FormerTeller
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As I posted the other day here -->http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/coins/328971-mini-collection.html, earlier this week my dad gave me the coins he had saved since he was a child. I've since asked him about the gold Morgan dollars, and he said that they were left over from his grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary, which happened when he was 10 or 11. Apparently someone gave them a money tree, which consisted of 50 silver dollars painted gold. He got a few of them after his grandparents passed.
As requested, I've got a bunch of pictures, including a coin book from 1964. Lots of interesting tidbits there! I've got several shots of inside pages - hard to believe some of the coin values back then if you weren't alive at the time.
Morgans:
Half dollars:
Couple of Barber quarters:
4 Barber dimes. As noted in my earlier post, the one on the right is a 1901-S.
Mercury dimes:
Liberty V nickels:
Wheats and Indian heads:
A 1943 zinc that I forgot to include in the wheat pics...
Here's the 3 foreign coins - a 1955 South African 1/4 Penny, the incredibly tiny silver 1/10 Gulden from Curacao, and the 1938 Canadian cent:
A couple of red seal 2 dollar bills, and a blue seal silver certificate. All 3 appear to be uncirculated:
Oddly enough, I may have given this off center Lincoln cent to my dad, as I used to work for the coin & currency section of a local bank, and found dozens of these:
This appears to be a Japanese war medal that was converted to a pendant or necklace. My wife, who is Chinese, was able to make out some of the writing, which appeared to commemorate a battle, presumably during World War II.
...and lastly the coin collecting price guide. As you can see, it's circa 1964:
Various prices:
Did you know that 1964 Kennedy proof sets which originally sold for less than $3 now cost $12?
In case you want to order some more booklets. Personally, I like "Ten Ways to Beat the Races"
Again, not the most exciting collection, but very special to me none the less.
FT
As requested, I've got a bunch of pictures, including a coin book from 1964. Lots of interesting tidbits there! I've got several shots of inside pages - hard to believe some of the coin values back then if you weren't alive at the time.
Morgans:
Half dollars:
Couple of Barber quarters:
4 Barber dimes. As noted in my earlier post, the one on the right is a 1901-S.
Mercury dimes:
Liberty V nickels:
Wheats and Indian heads:
A 1943 zinc that I forgot to include in the wheat pics...
Here's the 3 foreign coins - a 1955 South African 1/4 Penny, the incredibly tiny silver 1/10 Gulden from Curacao, and the 1938 Canadian cent:
A couple of red seal 2 dollar bills, and a blue seal silver certificate. All 3 appear to be uncirculated:
Oddly enough, I may have given this off center Lincoln cent to my dad, as I used to work for the coin & currency section of a local bank, and found dozens of these:
This appears to be a Japanese war medal that was converted to a pendant or necklace. My wife, who is Chinese, was able to make out some of the writing, which appeared to commemorate a battle, presumably during World War II.
...and lastly the coin collecting price guide. As you can see, it's circa 1964:
Various prices:
Did you know that 1964 Kennedy proof sets which originally sold for less than $3 now cost $12?
In case you want to order some more booklets. Personally, I like "Ten Ways to Beat the Races"
Again, not the most exciting collection, but very special to me none the less.
FT
That's really cool! Thanks for sharing, FT!
