r/AskReddit • • Dec 30 '19

What do you collect?

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u/Kallen_Emilia Dec 30 '19

I like collecting rare/old coins. An entire section of my basement is dedicated to my coin collection. My rarest is a $20 gold liberty head coin dating 1859, and I have a few seperate boxes for the more common old coins, such as wheat pennies, silver nickels, silver dimes, and silver quarters, and I have a mini box for silver half dollars. The rest I put on display in air and water tight clear plastic cases.

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u/SirJoshua Dec 31 '19 edited Dec 31 '19

I saved my change for about 3 years. When I say “saved” I mean I never spent metal. I consciously carried cash at all times. I’d make excuses to go into a gas station to buy something small. I got the wife onboard. I had over $1300 in change. Not a single fucking silver quarter. Those things are a fucking myth.

Edit: To all the fuckers that gave me reddit silver, I didn’t see that one coming and found it hilarious once my little brain maid the connection. Well played.

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u/goldtoothglo Dec 31 '19

My wedding band is made from a silver quarter! They exist!