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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;16d, post: 1613602, member: 509&quot;]Come on, I cant be the only one.....In &#039;65 my dad was stationed at Whiteman AFB, Mo. I was 8,the oldest of 5. Abought each month, the family would take a trip to Kansas City, where he&#039;d go into some bank, coming out with a canvas bag. We,d then go to some coin shop where my dad would treat my brother &amp; I to $1 &quot;grab bags&quot;. I vividly remember receiving 5-6 Mercs, a handful of teen Lincolns or a silver Crown from someplace we never heard of. Mom &amp; dad would fight all the way home. We had a corner of the basement with Govt. issue steel desks devoted to &quot;date piles&quot;. There was no such thing as silver searching. Simply amass as many different dates &amp; MMs. My 1st 16d came this way. Actually, what impressed me more than 10, 25, or (very rarely) 50c, were the bags of shiny new &#039;65 cents. I remember we scanned each one (not with a scanner, what&#039;s that?) for the elusive &quot;double-dot&quot;, an extra dot to the right top of the Memorial. They were at a premium at the time, I dont know if they&#039;re a listed variety/error now. I think it was short-lived. With about a dozen of them, mom got new pots &amp;pans, an exercise macine &amp; a TV for their bdrm. We kids got school clothes. Mom lightened up, briefly. I still have many of the canvas bags, as everything had to be re-rolled then. They werte weighed when returned. I remember the big deal when silver was selling 3X face. Dad did live long enough to see the &#039;80s, but my mom was very sick &amp; the &quot;I told you so&quot; was never uttered.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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