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<p>[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 7402565, member: 87737"]In the mid 60's, my folks had HUGE Dewar's scotch bottle (may have been a store display piece) that that they would put any pennies from their pockets that day into. When it was full (about every 3 years), we as a family would roll the pennies, and then use that money to take a family weekend vacation. At some point I noticed the wheaties, and it got me curious, and with Dad's permission, I could keep them as needed. Got me a Whitman, and did what i could to fill it.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's the copper collecting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Folks had 2 other banks that would get silver that they got in circulation, one for my brother, one for me. My brother got the half dollars being older, and I got quarters and dimes. We both cashed all of it in during the Hunt brothers' run on silver. I was 13 years old, and had a big wad of cash from that.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the age of 20-something, I sold all remaining coins and stamps (turned out to be a great time to sell the stamps) to finance a car and a coming-of-age move across the country, and that was pretty much the end.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward about 30 years, and I picked up metal detecting, and that got me back into it, and here we are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 7402565, member: 87737"]In the mid 60's, my folks had HUGE Dewar's scotch bottle (may have been a store display piece) that that they would put any pennies from their pockets that day into. When it was full (about every 3 years), we as a family would roll the pennies, and then use that money to take a family weekend vacation. At some point I noticed the wheaties, and it got me curious, and with Dad's permission, I could keep them as needed. Got me a Whitman, and did what i could to fill it. That's the copper collecting. Folks had 2 other banks that would get silver that they got in circulation, one for my brother, one for me. My brother got the half dollars being older, and I got quarters and dimes. We both cashed all of it in during the Hunt brothers' run on silver. I was 13 years old, and had a big wad of cash from that. At the age of 20-something, I sold all remaining coins and stamps (turned out to be a great time to sell the stamps) to finance a car and a coming-of-age move across the country, and that was pretty much the end. Fast forward about 30 years, and I picked up metal detecting, and that got me back into it, and here we are.[/QUOTE]
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