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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KBBPLL, post: 25840249, member: 104064&quot;]Probably half of my coins are from my grandfather so those are all sentimental. I&#039;ve probably posted all of the valuable Canadian George VI silver here already, so here&#039;s something new. </p><p><br /></p><p>The calculus teacher in high school ran the coin and stamp collecting club, and did a regular giveaway. At one meeting I won the group of Mexican coins below. Honestly I hadn&#039;t looked at them for decades until now. The large copper 20 centavos in particular is a lovely coin. Maybe I&#039;ll take better pictures tomorrow when the sun is up and thus my sophisticated photography studio is available.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sentimental I guess because the calculus teacher had a vast collection and inspired me to continue collecting later in life. He was such an interesting character. Clearly an alcoholic and we suspected he had a bottle in his desk. You could smell booze on his breath during class. Previous year students passed down his lore - bug him about showing you his books! Bug him about the books! He would use the hope of this and other stories of his to keep the students engaged until the end of semester, when he finally brought &quot;the books&quot; to class. There they were, sitting on his desk. It was the three volume first edition of Newton&#039;s <font size="4"><i>Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica</i></font> aka Principia. At the time almost 50 years ago, they were worth $100,000. How did a high school calculus teacher have such a huge and incredibly valuable collection, and why on earth was he even there? No one knew. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1647534[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1647535[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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