re: Coin collectors' thread

We've had coins in our family for a long time. My grandfather's collection ended up in a college museum (mostly). I have a few of his coins, several uncles have nice collections too. I concentrated on Walking Liberty Halves (1916-1945) and Standing Liberty Quarters (1916-1930). I've got complete collections on both of them, the only thing I'd contemplate is upgrading a few of those coins as to condition.

My sister married into a family which had ancestors in the Moonshine making and running trade. After the last of the old generation died, I was able to purchase about a thousand dollars (face value) worth of silver coins which had been put away sometime before the 1950s. The thought was it was shine money. There were no Silver Dollars in it, only halves, quarters and dimes. This was about 1990. It was really interesting as a snapshot of coin circulation in the 40s. Some really nice conditioned coins in it.