It's "Wicked Way Back Wednesday!". Post yours as well........

Hello all! I have a new thread here and a fun one also.
I'm calling it "Wicked Way Back Wednesday!". A thread about buying a coin, token or medal that you purchased or just acquired "back in the day" and what you see it valued at in today's market? A story to go along with it helps also.
Here's my story and coin and I'm sticking with it. In 1990, I met a girl (my current wife) and at a flea market one day, I purchased this coin. I guess it was to maybe impress her with my negotiating skills early on?? I thought it was going to be more than I wanted to pay at the time for a penny, so I offered only $3 and the guy accepted. That was all I had at the time after the date was over, lol. I should if known better.
Anyways, here it is. What do you think it's worth today? I feel "priceless" since I married the girl.
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Twenty Cent Piece cost me Twenty Five Cents back in the early 50's.

There was an old vegetable vendor that pushed a handcart down the alleys in our neighborhood. He sold produce out of his garden. One day mom gave me a Fifty Cent Piece and asked me to go out to him and buy something. Mom said it would be Twenty-Five Cents. I gave him the half dollar and he gave me a Twenty Cent Piece. They were almost the same size as a quarter and only in use for a few years in the 1870’s for this same reason – confusion. Now, technically, the vendor gained Five Cents and mom lost Five Cents. As I thought, when I told mom about the mix-up, I was told to put it in my coin collection.