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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phubanks, post: 870855, member: 23286&quot;]i became interested (conscious) of coin collecting in 1967 when i was 10 ... i used to go to the bank with my dad and buy rolls of dimes, quarters, and halves ... and pick through them to pull out the silver ... then i would exchange them the following week ... i was able to acquire about $85 (face value) in silver (pre 65) coints (after all i was just a little kid with a limited budget (money earned from doing work)</p><p><br /></p><p>i dont recall ANYBODY that I knew kids or adults that were doing this </p><p><br /></p><p>it seemed that most people were sort of oblivious to the switch from silver to clad coins (and it&#039;s significance)</p><p><br /></p><p>years later when silver raced from $1 an ounce to nearly $50 an ounce, my dad told me &quot;you had the right idea&quot; ... funny that both my parents bought silver and gold in the 80&#039;s (but never made any money from it since both were steadily dropping in price (from the peak value in 1980)</p><p><br /></p><p>i do remember my dad talking about people that were able to get silver dollars from the bank in the early 1960&#039;s ... however i was too young to remember that.&nbsp; amazing that my parents never caught on to that steal at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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