Dave here,
gotcoins: I'm new to coin collecting. gotcoins: My dad tried to get me excited about Wheat Pennies when I was a kid but I wasn't having it at the time. After my folks passed, we found a bunch of old coins in their things. The wheats didn't surprise me, nor the silver dimes (although I was surprised there was over 150 of them!), quarters and halves. I was quite surprised, however, by the Morgan and Peace dollars and all the foreign coins we found along with tax tokens and other stuff. See a couple of cool examples below. Now I'm organizing these into the beginnings of a nice collection and trying to get my kiddos excited about coins.
Currently I'm working on the Lincoln Cents. My kids each have folders for 1941-current and I have 1909-1940. I also have a folder for silver Roosevelt dimes (which is about half full!). The kiddos are also working on state and nat'l park quarters.
So far we're having lots of fun and I'm enjoying the opportunity to help my kids learn about and be excited about history. They enjoy telling folks about their 1943 steel pennies and looking for all the different reverse designs for the 2009 anniversary Lincoln cents.
Anywho, happy to be here and looking forward to learning more about coinage in this forum!!
DAVE
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- Medal from 1898 "Peace Jubilee" to celebrate the end of the Spanish-American War.
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- 1911 Mexican 5 centavos. The oldest "small coin" in my collection at present.
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- This 1900 Morgan VF (uncertified) is definitely my favorite. Although "unsightly," the thumbprint on the eagle's wing on the reverse could very well be my grandfather's so I believe I'll keep it. :-)
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Thanks for sharing your story and welcome to the forum. I wouldn't change a thing about that Morgan Dollar either.
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:thumbsup: Welcome and nice to share the time with your kids. Glad to hear they are enjoying it also.
Are you a salt water or freshwater "Scubaredneck"? And have you found any interesting items or points while diving? widegrin
Are you a salt water or freshwater "Scubaredneck"? And have you found any interesting items or points while diving? widegrin
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Welcome the forum, enjoy your stay. Those are some very nice coins you have posted. Looking forward to seeing more.
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Pete,PetesPockets55 wrote::thumbsup: Welcome and nice to share the time with your kids. Glad to hear they are enjoying it also.
Are you a salt water or freshwater "Scubaredneck"? And have you found any interesting items or points while diving? widegrin
I have dove from Florida to Alaska and several points between, in salt and fresh water. Some of my favorites would be drift-diving off of West Palm Beach (lazy-man's diving!), wreck diving anywhere but also the extreme levels of biodiversity you find in cold water diving in Alaska. My neck is very red and I love it all! :thumbsup:
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if you have the opportunity 2?....Scubaredneck wrote:Pete,PetesPockets55 wrote::thumbsup: Welcome and nice to share the time with your kids. Glad to hear they are enjoying it also.
Are you a salt water or freshwater "Scubaredneck"? And have you found any interesting items or points while diving? widegrin
I have dove from Florida to Alaska and several points between, in salt and fresh water. Some of my favorites would be drift-diving off of West Palm Beach (lazy-man's diving!), wreck diving anywhere but also the extreme levels of biodiversity you find in cold water diving in Alaska. My neck is very red and I love it all! :thumbsup:
get to 'dos ohos' cenote....& a few others in the region...
you'll need your log book to prove your worthy-ness, but awesome cave'n there!!
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Yeah, the Cenotes are very cool. It's just that whole cave thing I don't care for. hugeeyesPALH1 wrote:if you have the opportunity 2?....Scubaredneck wrote:Pete,PetesPockets55 wrote::thumbsup: Welcome and nice to share the time with your kids. Glad to hear they are enjoying it also.
Are you a salt water or freshwater "Scubaredneck"? And have you found any interesting items or points while diving? widegrin
I have dove from Florida to Alaska and several points between, in salt and fresh water. Some of my favorites would be drift-diving off of West Palm Beach (lazy-man's diving!), wreck diving anywhere but also the extreme levels of biodiversity you find in cold water diving in Alaska. My neck is very red and I love it all! :thumbsup:
get to 'dos ohos' cenote....& a few others in the region...
you'll need your log book to prove your worthy-ness, but awesome cave'n there!!
The Scubaredneck