Pocket pieces

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/th...old-kennedy-pocket-piece.249929/#post-1964168

You can't even begin to imagine how much of an understatement that is Randy !

As I mentioned in the thread linked above that particular coin was the 4th one of those AGEs that I "wore out" carrying them as pocket pieces. But they were all more than just pocket pieces, they were my flippin coins. You know what I mean, somebody says - I'll flip ya for it - well, one of those AGEs would be what came out of my pocket to flip with. And I used them as on pretty much a daily basis. Even if I wasn't one of the guys flippin for something, that coin would come out and I'd let them use it.

My purpose of course was precisely what you were talking about, generating interest. And there's nothing quite like a 1 oz gold coin to do that, particularly when 90% or more of the population had never even seen one let alone held one in their hand. And when they saw the coin up close, and the date on it - well their eyes got even bigger, because they had no idea that the US even produced gold coins like that in modern times. And if we were in a public place - from a construction site to a bar to the boardroom of a corporation, it didn't matter - you could bet your hat it was gonna draw a crowd pretty dang quick

Bottom line, over the many years that I carried one of those gold coins in my pocket there were more than a few who became coin collectors as a result me carrying one of those coins. But even better than that, I had one heck of lot of fun doing it !