I don't collect money. I spend it.
:-) 2008/9/13 Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> I'll have to double check, but down at Dad's house should be a bunch >> of US 50 cent and US silver dollars, taht are pobably around 50 > years >> old or more. There used to be some British money, my Granny had, > from >> very early 1900's. I'll ask my sister if its still around. >> > > before decimalisation there were a lot of 19th century coins in > circulation here, especially pennies. Big things they were, with a > picture of young Queen Vic, and typically very well worn. There must > be an awful lot of them still lying around in people's houses. > > I have a nice, old silver Maria Theresa thaler which I bought from > someone in Ethiopia. It had been converted into a pendant, which is a > very common use for them over there. They have an interesting history > - the word thaler evolved into the word dollar - and make nice > souvenirs. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
