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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3595223, member: 112"]As for pocket pieces, yeah, I used to carry them. Most here have seen them before. Every one of them was one of these -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]961274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]961275[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I used to carry them for several reasons. They made great conversation pieces as most folks didn't even know the US made gold coins anymore. I also used them as my flippin coins, you know, heads or tails. Won many a bet, to pay for drinks and or dinner, or anything else I could think of, using one of those <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And if and when I ran out of cash at a coin show and found a coin I still wanted, I'd flip the dealer one of those and the deal was done <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And lastly, I carried one of those because NOBODY else ever had and still hasn't to the best of my knowledge. </p><p><br /></p><p>That particular one was bought by a forum member, (who just happened to lose a couple of times when it was flipped <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ), and he wanted it as a keepsake because it was mine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3595223, member: 112"]As for pocket pieces, yeah, I used to carry them. Most here have seen them before. Every one of them was one of these - [ATTACH=full]961274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]961275[/ATTACH] I used to carry them for several reasons. They made great conversation pieces as most folks didn't even know the US made gold coins anymore. I also used them as my flippin coins, you know, heads or tails. Won many a bet, to pay for drinks and or dinner, or anything else I could think of, using one of those ;) And if and when I ran out of cash at a coin show and found a coin I still wanted, I'd flip the dealer one of those and the deal was done :) And lastly, I carried one of those because NOBODY else ever had and still hasn't to the best of my knowledge. That particular one was bought by a forum member, (who just happened to lose a couple of times when it was flipped :smuggrin: ), and he wanted it as a keepsake because it was mine.[/QUOTE]
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