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Message:: [QUOTE="Kirkuleez, post: 1962939, member: 36864"]As a fourth generation collector, I consider much of my collection as the family set, and part of a permanent collection. I never considered any of those coins to be for sale, but some had to be liquidated to help other family members get back on their feet after hurricane Katrina. Over twenty of my relatives homes were lost, and I'm sure my grandfather and great grandfather would have insisted that some coins were sold to help out. Some things are just more important. But there is one coin that I would never sell. For one, it wouldn't be worth the price of gas to get it to the coin shop. For two, no amount of money will drag it from my grasp. The coin is just an ordinary 1943 mercury dime. It's a dull grey coin that would probably grade XF-45, but it looks every bit a MS-70 FSB to me. I hold it so dear because it was the first coin that my grandmother ever gave to me. That coin set me on the path to our great hobby and is one of the few things that I have left from her. Though the rest of my set would average MS-62 or 3, that beautiful 1943 will remain in my dansco forever in all of its glory. Here's to you Anna Mae.[/QUOTE]