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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lilbugsd, post: 996840, member: 27072&quot;]I inherited my father&#039;s coins after he passed away,&nbsp; but my mom also tossed in what was left of her collection.&nbsp; She handed me two shoeboxes of coins in faded envelopes, ziploc baggies, and glass jars.&nbsp; Some are older while most are from their trips to other countries, saved&nbsp; for their aesthetic value or classified as &quot;accidental&quot; souvenirs when getting them changed back to US currency was too much of a hassle.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve recently started going through them and placing most in 2x2s, then&nbsp; into pocket pages in a binder.&nbsp; Every now and then I come across a coin that the World Book&nbsp; tells me is pretty much &quot;worthless,&quot; but I stick it in a 2x2 anyway, carefully label it, and slip it into its spot.&nbsp; I think that a lot of&nbsp; coin collectors, if they&nbsp; took a look at my binder, might chuckle at what I’m spending so much time preserving.&nbsp; Of course, no one can understand the history behind those coins but me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I’d like to add more to the collection myself and&nbsp; eventually pass the whole lot on to family that will appreciate them as much as I do.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cheers to a new lifelong obsession... I mean hobby.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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