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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sunflower, post: 836570, member: 23219&quot;]When my car pool buddy discovered I was acquainted with a former neighbor she related the follwing story. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Old neighbor (I will call her Mrs. C) was widowed several years ago. Husband was a frugil man who also collected a few coins. He caught on fire when burning some scrap metal and died. His wife, Mrs. C was distraught. She did not have funds to get her to the next month. One lady said her groceries were running out within a week of his passing. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>In short time, she went to the bank to open their safety deposit box. She had no idea that he had 16 of them. It turned out all the boxes were full - filled with coins. No one seems to know what kind of coins, or seems to care. Mrs. C was so awe strucken that her best friend, I will call her Mrs. Artist, said that they had to get her a chair before she collapsed. Mrs. C. truely thought she was poor. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Liquidation came next. Mrs. C moved from her broken down &amp; simple home a couple blocks from me and purchased one of the nicer homes in a nearby large city (2 hours away). This brought Mrs. C closer to her adult children. She has&#039;nt had to worry about money since. About 20 years have now passed since Mr. C died. This is a true story. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think of the 16 safety deposit boxes often. It would make for a nice goal. In a soft and interesting way, Mr. C is sort of a hero in my eyes. I became acquainted with his wife some years ago, but knew little of her finances. She is a good woman. She deserved something like this. I think of this story as an example of the quiet magic that can be possible from coin collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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