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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;littlehugger, post: 3513543, member: 58633&quot;]<blockquote><p>Something only collectors enjoy, is the pleasure of owning something like a silver dollar. Not just silver colored, but actual silver.</p></blockquote><p>Also, any large coin, but preferably old copper.</p><p>Large cents and half cents and 2 cent pieces.</p><p>They dont make them anymore, but they are fun to collect and amazing to find with a detector.</p><p>I find they make great birthday gifts. For a very reasonable price you can get a one Troy ounce ASE as a birth present and even get a proof or grade 70 that makes a very impressive gift. It has value and holds it.</p><p>Also, people like large coins with their birth year on them.</p><p>My dad had an English Penny in his birth year that he picked up, probably in a coin dealers junk box for 10 cents.</p><p>He carried it with him in a squeeze change purse for years and years, until one day I noticed, it had worn down to a blank planchet.</p><p>I found some and replaced his. He really liked that.</p><p>Now he is gone and I miss him. I wonder what happened to those coins?</p><p>All that was context for saying, people like larger coins. Even those awful &quot;golden&quot; dollars. More so the old Ikes, which sell for more than face value.</p><p>Something I used to do, was get a roll or two of golden dollars when I travel overseas. They make great gifts and tips.</p><p>Often, people dont tip abroad, so getting one is a pleasant surprise. But a dollar coin has</p><p>a certain cachet as a token, talisman or whatever you call it.</p><p>Real silver dollars are gone. Halves dont circulate and the dollar coins barely circulate.</p><p>When you do spend them, people keep them. Or, they think its a scam.</p><p>A student was arrested for trying to spend a $2 bill at school. No, his teacher, admin and cop were that ignorant they thought it was fake.</p><p>There is a reason counterfeiters fake $100 bills. All that trouble for $2?</p><p>Its also that way with some coins, even here.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Where did you get it?</p><p>&nbsp;Thats a great deal for $23 and I would like to pick up a few.</p><p>&nbsp;Silver is the new gold, and Morgan/Peace have collectible value as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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