Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor

Your huddled masses of forgotten coinage yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming collection.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, the forgotten and forlorn to this thread in the form of fotog fantastic.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door. And I'll be taking names of those who don't post here........you know who you are.



Thanks for looking 'you princes of Maine, you Kings of New England' (and other worldly places )

 

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My middle name........

 

One of two metal detected Large Cents I have found.. 1853.. Very tired

 

Love it Paddy. Capital find......

 

Okay, I posted.

 

Here's a fun coin. I got this one as a gift when I was very young, and at the time I just thought: "A half dollar, that's pretty neat" and didn't think anything of it. Years later, in maybe 7th or 8th grade, I brought it (unprotected in my pocket) with me to school to show to my friend who I knew collected coins. He told me it was silver (he judged by the weight) and I brought it home thinking that was a nice find. That night I looked at it closer, and [cringe ahead] tried to get rid of that "gunk" on the back with my Leatherman. That's right, before I knew any better I scraped this thing with a knife. It's a shame too, it's a pretty coin. Luckily I didn't go too far with it. I looked at the value in the morning, and this event jump-started my collecting journey, along with more conversations at school about coin collecting. Also finding a wheat cent on the ground which yes, I did clean with lemon juice. Yikes. I'm just glad I know better now.

 

O She doth teach the torches to burn bright

 

Lucky for you.

 

The babysitter of our youngest got this in change back in the 70's. Traded it to me for 50 cents.

 

Verily I say unto thee, after 60 years of riding a pocket, I am worn out

 

Another gal no worse for wear.......

Keep 'em coming guys.

 

This poor ole' gal deserves a rest, she's done her job.

 

Yep. Time for the deck, a rocker and a mint julep

 

I Serve.

 

I disturbed their sleep just for you...

 

Some of my best

 

I do keep a 1926 Sesquicentennial half in my pocket.