Sorting my 70 year accumulation

Very nice IHC collection. Did you pay 10 cents for the coin folder? I see the 1886 cent is the type 1. Thank you for the experience. Please keep posting.

 

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Looks like your in for some wonderful surprises

 

Start Early, do a couple of coins a day. Some fellow said a journey of a 1000 miles starts with the first step. I wish I had started doing this earlier, but I'm now having a very fun hike up the hill, have fun doing it. Also, find a local coin club and join your fellow travelers.

 

Actually, I think those folders were 35 cents back then. The Blue Book was all they had in my home town then. I think it was like 95 cents. So, I didn't get one. Thanks for the support.

 

I think mine is from poor lighting. I never dipped any coins. These were from those that I kept back when I had extras. I probably got it directly from the bank. The bankers were friends. Every Saturday when I was able to get down town I would go in the local bank, sit on the floor and roll change for the tellers. The tellers would bring me trays of change. I always had some change to swap. Every coin imaginable was in circulation back then. I even got a Twenty Cent piece in change from a vegetable vendor. Just about any day of the week if you had a dollar you could swap it for a silver dollar (Morgan and Peace) at most banks. I will try to get better photos.

 

I will do that. I don't have any Canadian Silver Dollars, but I do have some old halves, quarters and dimes.

 

Here are some of my older Canadians. Keep in mind that these are from my pocket change when I was younger and living in Iowa. There are 2ea 5 cent silver (half dimes) from 1910 and 1918. I just pulled these out. I haven't started on my Canadian stuff yet.

 

Here is a better photo that shows the color better.

 

At the risk of losing some friends I will tell how that went with me.
When I was 5 years old (1948) my aunt gave me an 1883 W/O Cents nickel and an 1885 nickel. When I found that the 1885 was worth $5 the bug hit me. In our town there were mom and pop stores everywhere. I became friends with most of the owners. After school I would walk home and stop at many of them. The owners came to know and trust me. I would walk in, open the register, search the coins, close the register and go to the next store. Most owners got to the point that they didn't even look up.
When I got old enough to work a couple of them hired me part time. 2 nights a week I would walk out to the amusement parks and help them close. My favorite job was counting and rolling all that change. They hated to do it.
On Saturday mornings I would go to the bank and sit on the floor of the vault and roll change for the tellers.
My dad was a railroad engineer. When he came home he would leave all his change on the kitchen table for me to look through.
These were days when you had to do something to prove that you were untrustworthy. You've seen a lot of the stuff I came across.

 

You will let us know when you find something nice in roll hunting. I'd like to do that but my wife says to clean up this other stuff first.

 

I should qualify "...losing friends..." I meant by posting a long rambling message. Some people get turned off by long messages.

 

Here is a cool coin I got many years ago. This is a 1908 S Silver Peso from the Philippines. I remember the day I got it. Our babysitter got it in change as a 50 Cent Piece. Boy was she made and was going to return it after she left and get her 50 Cents. I made it easy for her by giving her the 50 cents then. Saved her a trip.

Would you believe it was 1975? ​

 

Great coin! Reminds me of a good story. http://www.winsociety.org/newsletter/vol-7/philippine-peso.html

 

It's not that long, certainly not rambling, very informative, and an example as to your character, even at such a young age. And, it's hats off to your parents raising you, and to your dedication to pursue your love of coin collecting.

 

Great story. I seem to recall that happening. I read a lot of history books and articles. This is the closest I have come to an actual relationship with the coins. Thanks.

 

Great stories, keep them coming!

John

 

When Inspector was in elementary school the banks would welcome a whole classroom of fifth graders to the bank on a field trip. They encouraged you to deposit one dollar into a savings account. That's right one whole dollar was welcomed.

They gave you a hard cover savings passbook, and a nice metal piggy bank. One cool haul at that age.

Smart marketing ploy as they hooked many customers for life.

 

I found a roll of near BU 1959 D LMC. In it I found 16 with varying degrees of cracked skulls. I am showing 2 of them close up and the batch of 16 separate. The issues in the batch are not clear enough to judge, and some are week. 1959 was the first year of the LMC. As you can see, the cracked skull variety was somewhat prominent. And, that being the first year of a major design change, I had to hold back a few.

 

I remember those accounts. And, banks had a "Christmas Club" for school children that was promoted by the schools. You would deposit 25 cents a week and get your savings with interest just before Christmas.

Bankers would come to schools and teach basic savings strategy. ​

Today kids can't open bank accounts without several hundred dollars.

 

This sorting thing is a big job. For most of my 70 years collecting I concentrated on date, mint and condition (eye appeal). Since I joined CT, I am learning about errors and other variables. That makes sorting more time consuming and difficult. I am still on the project but trying to take leads from the members and sort to the other attributes and variables. Then examine each group. I now have several big batches to start through. Thanks to all for the education I am getting.