Does anyone somehow not thing the Government with take a majority of these coins.
I had 2 early 192? -193? Gold Coins IIRC 1 was a $1.00 & the other a $5.00 Face Value that was given to Mom from Her Father when the .gov recalled All Gold back in 1933-39 by Roosevelt’s EO. I sold them for $100.00 each at a Coin Shop about 20 years ago.
They had a small note with them from My Grampa that told Mom to “Never trust the Corrupt Government”
I’m still kicking Myself in the A$$...
When I was a kid in the 50s visiting my grandparents in Idaho, my grandfather would pull Morgan silver dollars out of my ears. He always gave them to me after “finding”them there. Unfortunately, I spent them all in my teens. Ouch.
I know the feeling!
As an old newsboy, I got started collecting coins from that. I have never stopped LOOKING at my change but with the change brought about by credit cards and the like, I have a lot less to look at these days. However I recently found a 1942 Lincoln Wheat but found another that really shocked me from just the past month. A 1963 90% silver quarter!!! How it stayed in circulation I will never know unless someone's collection got broken into! At current bullion pricing, this quarter is just over $2.55 value.
My father started saving silver coins when Nixon went off the gold standard. When the Hunt Silver spike came, he cashed some of them in. He was very proud of himself, as he had a right to be.