Every coin has a story

Every coin has a story.

A long while back I remember finding what was once my oldest coin- a 1928 S wheat cent on Main Street in Huntington Beach. I was a scrimpy kid at the time and if I found a crappy penny on the ground, I'd take it. That's the thing about being a kid, is that nobody cares how you look, cause you're a kid. Well anyways I went home, washed it in water and kept it. At the time I didn't even collect coins, but it was kind of cool because I had never seen anything so old at the time. To this date it's still in my collection and it hasn't been replaced.

Of course, since you probably have from 1000 to 4000 different coins, every story is small. But when you think about where you got each and every one of your coins, you'll have some really nice memories.

What coin stories do you have?

Haha i have so many... for some reason I remember exactly what i paid for or how I got most of my coins.
One story I remember is from when I was ten. I am an Estonian citizen (although i was born and live in Canada), and I have visited several times. I was in an antique store and I saw this: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces457.html for 150 EEK (just under 15 CAD). Being very young, I thought it was in perfect condition and I begged my father to get it. To my dismay he did not allow it and we flew home. When I got home, I found a present waiting for me on my bed. It was a large box. As I struggled to unravel the mysterious gift I went through all sorts of strange packaging such as egg cartons, newspaper and at the end found a 'Barbie" box. I was completely confused and could not understand why I had gotten a barbie until I opened it and found the dollar inside.   My dad was clever hehe

And as SmartOneKg said, 'To this date it's still in my collection'. (Although I upgraded and have an MS-64 as well)

Aw that's a really touching story!

Your father is really clever! At first I thought you'd talk about how it was worth much less than what it's worth, but there's really more to a coin than what it's worth. That's a really cool story, thanks so much for sharing.

i found this 1909vdb in a coin roll find about 6 months ago, what a find almost floored me !!!  

Цитата: james wolfe i found this 1909vdb in a coin roll find about 6 months ago, what a find almost floored me !!!  

That's a pretty coin it has aged really nicely.

When I was a kid I was taking a shortcut through the site of a building that had been demolished when I saw my first coin, a 1900 Victorian penny from Great Britain.  I have no idea what it was doing ont he site of a reasonably recent building (built around the 1950s) in New Zealand.

Then a couple of years ago I was digging in a new vegetable garden on my back lawn and found a New Zealand halfpenny from the early 1940s that was buried about 30cm down.  It's amazing what you come across when digging a hole for a completely different reason.

Цитата: neilithicWhen I was a kid I was taking a shortcut through the site of a building that had been demolished when I saw my first coin, a 1900 Victorian penny from Great Britain.  I have no idea what it was doing ont he site of a reasonably recent building (built around the 1950s) in New Zealand.

Then a couple of years ago I was digging in a new vegetable garden on my back lawn and found a New Zealand halfpenny from the early 1940s that was buried about 30cm down.  It's amazing what you come across when digging a hole for a completely different reason.

I have done a lot of building work and such things and never come across any coins although once I found an old Dinky truck whilst ripping up a concrete floor. When ever I do such work I like to leave one and two pence coins of the year we did the work in the structure somewhere so that people in the future can find them whilst they are working. Last year I helped a friend convert his attic into bedrooms and I left some coins in the walls we put in.

Цитата: Walder CoinsI have done a lot of building work and such things and never come across any coins although once I found an old Dinky truck whilst ripping up a concrete floor. When ever I do such work I like to leave one and two pence coins of the year we did the work in the structure somewhere so that people in the future can find them whilst they are working. Last year I helped a friend convert his attic into bedrooms and I left some coins in the walls we put in.

 you are awesome!  I have not found too many coins but there was a building that had been demolished and all the dirt was open, I looked and looked and found a pretty much UNC 1900 Indian head penny, USA, its interesting to think that it was lost 112 years ago, and now I found it! Too bad I did not have a metal detector that day because, when I went back the next week to look some more, it was already a parking lot.

That's wicked quite a find. I like leaving Unc coins if I can but it is not always possible. I only do it because an old boy I used to know worked on a lot of old buildings, and it was not uncommon for him to find them - and he used to put them in as well to keep the tradition alive.

That's really cool!

Didn't know people did that. Now I'll start looking through people's walls.

Цитата: SmartOneKgThat's really cool!

Didn't know people did that. Now I'll start looking through people's walls.

Sounds good, just knock on someone's front door with sledgehammer in hand and say "excuse me, do you mind if I start looking for some coins"

 

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Цитата: SmartOneKgThat's really cool!

Didn't know people did that. Now I'll start looking through people's walls.

Sounds good, just knock on someone's front door with sledgehammer in hand and say "excuse me, do you mind if I start looking for some coins"

 

Here's Johnny!

Цитата: bam777Here's Johnny!

Huh?

Sorry Ben, I don't get British jokes much.

Well actually I kinda have another story. My teacher (just heard this yesterday) once worked at a Jamba Juice, part time. This one guy came up and tipped her a capsulated coin, and she was overjoyed. The guy said "okay" as if he didn't really care for it. So she thought the coin was special, since it's in a capsule and all. It's at her mum's house so I'll just have to wait till next week and see what it is!

Sledgehammer lead me to think of an axe breaking down a door like in The Shining, a film you won't have seen at your age.
It is a memorable line that Jack Nicholson's character says when he puts a hole in the door.

Canada's 2001 year of the volunteers 10 cent coins led me into coin collecting.

My first silver coin was a RCM mint product (proof) which eventually led me into Morgans.

My first proof set is the 1991 USA proof set which developed my liking of proof coins.

My first UNC p47 ROC coins were given to me from my granduncle. Ten BU 20 cent nickel coins from then very last years of p47 ROC. They are my most sentimental coins.

Oldest find in circulation is 1935 (USA). Led me to collecting US coins.

Highest grade coin is a RCM mint product. Led me to more advanced coins.