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<p>[QUOTE="mattunion99, post: 1167362, member: 29840"]All I know is that she said her husband's grandfather saved changed over the years. Whether she knew about the silver content or not, I don't know. A lot of people call halves and dolalr coins, "silver dollars," whether they have silver or nickel in them. She said that he kept them in jars, and while he was still alive, he told them that he had a "few" jars of change that they could have when he was gone.</p><p>As far as the buffalos go, apparently the husband had made a purchase with them at the post office. It is possible that they either (1) are pulling the wool over my eyes or (2) they are that naive about the value of coins.</p><p>Also, why would she care if I went to the bank and bought the change? She deposited it those CDs. It's not like I would be taking her money by buying change at a bank. She would not gain anything by that, unless it's one of those things to where, "If I can't have it, no one can."</p><p> </p><p>I thought it was a neat story about the grandad keeping his change over the years. And if nothing else, I ended up with four buffalo nickels and the lady told me if she saw anything else in the drawer that looked, "old and interesting," she'd hold it for me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mattunion99, post: 1167362, member: 29840"]All I know is that she said her husband's grandfather saved changed over the years. Whether she knew about the silver content or not, I don't know. A lot of people call halves and dolalr coins, "silver dollars," whether they have silver or nickel in them. She said that he kept them in jars, and while he was still alive, he told them that he had a "few" jars of change that they could have when he was gone. As far as the buffalos go, apparently the husband had made a purchase with them at the post office. It is possible that they either (1) are pulling the wool over my eyes or (2) they are that naive about the value of coins. Also, why would she care if I went to the bank and bought the change? She deposited it those CDs. It's not like I would be taking her money by buying change at a bank. She would not gain anything by that, unless it's one of those things to where, "If I can't have it, no one can." I thought it was a neat story about the grandad keeping his change over the years. And if nothing else, I ended up with four buffalo nickels and the lady told me if she saw anything else in the drawer that looked, "old and interesting," she'd hold it for me.[/QUOTE]
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