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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 26723257, member: 104064&quot;]This article by our own [USER=93371]@Jack D. Young[/USER] mentions &quot;generational&quot; coins but focuses on his &quot;foundational&quot; coins. It got me thinking about my own coins in both categories. This morning it popped into my head that some of my generational coins have been in my family for 78 years, and in fact have never been on the market since the day they were coined. </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it might be interesting to see other generational coins and their stories. Got any? </p><p><br /></p><p>My grandfather became head librarian at the Chicago Tribune in the 1940s when his predecessor died (big city newspapers had their own libraries back then!). This late librarian had connections who mailed him coins, and the coins kept coming for several years after he died, so my grandfather got them. They were split up among his grandchildren around 1972. So my Canadian coins from 1948 came directly from someone in Canada who had likely grabbed them straight from a bank. I know my brother has a 1946 $1, so his would be never on the market for 80 years. I&#039;ll just post one of these generational coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1706221[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Others I can&#039;t prove, but I suspect my 1835 25c came via my great-great-grandfather, which would make it &quot;off the market&quot; for 180 years. I&#039;m sure it was never sold as a collectible at least. It was just a raw coin in a box with many others. </p><p><br /></p><p>How long have your generational coins been in your family?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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