Many years ago I lived in Oak Ridge Tennessee when I was growing up. I remember hunting coke bottles for a 2 cent deposit and hunting for coins under the bleachers of our high school stadium of the Wildcats and everything was silver and copper. In 1959 I was 8 years old and remember finding a 1955 cent with a very clear double date and I knew nothing about coins at the time. I showed it to my parents and they didn't know. I remember caring it in a special place in my Roy Rogers billfold for about a year. My Dad had a 55 chevy and this unusual looking double date 1955 was special to me even though I knew nothing of its value. Then one day I wanted a piece of bubble gum from a coin machine...didn't have any money and remembered I had that one cent in my special hiding place and guess what...I got it out and put the red, 1955 DD right in that machine and got my gum. I will never forget that. Thought I would share this with you all.
