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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Billy Kingsley, post: 922829, member: 19456&quot;]Here&#039;s another one. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Back in the mid 1990s, I would guess 1996, I had grown tired of the few coins I had. I am sure it was nothing special, but what appeared special to me then was most like 1970s coins and 1980s that were older than I was (1984!). I had been looking for the 1995 cent with the doubled die. (The thread in the US coins section reminded me about this). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Well anyway I decided to make my own fountain. I took a jar of some sort, I don&#039;t remember where it came from, but it was pretty big. Or at least I remember it being pretty big. It&#039;s all relative to a then 11 year old and a 15 year old memory. I filled the jar with water. Then, I dropped in the coins...and watched them float down to the bottom. I did that a few times but eventually it lost my interest...so I left the coins there in the water, with the lid on the jar. For a long time. I distinctly recall the water turned green. I also distinctly remember telling my mom several times that I would take them out. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I never did. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Eventually the jar and the coins dissapeared. By then I no longer wanted them. I remember you could not see in the jar anymore. I think this took place in about 2 weeks time. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My guess is that my dad dumped out the jar and when the coins dried (or maybe even before they dried, I have no idea) they went into the family spending jar. We still use the exact same jar to this day. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Luckily I didn&#039;t put my world stuff or the really nice examples of US stuff in there, that was in a binder of 2x2s...which I never closed...and was waiting for me in 2008 when I really became a collector. BUT...there were probably some Canadians in there. I know I got a lot of them when I was younger, but when I started collecting in 2008 there were only about 1/3rd of what I figured there would have been. Or maybe they are in some box somewhere waiting to be rediscovered. Or maybe I thought I had gotten more than I really did.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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