re: Coin collectors' thread

When I was a lad, my grandfather who lived in Sweden used to give me old coins he had. I have a few dozen coins from Sweden and Great Britain, and a few other places, ranging from the early 1800s to early 1900s. They aren't in the best shape, and hence probably not worth much, but cool nonetheless.

My dad has a cool one from Russia. It's a teacup (made of silver?) with a coin on the bottom of it, dated 1742.

As far as American coins, just a few that I bought at Rich's coin and gun on Monterrey in Baton Rouge when I was ~10. Need to start collecting again but it's time consuming to go through change.