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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 111687, member: 4552&quot;]As to youth not really knowing to much, that depends on the youth. Age does not the expert make. Some youngsters take the time to read, read, read and study. Many older&nbsp; people are at times to impatient to learn something new. My grandkids can hook up any computer. Again that all depends on the subject, the youth, the elderly that is to be compared. For example the doctor that a few years ago saved my life with a new procedure in cancer treatments was in his twenties. A coin dealer I mostly buy from at coin shows is also a rather young person in his 30&#039;s. </p><p>Myself, yes I really do miss the so called good old days. I was around when my favorite coin was new. The 1943 Lincoln Cent. I collected about 26 rolls of those things and lately I&#039;m wondering why. I still remember the 1916D at the local coin shop for $1.50. I bought a lot of them but remember that $1.50 was a lot of money then. Gas for your car was abaout $0.23/gallon but who had enough for a full tank? No one knew enough about coins to be a collector. Stamps were kind of the biggy in our area of the world. The worst thing we did with pennies was to play a game called lagging. A group of kids (now called gangs) would stand on the sidewalks and pitch pennies toward the second crack separation in the sidewalks. The nearest coin would win all the rest. We probably dented&nbsp; many valuable&nbsp; pennies back then. Indian Head Cents were also common in&nbsp; change as well as buffalo Nickels. Mercury Dimes were the only thing around. But who could afford to save them. Also, I had my youth, health, lousy grades in school and lots of fun.</p><p>AHHHHHHH yes the good old days. If only we had money enough to enjoy it all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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