Shoebox discovered in my basement full of silver and coins!!!! (and a gold one too!)

[Phishfindr]

Last night I posted the 1888 Morgan silver dollar. Well, in addition to that beauty there were the following coins in there!!!!:

2 1921 Morgan silver dollars

2 1922 Peace silver dollars

2 1958 Ben Franklin half dollars

1 1917 Walking Liberty half dollar

1 1903 Indian head penny

1 1972 gold Eisenhower dollar

1 1972 Eisenhower dollar

1 1974 Eisenhower dollar

6 Kennedy half dollars from 1967-1988

4 Washington quarters from 1942-1966

3 sets of Philadelphia mint 1964 coins

4 books containing 1909-1973 pennies (110), buffalo nickels (13) and Mercury dimes (36)

Wow, just WOW!!! JACKPOT!!!!

 

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[BLK HOLE]

WOW where did this shoebox come from? Understand it was in your basement but you didn't know it was there? How was it discovered?? Would love to hear the backstory!

 

[HuntH2002]

Wow. I looks like you found someones whole collection

 

[smokeythecat]

Nice. My uncle gave me custody of such a box. Most was spent on the children, I still have the silvers. Eisenhowers and S B Anthony's were the most things saved.

 

[Phishfindr]

WOW where did this shoebox come from? Understand it was in your basement but you didn't know it was there? How was it discovered?? Would love to hear the backstory!

When I was very young my mom started coin collecting with me. We spent a few years adding to the 4 books I found. They brought back many memories as she passed 12 years ago. I remember when my parents passed in 2004 and 2005, me and my sisters and brother has to travel over 6 hours on weekends to clean out the house, which contained many things from my parents and grandparents. I vaguely recall finding some old coins that really meant nothing to me then (wow!). I brought the coins and books back to my house 12 years ago and promptly lost all of them. I searched for a few years and eventually gave up thinking I must have given them away. When my daughter showed me the shoebox from the basement yesterday while we were decorating for Christmas, I was blown away.

To hunt for any of these coins, as I have for a long time now through fields, farms, beaches, and backyards, to find a lost shoebox containing far more than I ever realized or appreciated, is amazing.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the rediscovered coins!

 

[Discrimination Dave]

Wow! Old coins weren’t the only thing rediscovered! Nice story.

 

[IDXMonster]

That’s an heirloom collection right there! Great to see these being brought back into the light and appreciated for what they really are,and that is individual works of art. You are a lucky man to have started this thing long ago....

 

[DeepseekerADS]

Backstory?

 

[Digger RJ]

Score!!! Congrats!!!

 

[Phishfindr]

Backstory?

See #5 above

 

[thrifty76now]

Wow,that is like a fairy story. That shoe box must have been very very heavy. Congrats on finding it after it was lost for so long.

 

[DeepseekerADS]

See #5 above

Ah, 4 minutes apart between our posts..... I'd not seen the backstory yet. Great story, but sad as well with your losses.

 

[A2coins]

I had a coin collection in a metal box I buried at the house i grew up in never found it before we moved rrrr Change your ID to shoebox finder Thats great hapoy for you. Your friend Tommy

 

[RustyGold]

Awesome story and recovery! Congratulations on such a golden and silver, rediscovery.

 

[Hawks88]

Wow great story. Glad you have them back in hand.

 

[rainorshine]

Wow. Nice find. But... decorating for Christmas already? Before Thanksgiving

 

[fistfulladirt]

Cool! Now please excuse me while I check my ​basement!

 

[Trezurehunter]

Sounds like your basement was a treasure hunt in itself ! Glad the coins were found, and it brought back memories of you and your mom enjoying the coin collecting hobby.