Today I was doing my Economics for school and the author of the book that I'm using was explaining inflation and recession and he started talking about a coin's worth. Anyway, he said that we (meaning the reader) wouldn't have any coin's dating before 1965. Well, when my great grandma (Leader Mae Young: born 1910) was alive, she would save all her left over money, including coins. If I remember correctly, she was able to help my great uncle get through college, because of this. But that's not the point. So anyway, my great grandma still had some jars of coins left over after she died. So my mom took some, and about six years latter, she gave some of those coins to me.
Well today I looked through the collection and there are six pennies dating before 1965. The dates are: 1935, 1941, 1956, 1960, 1962, and 1963. Then I had one from my own collection dated, 1964. Coins that were made before 1965, were 900 fine silver. Meaning that they were 90% pure silver. I am so excited about this. If I get married and have kids, I am definitely passing this on to them. I can't wait to tell my mother.
So glance at the date on your coins when you get change back from purchasing something. TTYL
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