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In response to "Just went through my 'leftover money (mostly coins)' collection from years of past trips." by ty97

I remember when coin collecting was a 'thing' and you could always find a kid to hand it off to.

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Jan 14 '16, 17:10

I have a collection somewhere (mostly northern European) going back to the 1960s.

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i used to do that. i'd send away for coins and they would come in the mail in these little cardboard holders....nm - x Jan 14, 17:12 7
- fool! - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:14 6
  - my fillér coins, my kopecks, my zloty....all gone. just so much dust....nm - x Jan 14, 17:30 2
    - at least you still have your lunches, man. plus your kitty. -- nm - b. Jan 14, 18:11
    - Surprised you didn't grow up to be the next Charles Foster Kane, really -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:35
  - some of those quarters might be worth almost 28 cents by now! -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:17 2
    - i actually do still have a bunch of silver quarters, buffalo nickels, wheathead pennies and mercury head dimes!....nm - x Jan 14, 17:33
    - i bet he lights his cigars with crisp hundred dollar bills too -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:19
I have a friend I still give them to. she even collects special mintings of australian coins (of which there are many, esp. 20cent pieces and dollars) -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:11 7
- my favourite of which is the slightly terrifying Wills & Kate 20 cent piece. -- (link) - mafic Jan 14, 17:14 6
  - Wayne Gretzky and... -- nm - Reagen Jan 14, 17:20 4
    - I was thinking laura linney before she went all-in with face work. nm but: -- (link) - b. Jan 14, 17:25 [Image] 2
      - don't you be talking bad about my Laura! - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:27 1
        
        mostly, I think she's great. I just wish she hadn't given in to altering like that. -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:35
    - Dee Wallace in The Frighteners -- nm - slipping jimmy Jan 14, 17:22
  - wow, that's awful. "let's age them horribly, because coins last forever." -- nm - b. Jan 14, 17:18

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