See the babysitting tip.

I'm not that old..

 

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Yeah but the power! The prestige! The.... wait....

 

I'll tip ya for a like, Doug...

just sayin'

 

Those are beautiful coins and a great story.....
My favorite coin 'tip' came to me in 1979. I had gone on a house call. There were many Whitman books. A kitchen full.....Walkers, Washingtons, Roosevelts, Barbers, Morgans and Peace.....Many full, the ones you could expect to be full. My evaluation took hours and hours. I finally came up with a number, and it was the winning number, as I knew that he had shopped. He was happy to hear this number, and awarded me the collection.
I began packing the books into cardboard boxes that he had provided and he left the room. Soon, he came back with a little plastic box. He went on to say, " This is my favorite coin", a raw 1806 Heraldic half (well, everything was raw in 1979). "This was given to me by"... and the story continued. He said, " I used to imagine Napoleon may have held this coin, maybe Lafayette". His face was so sincere while he was talking, so real..I remember thinking, "This is what numismatics is all about." He finished his story and handed me the box, "It's yours now" , he said. I tried to back-pedal and I said the things you would say, but there was no escaping. He gave me that coin.
It's been put away for years, and I haven't seen it in a long time, but I know it's there. I was just a kid, but this guy was up there. I know he's long in the ground by now, but I think of him often.
After all, isn't that what numismatics is all about ?

 

Doug is fishing for some gold coins:

"Will moderate for Guilders"

 

A neat story. If you can find the coin, it would be really nice if you could take a pic and post it.

Cal

 

Hi Cal,
Glad you liked the story. I know exactly where this half is. It isn't easy to get to so it may be some time before I see it again. It's one of those things that isn't for sale, so it doesn't need to be at my fingertips. Gee whiz, now that I think of it, I probably haven't seen it in 30 years. I really should make an effort.
Paul