Coin collecting

[Albert]

I remember as a kid my dad gave me foreign coins to look at..we had a big map of the British Empire in pink on the wall. He tested me on where the coins came from, what the capital city was.. what the land was like, what the population was like..wars we had fought there.
Over the years I kept foreign coins and chucked them in the box. relatives would come and add theirs.
I think its a great hobby.
My dad also told me which coins were silver or the silver content..so we saved those too..in jars.
My Dad also bought gold and silver coins as gifts on occasion.
He was a good investor and taught me quite a lot of stuff..about how silver coinage always has inherent value and can't be stolen by the government or eroded by inflation.
I'm just saying I think its a good hobby.

On a different note how about some Creativity commemorative coins for the coming 40th anniversary of Creativity in 40AC? I know some nazis ahave done a Hitler one.. they always make nice gifts and tokens that can get people thinking right.

http://www.usmbooks.com/hitler_coin.html
http://ssregalia.com/SilverCoins.html

[PaulW]

I am off to Sweden very soon to mine a gold claim i have there, if i hit it rich the first gold will be made into a creativity coin. Now wouldn't that be cool 

[Nigel]

I actually do collect coins myself, and dabble in silversmithing.
Br Paul, I would love to have a whack at making something with your gold.. even a tiny bit

[PaulW]

i am sure you would ! get in line. Plus i have to find it first. keep your fingers crossed if i hit it rich, so will my brothers and church

[Nigel]

Is the queue long?

I always wanted to try things like panning.. the kind of thing you read about during the California Gold Rush.. with long whiskers and jerky, and moonshine to wash it down