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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 2345947, member: 19250&quot;]There&#039;s&nbsp; one thing many may not understand&nbsp; if you weren&#039;t&nbsp; a collector&nbsp; during the 60&#039;s. And that is this....</p><p>During&nbsp; that time,and I do understand&nbsp; it&#039;s&nbsp; no longer the 60&#039;s and things do change...</p><p>When you went to a coin club meeting&nbsp; or a coin shop there were no graded coins so to speak.</p><p>Yes dealers and collectors did place a grade or value on their coins. But that was,part of the fun of collecting . One must also remember&nbsp; you could very easy for the most part find or put together&nbsp; a collection&nbsp; from pocket change.</p><p>Or going to the bank and finding the holes in your books.</p><p>Living on the right coast yes finding &quot;S&quot; mint marks were extremely&nbsp; rare! If you found an S cent in your change it was like hitting the lottery . </p><p>You sat at a meeting&nbsp; horse trading, swapping,and yes arguing over the deal,and condition of said coin.</p><p>But that was FUN!!!!</p><p>I&#039;m&nbsp; sure members here my age who were collectors&nbsp;&nbsp; as kids will tell you. As a paper&nbsp; boy I was paid monthly&nbsp; With&nbsp; all silver&nbsp; coins, silver certificates ,&nbsp; red seals US Notes......etc...etc.... and yes finding a 50 D nickel, or even a 16 D dime was next to impossible&nbsp; but it could be done!</p><p>I don&#039;t&nbsp; regret&nbsp; being able to share this experience&nbsp; with you,and I&#039;m&nbsp; sure others of my era will express&nbsp; the same.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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