An alternative voice on Economics

[billyjoe]

Jiesen,
I've got nice uncirculated silver that my aunt used to hide away from 1946-1964 and some is worth more melted down than for numismatic value, but the sentimental value is priceless to me.

--------Another story to bore you with. As a grade schooler, when coins were real silver, the nice lunch lady would let me exchange my coins for one's I'd spot in her change tray. Sometimes I'd give up my lunch for the coins but it was well worth it to me. I got all but the very rarest of the Walking Liberty Half Dollars with the prize being a very fine 1910-S Morgan Half. I've still got every one of those coins as well as an 1865 Indian Penny and an 1864 2cent piece I found in the dirt under the porch of the priest's rectory during recess.

-------------billyjoe

[IIC]

Back during the silver boom I had a bunch of silver dollars...They were buying them for 26 or 27 dollars and selling them for 30 to 32 dollars...So I sold 'em all to my Dad for 30 bux each...He's still got them.

[MEA_1956]

Fwiw

My grandmother had a cafe from the late 1950's to the early 1970's and she retired on the silver coins she collected. Also had alot of dollar peices, what were they called certificates or something,so the story was told this summer @ our family reunion. Marlin

[skiracer]

My grandmother had a cafe from the late 1950's to the early 1970's and she retired on the silver coins she collected. Also had alot of dollar peices, what were they called certificates or something,so the story was told this summer @ our family reunion. Marlin

they used to make dollar bills that were different in that they were called silver certificates. we have a number of them stashed away. whenever we came across one we would save it. them and two dollar bills. you never see either of them anymore.