What Coins do you Remember Seeing in Circulation in the Past?

I'm an older folk, and I'm quite licentious, does that count?

 

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When I was kindergarten age, silver clad Kennedy half dollars began to enter circulation and were common. I received one of these coins as a gift each time I lost a baby tooth. I still have these same coins 50 years later.

 

We used to skip school and go to Waldorf, MD on Rte. 301. There was a place called the Tepee (or something like that.) They had 5c to 50c slots.

Chris

 

According to television, these coins were in circulation in 1961:

Silver coins:


The Twilight Zone "A Penny for Your Thoughts"

Silver dollars:


Route 66 "Eleven the Hard Way"

 

Geez! What is it with you guys and your paper routes? I guarantee that I made a heck of a lot more money in the poolroom.

Chris

 

I guess because that's where the silver was for use young kids back in the early 60's, paper routes.

 

Yes I remember it well the top of the building was a tepee.
So many little bars and restaurants down rt 2 and 301.
Also down in Hollywood and California Md. And by the Naval Air Station .

 

Yeah but we met a lot more cougar mom's and their daughters going door to door!

 

I remember the great coins from the late 1970's. Back in those days not only did I have the whole of the circulating universe to myself but the old clad was still in pretty solid shape. Nice attractive AU '69-P quarters were getting tough but everything else was easily found including lots of varieties. And then they could be found in XF!!!

My luck with varieties wasn't great but the bulk of the '79-P type "d" reverse quarters were released in this area. At first they were so common I didn't know which was common and which was scarce. I could pick through rolls for the next couple years and find BU examples once in a while with lots and lots of AU's.

In those days I had a sense of urgency to find all the best coins before the field got overly crowded. Now it feels more like loneliness. It's still great fun looking through coins but all the early clad is worn down or lost and people, for the main part, still aren't very interested.

I almost completed a buffalo nickel collection from pocket change but I still get a bigger thrill finding a new coin for my set or an upgrade to my "from circulation" set. I had to buy coins from dealers to complete my buffalos but my modern sets are defined by those coins I can find.

 

I remember loving the Walkers and was devastated when they introduced the Franklins. Also the Rooseveldt dimes. I hated the designs. I kept all the nice Standing Liberty Quarters which were hard to find in XF+ and indian head cents. Buffaloes were common in nice condition and silver dollars were more common than dollar bills here in Montana. I couldn't believe they replaced our silver with tokens in 1965. My loud protests fell on the deaf ears of those who had no knowledge of the inevitable demise of fiat money throughout history. I figured the house of cards they have built would have collapsed by now. The longer they prop it up with debt (funny money) the worse it will be when it does collapse; and it will. Oh-I'm 74. I was a precocious little kid.

 

The first picture is from the Twilight Zone right?

 

I've been around so long that I used to get Morgans (in the 50's) as a Xmas present from my aunt.

 

I got a Morgan as a Christmas gift from my grandparents around 1970. I don't remember if they'd previously gotten them (all the grandkids got one) from a bank, or if they actually went to a dealer; at that point, their silver value wasn't that much more than their face value.

You'd better believe I've still got it. 1881-S, maybe MS62-63. Market value: minimal. Sentimental value: let's just say it won't be hitting the market any time soon.

 

In the 50's my mom was a teacher and once every 2 weeks (Southeastern KY) she would have to stay late for bus duty. On those nights we would eat at a restaurant. In the restaurant, I would make a bee-line for the cash register which the owner would allow me to search through. I had a very nice Mercury dime collection and would find lots of standing Lib quarters, Buffalo nics and Walker halves. Never found an Indian Head cent though.

 

Franklin half dollar and wheat pennies. Once in a great while a Mercury dime. And yep, I had a paper route to. Threw the SF Chronicle! We also had March of Dimes folders and UNICEF around Halloween.

 

Figured I'd revive this thread, on rare occasion you can still find oldies out there, finding this in pocket change is what introduced me to numismatics about 3 years back

 

Standing lib quarters
Walking & Franklin Half $'s

Indian head cent (2 or 3)

V-nickel-- 2

Buffalo nickels-- plenty

War Nickels-- plenty

Barber dime --one

Barber quarter-- one.

Morgan & Peace $'s.

 

And the LI Press!

 

As a kid, I don't remember much with regard to coins.

The Franklin Half was released in the year of my birth and up until the news of the release of CnClad coinage, I really had not paid much attention to silver coins since they were in everybodies pockets and they were just money.

For whatever reasons, I do recall the new 1957 Lincolns and seeing them in public. (9 years old)

I was aware of other coin designs such as the Indian Head pennies, the Indian Head nickels, the "Mercury" dimes, the quarter with the person standing on it and the old half dollars. BUT, I never viewed them as anything special other than they were old and really worn down.

It wasn't until around 1970 that I showed any "specific" interest in coins which was focused on uncirculated Lincolns and 40% Silver Half Dollars.

I do remember seeing the older coin designs in circulation but never had the financial capabilities to ever consider collecting them.

Heck, when the Eisenhower Dollar was release (and it was a really big deal), I couldn't even afford to buy a $20 roll since $20 would feed my young family for nearly a week.

 

Holy cr@p!

You are really old!


Nearly as old as Green18 and Doug!