if coins could talk

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by throddleman, Sep 6, 2006.

  1. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    So buy circs, they have stories. :D
     
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  3. jackeen

    jackeen Senior Member

    I wrote a story once about a Seated Liberty half that had survived the San Francisco earthquake, then was found in the rubble by a boy who saved it. Later, he carried it as a good luck charm while a Doughboy in World War I, then gave it to his French lover. As a middle-aged woman, she gave it to a GI who was in the unit that liberated her village from the Nazis. He brought it back home to America, where his son found it among his father's effects after he'd died, and then sold it to a coin dealer. It was now on the dealer's price list, where a scratch (from the earthquake) reduced its selling price to under $20.

    If I ever find it again (like many of you, my years of packratting means it would be a daunting task), I'll post it.
     
  4. Drusus

    Drusus Pecunia non olet

    like has been said, coins are little bits of history. They are part of a larger story that all coins tell :)
     
  5. eddyk

    eddyk New-mismatist

    Jackeen, that sounds like a very interesting story...and a sad end of sorts lol.

    Really does get you thinking :D
     
  6. thatcher164

    thatcher164 New Member

    If coins could talk, is a subject I have contemplated for years,in fact I am not ashamed to admit that at times I have talked to my coins, now they have begun to
    talk back to me. Should I be concerned?
     
  7. lkeigwin

    lkeigwin Well-Known Member

    This one's been around the block a few times. Buying bread or whisky, maybe a night in a shabby inn, or a little fun with a lady of the night.
    Lance.

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  8. Gilligan

    Gilligan Shipwrecked and Stranded

    My favorite grades are EF and AU because they have much details on the coins. I don't know if they would still have stories to tell, even though they are slightly circulated. Sometimes I don't mind F-VF.
     
  9. redwin117

    redwin117 Junior Member

    This one cent of images of Abraham Lincoln
    [​IMG] The second one is an images of Frank Delano Roosevelt..[​IMG] The 3rd coins they stick together..and joined in One Dime Planchet..
    Then if the dime could ever talk. He will scream loud GET OUT of my PROPERTY Lincoln !!!!
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  10. redwin117

    redwin117 Junior Member

    Wow, that's a great story too.. Mine is a little different.. These coins ( My Avatar )make me become interested the reality of his word..
    You can read the story here..You can read the story here.. mine is number 12.
    http://www.cointalk.com/content/7-coin-story.html
     
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