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Message:: [QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 4509352, member: 89213"]The Twenty Cent piece was very similar to a quarter. When I was a young kid way back in the 50's there was an old farmer that would push his vegetable cart down the alleys selling his goods. One day my mother gave me a 50 cent piece and sent me to the cart for something. It turned out that the product I was purchasing was 25 cents. I gave the vendor a half dollar and he gave me back a twenty cent piece. I was a collector and recognized it immediately. The thought flashed through my head of all the possible options I had. I had been a coin collector since I was 5 years old. My parents and relatives were very supportive of this hobby. I decided my best option was to apologize to mom for the error and take my licks. Mom would be out 5 cents, short like the story says. I knew my mom quite well. She pretended to be excited and told me to put it in my collection. I've told it before how lucrative collecting was when I was young. Just about any coin ever produced for circulation was still out there for a person to find in change.[/QUOTE]