My Grandpas coin collection given to me.

[Stef45]

My Grandpa's coin collection given to me.

My grandpa recently died of cancer, which is why I was back Home in Illinois and about a year ago he tried giving me his little coin pouch full of old coins. I told him that I would eventually get them and he didn't need to give them to me then. I didn't want him giving stuff away and giving up with his fight. This just might have worked because he fought it over a year! He also was a huge patch collector and he had a lot of display cases so I looked through his Coins that he had passed to me and displayed some of his better ones in one of the cases. Heres a list of what he had and a picture.
1829 Large Cent
1856 Seated Quarter (X2)
1853 Seated Quarter
1863 Seated Quarter
1866 Shield Nickel
1867 Shield Nickel
1856 Seated Dime
1893 Columbian Half Dollar
1903 V Nickel
1900 V Nickel
1865 Indian Head Penny
1906 IHP
1904 IHP
1909 Wheat Penny VDB (x3) No S mint though...
1936 Buff Nickel

 

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[trapperart]

Very nice coins sorry about your grandpa

 

[Eastcoasthunter21]

Being left something from your grandfather orany ancestors is verypersonal thanks for sharing, the coins are great but the story is better! I have been left three different collections from grandparents and uncle I cherish them and will pass them on to mine I hope you do the same hh gl easrcoast

 

[DirtStalker]

Man who needs a machine with a Special tGrandpa like that. Memories that will last Forever

 

[CoilyGirl]

That's a great little collection. I'm sorry for your loss.

 

[thrifty76now]

A good spread of old coins there. Sorry to learn of your Grandpas passing. On that Columbian half which of the two years minting was yours?

 

[Stef45]

A good spread of old coins there. Sorry to learn of your Grandpas passing. On that Columbian half which of the two years minting was yours?

1893.

 

[A2coins]

Soory to hear about your Grandpa. Sounds like he gave you a memory of him. Really nice

 

[kingskid1611]

Wonderful collection and you will know he held them in his hands and now you do also. Cherish all them memories.

 

[CoilToTheSoil]

What a great way (one of many) to keep his memory!

 

[Peyton Manning]

that's a good grandpa there
how did he come to have them? Detector or just happened on them?

 

[Subterranean]

Stef45, Sorry for your loss. It is a very nice thing to have something from your grandpa that you can remember him by and eventually pass down. You mentioned he was a patch collector. Civilian, police, military, fire? Don't underestimate the value of that collection, there are thousands of patch collectors across the world. I used to collect LEO patches for years myself. Happy hunting! Sub

 

[richg]

Nice little coin collection he left you, cherish the memories you have with him

 

[Honest Samuel]

Sorry about your grandpa. If you are going to sell your coins, do not sell them to a coin dealer but through a coin auctions.

 

[texjim]

Sorry to hear about your Grandpa. Stories like your makes wish your coins could talk.

 

[Loco-Digger]

Nice collection, I'd have to get a few pics of grandpa and make a nice display with them and the coins. This will add provenance to the collection when it gets passed on to the next generation.

 

[Peyton Manning]

Loco, I knew you were a softie

 

[Loco-Digger]

Loco, I knew you were a softie

A fellow member here on Tnet sent me a CW bullet that may have been dropped by a soldier from Ohio, I made a neat little display with it.



You sure look a lot like Alfred E Newman

 

[Stef45]

that's a good grandpa there
how did he come to have them? Detector or just happened on them?

Im actually not sure. He wasn't a detectorist though

 

[Stef45]

Stef45, Sorry for your loss. It is a very nice thing to have something from your grandpa that you can remember him by and eventually pass down. You mentioned he was a patch collector. Civilian, police, military, fire? Don't underestimate the value of that collection, there are thousands of patch collectors across the world. I used to collect LEO patches for years myself. Happy hunting! Sub

He collected military. He had a huge 30 year old collection he sold a few years back as a collection for around 40k i think. Then i joined the military and started back up again. He also has a huge medal and ribbon collection as well.