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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Murphy45p, post: 3622858, member: 96005&quot;]My grandmother and great uncle were both collectors and both got me into the hobby and encouraged me in my pursuit.&nbsp; They both had stores, so they would go through the change and allow me to go through the change as well.&nbsp; This would have been late 60&#039;s, early 70&#039;s.&nbsp; We found Indian head cents, not regularly, but occasionally.&nbsp; Walkers, Franklins, Mercury&#039;s and Kennedy&#039;s were more common.&nbsp; Wheaties were abundant, but mostly from the 40s and 50s.&nbsp;&nbsp; Oddly enough, the buffalo nickel was the most elusive, but we&#039;d find war nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>The SLQ might be the worse coin design ever as far as wear goes.&nbsp; We&#039;d find a few, but always well worn.&nbsp; Silver Washingtons and Roosevelts were common.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then once a year each of them would allow me to cherry pick one coin from a grouping.&nbsp; Of course they held back the gold, but that started me on the Morgans.&nbsp; Most of the coins were of course circulated, most would be classified as junk silver, but I have a problem getting rid of them now.&nbsp; Which leads to another problem - storage lol!</p><p><br /></p><p>But the Morgans, they were largely AU, put aside from early on and some early dates.&nbsp; I ended up inheriting my grandmother&#039;s collection, my great uncle was robbed multiple times and his collection was stolen and spent by his caretakers during his last years, sad thing is, I don&#039;t think he had the mental capacity to even realize it by then.</p><p><br /></p><p>My current employer has a storefront as well, and we did find an indian penny in the till over this last 12 month period.&nbsp; Very unusual though, only one in nine years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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