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05-30-2011, 05:17 PM
I wanted to share this story with you guys. It is a little long so bear with me. Feel free to share your similar stories.
For the holiday weekend, I took my wife and son to visit my parents. They live in a small midwest farm town of about 7000 people. About a month ago when silver was nearing the $50 mark, my Mom calls and says she has a bunch of old coins and silver bars she's had. The silver bars were bought back in '82. The coins she had are the 'junk' silver she's been holding on to since the late '60's, early 70's. My Mom had worked at a local bank when she was in high school and she started keeping all the junk silver that passed through her hands. She wanted me to look at what I have since she knew I've been stacking for the past year. She tells me the bars are 1 oz silver Engelhards and she has 50 of them. Now for the junk silver.
Let's just say I was overwhelmed. She had kept her stash, and her mother's and grandmother's stash for years. So she brings out the 'box' and damn, she was pulling out coin purse after coin purse. Each purse was categorized into what type of coins and what decade. The first one's were dimes, not too many of those. The next were quarters, only a couple bags of those. Then she gets to the half dollars and Morgans/Peace Dollars. There were over 10 purses filled with these! More half dollars than anything. About $200 face of just the half dollars. It was a great site to see because I have never seen that much unless I was in a coin shop.
Then she starts telling me stories of when she worked at the bank and she would buy these for face value. Also, my grandparents and great grandparents taught her what to look for. She also talked about my Grandparents back in the 60's and 70's would start holding on to these and putting them in a tin Maxwell House coffee can and my Mom would always remember that can sitting on top of great-grandpa's dresser.
The best part came when we were going through this and she tells me to take what I want and hold on to it. I couldn't have been happier. I took about $8 face value mixed of quarters, dimes and halves and took 1 of each Peace/Morgan dollar. I know I could have taken more (I wanted it all) but she didn't have to give me anything. I couldn't of thanked her enough because the 'junk' silver is what I like to collect the most because of the history of it. Now, knowing that these coins have been in my family for 40 years, I will never sell it. Also, I had no idea that my Mom had this stuff when I was growing up but I'm glad she does.
Thanks Mom! You have given me more of a reason to keep stacking and I hope to educate my son on what a joy it is to collect coins.
For the holiday weekend, I took my wife and son to visit my parents. They live in a small midwest farm town of about 7000 people. About a month ago when silver was nearing the $50 mark, my Mom calls and says she has a bunch of old coins and silver bars she's had. The silver bars were bought back in '82. The coins she had are the 'junk' silver she's been holding on to since the late '60's, early 70's. My Mom had worked at a local bank when she was in high school and she started keeping all the junk silver that passed through her hands. She wanted me to look at what I have since she knew I've been stacking for the past year. She tells me the bars are 1 oz silver Engelhards and she has 50 of them. Now for the junk silver.
Let's just say I was overwhelmed. She had kept her stash, and her mother's and grandmother's stash for years. So she brings out the 'box' and damn, she was pulling out coin purse after coin purse. Each purse was categorized into what type of coins and what decade. The first one's were dimes, not too many of those. The next were quarters, only a couple bags of those. Then she gets to the half dollars and Morgans/Peace Dollars. There were over 10 purses filled with these! More half dollars than anything. About $200 face of just the half dollars. It was a great site to see because I have never seen that much unless I was in a coin shop.
Then she starts telling me stories of when she worked at the bank and she would buy these for face value. Also, my grandparents and great grandparents taught her what to look for. She also talked about my Grandparents back in the 60's and 70's would start holding on to these and putting them in a tin Maxwell House coffee can and my Mom would always remember that can sitting on top of great-grandpa's dresser.
The best part came when we were going through this and she tells me to take what I want and hold on to it. I couldn't have been happier. I took about $8 face value mixed of quarters, dimes and halves and took 1 of each Peace/Morgan dollar. I know I could have taken more (I wanted it all) but she didn't have to give me anything. I couldn't of thanked her enough because the 'junk' silver is what I like to collect the most because of the history of it. Now, knowing that these coins have been in my family for 40 years, I will never sell it. Also, I had no idea that my Mom had this stuff when I was growing up but I'm glad she does.
Thanks Mom! You have given me more of a reason to keep stacking and I hope to educate my son on what a joy it is to collect coins.