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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 625510, member: 8033&quot;]I like old stuff. It intrigues me and always has. What did people live like back when these coins were new but if I really think about it it&#039;s not just coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I was a child (1960s - born in 62) the family would go visit my grandmother in Knox, IN. Really not that far but to a kid of 5 or 6 it took FOREVER to get there.</p><p>TV reception was horrible, grandma always made a great meal but kids get bored you know? So it was usually my sister (7 years my senior) and I that would go for a walk.</p><p>We stumbled upon an old cemetary and it fascinated me. Seemed to be a family plot - the family being the Humphries.</p><p>A lot of them died in the 1850&#039;s. 1856 seemed to be a real bad year for them.</p><p>Every time we went to visit grandma from then on my sister and I would go &quot;visit the Humphries&quot;. Years later a friend of my grandma did some research. Seems smallpox took a heavy toll on that family.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what did they live like? What did they do? How was life before illness? What was their everyday spending money?</p><p><br /></p><p>So at age six I took an interest in coins. Got the &quot;coin collecting kit&quot; from the Sears Wishbook. Had some off time over the years believe me but never really got tired of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 10 or so years ago my wife and I were driving by the Knox exit and I got off. Can&#039;t believe I still knew how to get there but visited the Humphries. </p><p><br /></p><p>To this day I will stop at cemetaries of little note when on vacation in the middle of nowhere. I like to look at the stones. See when they were born and when they died and wonder what their life was like.</p><p>Most of it&#039;s the history of everyday people that helped form this nation. May sound weird to some but it&#039;s really cool to me and worth a few minutes of my time.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if I really think about it the Humphries&#039; got me into collecting and they&#039;ve been gone for a long time. Like 140 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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