roosevelt dime, which is indeed a year older than I am. Served the kid right that the first job assigned after graduation was working in the back office eliminating old pint milk bottles and innumerable animal bones from storage.
When I collected coins back in the 1970s, the pride of my collection was a silver three-cent piece from the 1850s. That coin was so small and so thin, it kept slipping out of the album. I had to buy a special case just for that one coin.
pschearer Premium Member over 11 years ago
I haven’t seen a steel penny in decades. Or a silver anything.(Ashburn: How do you regularly find 1939 nickels? Do you run a vending company or something?)
Potrzebie over 11 years ago
What about defunct coins from other countries? I have some to include some silver coins from Mexico.
hippogriff over 11 years ago
AshburnStadium: Wasn’t the silver half dime about that size? A large nuimber of “three-legged buffalos” still exist, but I doubt you will find any in circulation.
robbarmstrong Premium Member over 11 years ago
I have the best fans in the entire blogasphere. I have decided to base a week of JumpStart on the coin -collecting factoids in todays list. Thank you guys so much. Keep tooned-in in the next three weeks or so!!
harebell over 11 years ago
My younger child worked part-time in college for an archeology company. To get their certificate, needed for employment, it was necessary to do training which culminated in a minor dig at an 18th century fort. My wiseguy offspring told me the big find was a really old coin, “even older than you.” It turned out to be a 1942 Roosevelt dime, which is indeed a year older than I am. Served the kid right that the first job assigned after graduation was working in the back office eliminating old pint milk bottles and innumerable animal bones from storage.
Cartoonacy over 11 years ago
When I collected coins back in the 1970s, the pride of my collection was a silver three-cent piece from the 1850s. That coin was so small and so thin, it kept slipping out of the album. I had to buy a special case just for that one coin.
Hunter7 over 11 years ago
I remember that story. It was in the newpaper – and I think it had to do with one of our first red poppy quarters for Remembrance Day.