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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Why back in the stone ages when I was in grade school, silver coins were still in circulation. Our school required each student to buy a lunch token for a quarter. So lots of dimes, quarters & 50 cent pieces were brought in each day, even a few nickles. I was allowed to dig through the box of cash and swap out all the silver ones for regular coins at face value. I still have all of them. I missed a lot of lunches by using my lunch money for buying silver coins. I guess someday I might cash them out as part of my retirement. Just a few bucks per month.
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I have the opposite story. My parents gave me money for picture day, and I spent it on something I wanted. So I ended up using some silver half dollars my dad had given me for the picture money. I want to say it was $3.50, so 7 half dollars. Still bugs me I was dumb enough to do that.
I also have a silver dollar that my dad carried in his pocket. It's worn completely smooth on both sides. Priceless to me.
I collected the state quarters and later the state park quarters. I'm amazed how quickly they're tarnishing. I should just dump them in the coinstar for what they're probably worth.
My brother has some proof sets from the 80's that have ended up with me. Looking on eBay it seems they're barely worth above face value.