>I don't collect money. >I spend it.
I collect mis-minted coins....they fascinate me. John - lucky find, are you going to hang on to it or throw it to the wolves on ebay? rg2 On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 11:38 AM, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
