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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal, post: 25224411, member: 43872&quot;]The widow I mentioned received it as a gift from an elderly and disabled couple whom she took care of, both of whom recently died.&nbsp; Before he died he gave them to her, but he told me how he acquired them.&nbsp; Back in the 1960s and 70s he was in the Navy and traveled a lot.&nbsp; He collected coins as souvenirs of places he visited.&nbsp; Most of them now are worth a few cents at most.&nbsp; But he also went to a dealer and bought several coins from 1853, a hundred years before his birth, just because he thought that was cool.&nbsp; He didn&#039;t care about condition, only the year.&nbsp; Most of the coins are close to junk. There is a dime that would grade XF details but has been scratched clean.&nbsp; Horrible.&nbsp; There is a G-4 half dime, a damaged cent, and a British penny that would be nice except for the hole.&nbsp; I figure this half is the best of the lot.&nbsp; A dealer somewhere was probably glad to empty a jar of trash, although I&#039;m not sure my friend bought them all at once.&nbsp; Anyway, thanks for your helpful comments![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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