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<p>[QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 3722533, member: 89213"]Thanks for the interest and feedback. I will try to construct and offer some interest. I have tried before without much luck. It is very true about the love and pride I have in my collection. Some people find it unbelievable that I have such an accumulation, thousands of old coins. But, it is my thing. In fact, the reason I have held on to so many is because I always anticipated a large family and wanted plenty of hand-me-downs. Even if several of them were interested they could fill 90% of a penny collection 1900 to date with coins from my stash.</p><p><br /></p><p>I fully agree with how hard it is to break up collections. My wife has shelves and cases full of collectibles. Lately, rather than Christmas and birthday gifts, we are asking the kids to pick something they have always liked and take it home. I have hundreds of native indian artifacts (arrow heads and other stuff) that I found years ago. I would not sell one for a hundred dollars because I spent hours hunting for them. I sent a bunch home with a granddaughter that was interested. My grandfather and I spent hours together fishing and making hand made lures. They could only be valuable to a family member. What to do with all that stuff?</p><p><br /></p><p>Time to draft that letter you suggested "this is what your grandfather was".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 3722533, member: 89213"]Thanks for the interest and feedback. I will try to construct and offer some interest. I have tried before without much luck. It is very true about the love and pride I have in my collection. Some people find it unbelievable that I have such an accumulation, thousands of old coins. But, it is my thing. In fact, the reason I have held on to so many is because I always anticipated a large family and wanted plenty of hand-me-downs. Even if several of them were interested they could fill 90% of a penny collection 1900 to date with coins from my stash. I fully agree with how hard it is to break up collections. My wife has shelves and cases full of collectibles. Lately, rather than Christmas and birthday gifts, we are asking the kids to pick something they have always liked and take it home. I have hundreds of native indian artifacts (arrow heads and other stuff) that I found years ago. I would not sell one for a hundred dollars because I spent hours hunting for them. I sent a bunch home with a granddaughter that was interested. My grandfather and I spent hours together fishing and making hand made lures. They could only be valuable to a family member. What to do with all that stuff? Time to draft that letter you suggested "this is what your grandfather was".[/QUOTE]
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