You know, I went through the dozen silver dollars my grandfather gave me 40 some years ago. And in the bag with the silvers was a Christman gift my mom gave me - a plastic toy coin Snoopy on it (from the Charlie Brown cartoons). It is still in the packaging so I searched for a forum on snoopy and found one. I have to note here that the silver dollars are XF to AU and they were going $20-35. But that snoopy coin.... made of plastic.... it is a collectors item and going for $40. The store sticker is still on the package and my mom paid 49 cents for it. Of all the coins my dad and uncles gave me, that plastic toy coin has appreciated the most. I can't believe it! You have to love mothers! They are the best! Ha.
That's neat. I've discovered that as I get older I cherish the items (still have) from my childhood even more. Hang onto it... Ben
What a great find I bet your Mum never expected it to last so long when she gave it to you, If you have kids I hope that you pass it on Snoopy is very collectable so the price dont suprise me at all specialy for something like that which would normaly have been destroyed within the first month LOL
that is pretty neat! thats good that you keep all of your childhood toys. i hear about lots of adults wishing they had some of their old toys back. alot of them just played with them, then they got lost of thrown away.
That is cool. Mom's can be the best even when they don't know it. I've got a "coin set" that hangs on my wall. Isn't worth much dollar wise but it's from mom when I was a kid so it's priceless to me.
what a great story. mom's just know, ya know? a buddy of mine walked into a thrift store in some small town in PA (refused to tell me where) and saw several He-Man action figures from 1983/84 in original packaging for $2.00 each. he bought one of each since he was into them as a kid. i told him to look them up on eBay and he about fell out of his chair. he ended up going back to the store and buying all of them (about 25 total) and selling them on eBay. he paid off his student loans with the money - about $5,000.00. not a bad return on his $50.00 - that was back on 1999, now the market is flooded with them. maybe coins aren't the best investment, maybe it's childhood nostalgia. -Steve
