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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Heline, post: 484633, member: 16322&quot;]Magman...&nbsp; &nbsp; Very nice coins and very nice photos of them...&nbsp; Careful where you walk here though....I am almost as old as some of those coins (circa 1943)...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; .....I say some of this &#039;tongue-in-cheek&#039; but slightly on the serious side too.&nbsp; Most of these quarters were around before there were such things as &#039;coin operated&#039; machines, Illinois (and other) tollways, or even coin-operated laundromats, yet, they were handled more than the coins of today, IMO.&nbsp; The metals were not as hardened as they are today, yet, they stayed in circulation longer than today&#039;s coins.&nbsp; Yes, those coins were probably in circulation from their mintage until your grandfather pulled them from circulation to put them into his collection.&nbsp; Yes, he valued them in their worn condition because they were part of his life at that time.&nbsp;&nbsp; He apparently feels that you are now old enough to be entrusted with coinage that can never be replaced, which took him years and a sharp eye to collect. The only way you will find those in change today is if somebody breaks up a collection (honestly or otherwise).&nbsp; I only hope that they will be prized part of your collection and something you can pass on to your grandchild someday.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for some of my early Washington quarters, I will post some in a week or so after Santa delivers my macro lens.&nbsp; They too (like their owner) are quite worn.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, I was just looking (this morning) at a set of uncirculated coins from 1954 (all three mints) that my grandfather gave me for Christmas - 1954 along with several years of uncirculated Lincoln heads - the start of my coin collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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