Domminigan
09-10-2008, 02:29 PM
So my friend and I were going through her room, trying to clean out one of her closets that had been relegated to "junk" because the sink was leaking through the floor directly above it. We were pulling out odd papers and such, when we came across three stacked boxes. We pulled out the first box and began going through it, it turned out to be all of her grandma's stuff from when her grandma passed several years ago. Half of the box turned out to be simple financial papers, now useless because the accounts were closed. The top of the stack was wet, but the water penetrated no further than this. The bottom half of the box turned out to be more interesting. It contained stuff from their everyday life during WWII. Ration books, a pack of cigarettes, a wallet with money, and a bunch of letters.
The second of the three boxes contained her dad's stuff. Nothing terribly interesting, papers, letters, and some coins and paper money from around the world from the time he was in the Navy in the late 60's.
The third box was really interesting. The majority of it was from her grandfather, encompassing items from his life from the mid 1920's to the late 60's. All of his correspondence from WWII during his service, various items that he had saved that he thought of importance, and such. The bottom part of the box was items that had come from his family. Records of service and correspondence dating back to the Civil War. Then there was this bag.
Inside the bag was currency. Currency from around the world from the era around WWII and various US paper currency. The bottom of the bag contained a bank bag. The bank bag was rather weighty, and after we opened it, we found out why. In total the bag contained more than $70 in coins all minted before 1964, save five Eisenhower dollars minted in 1972 and 1976.
http://www.domminigan.com/files/Coins1.JPG http://www.domminigan.com/files/Coins_2.JPG
With the exception of a few buffalo nickels, some steel pennies, the Ike bucks, and a few pre-1909 pennies, it is all silver coinage.
The first picture shows most of the collection, along the top not laid out individually from the left are Steel pennies, Pre-1964 Roosevelt dimes, and Mercury Dimes. To the right are Buffalo and silver nickels. the rest are fairly obvious.
The second picture is less populated, and shows more Pre-64 Roosevelt dimes, a few Mercury dimes, A Canadian penny from 1940, and a couple pennies. The rest is mostly visible. The book is a coin price book from 1964.
Imagine, all of this sitting below a leaking sink.
Who else is thinking "payload fodder"?
The second of the three boxes contained her dad's stuff. Nothing terribly interesting, papers, letters, and some coins and paper money from around the world from the time he was in the Navy in the late 60's.
The third box was really interesting. The majority of it was from her grandfather, encompassing items from his life from the mid 1920's to the late 60's. All of his correspondence from WWII during his service, various items that he had saved that he thought of importance, and such. The bottom part of the box was items that had come from his family. Records of service and correspondence dating back to the Civil War. Then there was this bag.
Inside the bag was currency. Currency from around the world from the era around WWII and various US paper currency. The bottom of the bag contained a bank bag. The bank bag was rather weighty, and after we opened it, we found out why. In total the bag contained more than $70 in coins all minted before 1964, save five Eisenhower dollars minted in 1972 and 1976.
http://www.domminigan.com/files/Coins1.JPG http://www.domminigan.com/files/Coins_2.JPG
With the exception of a few buffalo nickels, some steel pennies, the Ike bucks, and a few pre-1909 pennies, it is all silver coinage.
The first picture shows most of the collection, along the top not laid out individually from the left are Steel pennies, Pre-1964 Roosevelt dimes, and Mercury Dimes. To the right are Buffalo and silver nickels. the rest are fairly obvious.
The second picture is less populated, and shows more Pre-64 Roosevelt dimes, a few Mercury dimes, A Canadian penny from 1940, and a couple pennies. The rest is mostly visible. The book is a coin price book from 1964.
Imagine, all of this sitting below a leaking sink.
Who else is thinking "payload fodder"?