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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Virginian, post: 4233796, member: 27579&quot;]I think that was how a lot of us older folks got into collecting coins.&nbsp; By going through grandpa&#039;s change jar.&nbsp; For me, it was the early 60s.&nbsp; It was a LOT more interesting back then.&nbsp; You could easily find two different types of every coin - indian heads, buffaloes, mercuries . . .&nbsp; .&nbsp; And of course, silver coins were no big deal.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the obverses of all of our coins have been the same forever.&nbsp; Isn&#039;t 111 years of Lincoln enough already?&nbsp; Or nearly 90 years of Washington?&nbsp; And decades of inflation has practically made it impossible for any &quot;commerce&quot; coins to ever again include anything but scrap/junk metal.&nbsp; B-O-R-I-N-G.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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