The Coin Collector (aka The Other Wife) © 1960 by Jack Finney Summary and Analysis (Warning: Contains some spoilers) A 26 year-old Alfred Pullen and his young bride find the novelty of marriage wearing thin. After a night spent sleeping on the couch, Alfred wonders about "what might have been..." and the different turning points in his life while on the way to work. After turning a street corner Alfred finds himself face to face with an alternate universe. One complete with a different wife. The conduit into this alternate universe turns out to be an simple dime with one difference. Instead of the familiar portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt on the dime this one had a picture of Woodrow Wilson on it. ....
