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Message:: [QUOTE="David Setree Rare Coins, post: 2192717, member: 74719"]My family has been in the hospitality business for many generations. When my father received an unusual coin, he kept it in the legendary and typical old cigar box. As a child, I was fascinated to look at the odd accumulation. I remember a couple of large cents from the 1840's and 50's especially. There were a pair of earrings made from matching 1853 $2 1/2 gold pieces with contemporary heavy gold mounts soldered to the backs. The coin that started it all, however was an 1889 CC Morgan in VF. Very lightly scratched on Liberty's cheek were the initials "JJ". My father must have gotten a kick out of telling me those stood for Jesse James and perhaps it was his personal pocket piece. (no matter that Jesse was shot by Bob Ford in 1882, I believed it!). All this happened in the mid 1960's.I still have the Quarter Eagle ear rings and the Carson City Dollar is in my cases and I haul it around to coin shows all the time. With a price tag of $2750.00, I have no fear of it leaving my possession any time soon but it gets looked at and I greatly enjoy telling it's story every time. (And then offering a similar, undamaged piece at a reasonable price!)[/QUOTE]