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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 3404703, member: 24633&quot;]Unlike most kids who started out collecting pennies, nickels or dimes from their allowance, newspaper route or mowing lawns, I got my start collecting Morgan silver dollars at the age of 10 playing pool.</p><p><br /></p><p>I started playing pool when I was 9 in 1956. I had a natural talent for the game, and in 1957, I was gambling, playing 9-Ball with a 16 year old named Joe Clements. In those days, you never threw money on the table because it was against the law in the Maryland suburbs surrounding Washington, D.C. We kept track of the games &quot;on the string&quot;. When it came time to &quot;pay up&quot;, Joe owed me $5.00. He gave me 4 ones and a silver dollar. (I learned later after going to the public library that it was a Morgan dollar.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I had never seen a silver dollar before, and since the bank where I had my savings account was two blocks away, I walked to the bank to &quot;check it out&quot;. The bank had the old-style cashier cages, and I had to stand on the brass foot rail just to get my head above the countertop.</p><p><br /></p><p>I placed my silver dollar on the counter and asked the woman if she had any more of these. She took a handful from her drawer and spread them across the counter. I picked out 4 and used the remainder of my pool winnings to exchange for them. So, every time I won money at the poolroom (I rarely lost), I made it a point to go to the bank and exchange some of my winnings for silver dollars. By 1964, I had accumulated 800 Morgans.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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