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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheFinn, post: 3006977, member: 90102&quot;]I still have my 1887-O Morgan Dollar in G-4 my dad gave me in 1970.&nbsp; He worked with a guy that had over 500 silver dollars he wanted to sell because he was tired of paying for a safe deposit box to hold them.&nbsp; He told my dad he could have them for $1 each.&nbsp; My dad didn&#039;t want to tie up that much money, but he said he would like three of them for his kids.&nbsp; So me being the oldest got first pick.&nbsp; I picked the oldest, the 1887-O.&nbsp; My middle sister picked the 1890, and my youngest sister got the 1922 Peace Dollar.</p><p>&nbsp; I used to faithfully clean it a couple of times a year with baking soda to keep it shiny (except for the black antiquing the design and letters).&nbsp; This coin got me into a hobby that has opened up everything else in my world.&nbsp; History, chemistry, geography (what is that big &#039;O&#039; under the bow?), etc.&nbsp; It starts friendships, it started a business, it caused a crime (getting shot by a serial killer and serving), economics, monetary history and policy.... the list goes on and on.</p><p>And now, a hobby of collecting American coins has moved to world coins, medals, tokens, and even starting my own little mint.</p><p>&nbsp; I still have that dollar - I made a half-arsed attempt to find it, but it is close.&nbsp; I engraved a little plate and have it in a CoinWorld slab.&nbsp; It will be the last coin I ever sell - good thing it isn&#039;t worth much to anyone else.&nbsp; If push came to shove, and someone wanted it more than me, I don&#039;t know what my breaking point would be money-wise?&nbsp; It would be in the tens-of-thousands range.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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