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Message:: [QUOTE="Inspector43, post: 7780434, member: 89213"]The ancient hoard thought is very possible. One of the jobs I had in Junior High and HS was in the small mom & pop stores in the neighborhood. The brother of one owner worked there also. They were both well up in age. I will call the brother Art. Art loved Indian Head Pennies. I know he was born back in the 1800's. He saved every IHC that he saw for all his adult life. He kept them in coffee cans in the basement of the store. He is the source of many of the IHC's in my collection. I would help he and his sister around the yard if I saw they needed help. I never asked for any pay. But, once in a while Art would pull out a coffee can of IHC's and let look at them and take a few. Incidentally, IHC's were still quite common in change at that time. I left for the military. Art and his brother subsequently died. The store was closed. Eventually it was tore down and a new building put up. I was gone through all this and have no idea if anyone knew about the IHC's. I knew where the cans were hidden but would never touch them even though I was in the basement of the store almost everyday.[/QUOTE]