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Message:: [QUOTE="Miko W, post: 2020031, member: 68055"]I used to get silver dollars for each year, from my great grandmother on my birthday. And my dad and uncles used to give me proof sets. All of which I spent on football cards at the grocery store. My father sold jewelry (hippie silver and turquoise jewelry, mostly, although occasionally he had gold and diamonds). He always had little stacks of 1 oz bars of gold in a wooden box on his dresser that he used to show me. He taught me to check the cash register change and the rolls of quarters we used to spend at the height of the arcade game craze for silver coins, a habit I observe any time I receive change to this day. He had a personal coin collection, which I heard about many times but never saw. When he died a little over a year ago, my alcoholic uncle got to them first, took them Florida, and sold them (or worse, spent them?) for booze and smokes. But, my dad hand planted the seed, so after he passed I remembered a couple of old Morgans my stepfather gave me, and that got me researching and buying. Now I love it.[/QUOTE]