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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 794, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Obols for Charon</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Allow me to commiserate here.&nbsp; I lost both of my parents recently.&nbsp; It is hardly an unexpected event, and they both lived longer than they thought they would when they got married, but it is always hard on you to see someone take that voyage.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You know that you can find Cnut pennies and Ethelbards and the Dublin Vikings and all right up to Dickens on a Banknote.&nbsp; You spend your money on US Coins by choice.&nbsp; In my junk box, I have a couple of Elizabeth I shillings that someone holed.&nbsp; They were pretty cheap to me and not worth much even on eBay, but they are certainly a tanglible link to Shakespeare when I am in front of eighth graders.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, I replenished my junk bag, a plastic baggie with old coins that I use in school sometimes, with 10 oldies, including 4 Elizabeth II nickel &quot;two shillings&quot; at 25 cents each.&nbsp; Being from 1958, the kids will find them positively medieval.</p><p><br /></p><p>You ought to think about branching out a bit.&nbsp; Those American coins will always be there.&nbsp; They are not going away.&nbsp; Sip a little Earl Grey, have a scone.&nbsp; It&#039;s four o&#039;clock, my dear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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