Helping out a friend

john glassman · Dec 5, 2010

I was helping friend out removing old wax flooring from the 1920. They used old newspapers from 1920 to level out the floor the newspaper"s yellow tint some were still white tint like brand new. He told throw the newspaper"s and the wax flooring in the yarder he rented so was almost done and saw a coin on the floor in the corner. I ask him if wanted it he said no you can keep it so put shirt pocket till was done helping him . It turn out to be the finest 1903 barber quarter i ever seen.

Chug And Red · Dec 5, 2010

great recovery Chug

BondJamesBond · Dec 5, 2010

I think it great the experience you and your friend had. The '03 quarter is a great treasure. If the yarder has not eaten the newspapers yet they also may prove to be interesting.

Bond

fistfulladirt · Dec 5, 2010

That's a nice Barber. When I was a kid we went into an abandoned farm house, the flooring was coming up and we found old newspapers complete, had not even yellowed yet. Lots of them were dated in the early 1900's, we ended up with a 2 or 3' stack. What's odd is that behind the old wallpaper were plastic or enamel sheets that had raised embossing on them, like these were used on the printing press to print the newspapers.....we kept alot of this stuff but the folks threw it all out as junk. Included were old Edison phonographs, and first-printing books from the mid-1800's.