Family Heirlooms

I'd like to see if anyone has any coins that they have inherited from their family which have been passed down at least 2 generations, best if pulled or collected when they were circulating or new..

Can anyone post such a coin?

Ruben

 

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I have a few Asian coins that my grandfather got during World War 2. And a few German coins that my great-great uncle got as well.

Here's two of the Asian ones, I don't have pics of the others.

Korea – Yi Gong, 1 mon, 1832 AD
Military Training Command mint


Japan, debased gold Ni-Bu, 1868-1869 AD.

 

I don't have pictures of them, they are in the safe deposit box, but I have an 1867 2 cent piece that my grandfather got from his brother to go buy candy with in 1897. He was touched enough by the gift that he kept it instead and gave it to me when I was a child, he knew I would appreciate it since I am a coin collector.

I also have a souvenir medal from the 1915 Panama Pacific expo that one of my Great Great Grandmothers got there. It is the same design etc. as the $50 slug, only it is brass.

 

Go fetch them Scott and take a picture - Why are you aways so difficult. You should have photo's for insurance purposes anyway....

JEEZ

 

NICE family history! And truly unique!

 

I started such a thing with the 30 or more rolls of 1943 Cents from my Dad.

 

Still have them in the rolls?

Ruben

 

Good idea, but for the fact that it is buried under quite a bit of other stuff that I would have to dig, yes, literally dig, out of the box. But it will happen as my collection starts to thin out so I can raise funds for my new and more rewarding interests in life.

 

These are the few coins from France that my Great Uncle brought back when he was in Europe during WW1. They may not be worth much but they're priceless to me.

 

Beautiful history. I'm surprised France could stamp out such beautiful designs while it was had the war and bleeding fields raging on its territory.

Very special!

 

which would be what? Women? Don't do it! I'm giving you fair warning!

Ruben

 

Hi Ruben,

When Grandfather was in his thirties, he put aside a few gold sovereigns--the ordinary everyday circulation sovereigns of the time--for a rainy day.

Well rainy days came ...

... for him in the Depression of the early 1930s, and

... for his sons in the years after WWII,

... so only one--a London-struck 1906 sovereign--came down to me.

I would grade it as being about VF, so it isn't the finest sovereign in my collection--heck, it isn't even the finest 1906 in my collection--but, if I ever have to sell, it will be the last one to go.

Later,

John

 

do you have a photo?

Ruben

 

Two generations huh? I can only go back one.

 

No, sorry Ruben. My photography has not yet entered the digital age. Long live rolls of film!

 

From my Great Grandfather to my dad to me... 1896, 1888-O, 1921, 2 1921-S, 1921-D Morgans and 1935-S, 1923-S, 2 1922-D, 1922 Peace dollars...

Each year Dad would get 1 for a birthday present...

 

AH - I hung onto my cannon AE-1 for a long time until my scanner died and I was sick of paying for developing

Ruben

 

Pics?

 

Maybe someday when and if I get into it...