I received this in the mail this week, telling the story behind the 1792 Washington $10 gold coin. It's an interesting story I've read before but had forgotten. It reminded me of Mr. Lovett and how he allegedly also kept his Confederate Cent in his pocket. Regardless of whether the story's totally true or not, it got me to wonder if any of you guys also have a coin you carry around for luck or some sentimental reason. If you do and don't mind sharing a photo of it with a short story, I think it would make for some good reading this holiday weekend. Happy New Year, all!
There are all types of lucky coins to which I don't own a single one. Luck is what you make or fail to make yourself.
Commonly called "pocket pieces". Perhaps @GDJMSP will post you a picture of the AGE he carried for a few years.
I found this proof in circulation in early 2016. Been carrying it daily for almost 3 years. 2016 2017 Tonight
As requested And Jeff, I didn't carry that, or any of the I think it was 4 that preceded it over a period of many years, for sentimental reasons. I carried them just because. Primarily just because nobody else ever had, or did. I used them as my flipping coin, and conversation pieces. And if I ran out of cash at a coin show, I used to them buy more coins
I’ve been carrying this one just because you never see one with any wear. Cut it out of the mint packaging and stuck it in my pocket 2-3 years ago.
Thanks so much for sharing your AGE. Would you believe I'm NEVER seen one up close in real life?! A bit too expensive for me to be carrying them as pocket change! Hahahaha.
Time for me to share why I started this thread about "Pocket Pieces". It's really not about lucky coins that you rub before buying lottery tickets. Let me explain. I was grabbing a bite with a lady and when we were paying at the counter, I noticed that she had a special coin in one of those small 1" ziplock bags which she took out and then put back in her purse. I asked to see it and saw that it was a coin from Mexico. "Is this valuable?" I asked. She shrugged her shoulders and said she didn't know. "Probably not," she said. "Why are you carrying this one?" I asked. She then began her story. When she was younger, her father was an odd job worker and the family lived paycheck to paycheck. As a routine ritual, she and her mother would hide loose change in various areas of the house: Beneanth a stack of plates, behind books, under a table lamp, etc. During days when she was hungry and they needed to buy food, both mother and daughter would embark on a game of "treasure hunt" - they would look at all the familiar hiding places to try to find enough spare change to put together to buy a meal. One day though, all they found was one coin, the one my friend kept to this day. Too bad, I forget the denomination. It wasn't enough to buy a meal. My friend (not being too wise for her young age) then asked her mother to go and borrow money, which her mom declined. Later, my friend saw her mom crying. From that point onwards, she never asked again. She told me she kept that one coin all these years as a reminder of her roots and why we should not take our blessings - no matter how humble - for granted. I teared up a little and made sure to finish every bit of my Quarter Pounder with Cheese. And when I saw the LCC ad, I wondered who else had a nice story behind a coin they carried.
But back then they weren't all that expensive, I never paid much over $300 for one. But at the time cost was not an issue for me, I would have done it no matter what the cost. 1,192
