I never knew there were so many coin/money collectors here.
When did you all start collecting and what got you interested in collecting?
For me it was in the 1960’s. My Uncle started having me help him search rolls of coins and loose change containers. He got us a couple of Whitman penny books, too. Then, he showed me about Silver Certificate bills. When I was in High School, he was giving me silver coins as presents. I also inherited some older silver dollars.
I continued to look for older coins and bills. The special issue pennies and nickels.
A couple years ago I met someone local who is addicted to finding and selling rare money. He got me going on looking for error coins and bills. Also, unique serial numbers on bills.
I have never purchased any “special coins”.
Just exchange coins/bills I find at work or go through my change. And, what I inherited.
Please share anything about collecting money or ask questions.
my dad started collecting way back, and trained us to always check our change for anything interesting! He liked to buy silver commemoratives, and later, gold. He also collected currency-the old bills are beautiful! His fairly extensive collection went to the auction house when he passed away; we were paying a lot for bank boxes We still have the items he gave us over the years, and a variety of foreign coins and bills he left for my daughter-as she’s in a tiny SF apartment, they still reside with mom and dad
It’s funny that you bring this up, because in general I have no interest in old coins. But it reminded me that I have several Ziploc bags of silver dollars that my dad left me. I’ve never really known what to do with them, and my husband says we just wait till silver skyrockets before we do anything. One bag of them is more recent, probably from the '60s and '70s. But another bag has ones from the '20s, and the smallest bag from the 1880s. They are kind of cool looking.
The dollar on the left says 1922 on the other side.
And then I have these two cuffs which I bought from Britwest. I did like the coins on these (a buffalo is on the Indiana state seal). I’ve also always loved the Canadian dollar, the loonie, which is one of my favorite birds - I have a few of those.
Thank you for the advice (I had to Google PCGS cuz I didn’t know what it was )! I honestly have no clue what to do with them. I’ll sit down eventually, and go through them and check like you suggested. I completely forgot I had them till I read this thread. My dad died in '81, and I think we found these bags of silver coins in the house after my mom died in 2015. We split them up between we three kids.
You can send them to me. I was out with my youngest son about 2 weeks ago and one of the places we went was selling worn silver dollars for over $40 each. I personally would just keep them. I’ve been reading predictions that silver is going to go way up as more manufacturers move back to the USA. Also, there is the collectibility of the old silver dollars themselves.
Wow! I had no idea on value. At this point we are just going to wait; my husband agrees with you on that. It’s weird, because I had completely forgotten about them until @fernwood started this thread. My mom must not have remembered that the coins were in her house, but there was a note or something from dad that he had saved them for the kids. She had lived in the same place from 1948 when they got married till she passed in 2015. We found quite a few hidden treasures
Very kind of you to offer to hang on to them for me @Islandmomma
@Ziacat I feel like you would be into this. The Carson City mint was opened in Nevada during the silver boom so that silver coins could be minted close to the source. It didn’t operate very long which is why the coins with that mint mark are desirable today.
So I don’t see the mark on the coin? Although I haven’t had a chance to look again. I don’t have any info on them; they are literally just in baggies. I really know nothing about them except dad had collected them at some point.
When I was talking to my husband about this today, he said it’s amazing in that it shows the power that the mining cities had back in the day. We don’t realize now how amazing some of those mining communities were. Course I read enough Louis L’Amour books when I was young that I kinda get it
So you all made me curious. I have 7 of the 1880 coins, and they either have nothing or an O. The coins from the '20s have a mark that I cannot figure out, a D (which I’m assuming is Denver) or an S (San Fran?). Now I’m going to go Google…
Edit: O is New Orleans. So far I can’t find the odd little mark which doesn’t look like a letter.
I think coins are so interesting, and I have a small collection.
I really love coin jewelry, too.
I just found out that 1893 Morgan silver dollars are with a whole bunch…everyone, go check your silver dollars!
It’s on every one, and I apparently was looking at the wrong side of the peace dollars for the mint mark. I saw online where to look (they are so tiny I didn’t notice them). So I still don’t know what it is, but it’s not the mint mark. I’ll try to take a pic of it when I get a chance, but it must just be part of the design.
We still have the items he gave us over the years, and a variety of foreign coins and bills he left for my daughter-as she’s in a tiny SF apartment, they still reside with mom and dad 
)! I honestly have no clue what to do with them. I’ll sit down eventually, and go through them and check like you suggested. I completely forgot I had them till I read this thread. My dad died in '81, and I think we found these bags of silver coins in the house after my mom died in 2015. We split them up between we three kids.
I was out with my youngest son about 2 weeks ago and one of the places we went was selling worn silver dollars for over $40 each. I personally would just keep them. I’ve been reading predictions that silver is going to go way up as more manufacturers move back to the USA. Also, there is the collectibility of the old silver dollars themselves.
