tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post3668120774569402730..comments2024-02-29T21:32:07.974-05:00Comments on Lost in the Cheese Aisle: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISTER BUFFYElissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299361897381169534noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-90434691747259601302013-08-27T15:51:45.970-04:002013-08-27T15:51:45.970-04:00Yeah, you're right. I've got a stack of t...Yeah, you're right. I've got a stack of the Franklins, and it's what my brain defaults to when I think about silver coins...El Capitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-49828984549168880432013-08-26T21:54:55.919-04:002013-08-26T21:54:55.919-04:00Cappy, I'm sure you meant "silver Washing...Cappy, I'm sure you meant "silver Washington quarters," unless you've been living in a parallel universe. <br /><br />The Franklin half (silver) was replaced in 1964 by the Kennedy half (also silver) - the Kennedy half's silver content was sharply reduced in 1965 and eliminated entirely a few years later. Now you never see halves in circulation, dang it.Elissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299361897381169534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-38396610007311331332013-08-26T21:52:09.918-04:002013-08-26T21:52:09.918-04:00Wheat pennies. Before my time, but my paternal gr...Wheat pennies. Before my time, but my paternal grandmother had a Tootsie Roll bank filled with them. Even more cool were the 1934 series $5.00 silver certificates that she had hung on to. <br /><br />Andysubpoppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00207396528219631976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-34912836028408982602013-08-26T15:18:08.886-04:002013-08-26T15:18:08.886-04:00The ubiquitous 1965 Washington quarter. Every han...The ubiquitous 1965 Washington quarter. Every handful of change could be counted on for a couple. I didn't learn until much later they made so doggone many because they'd pulled all the silver Franklin quarters out of circulation.<br /><br />As a kid, I pulled all the wheat pennies I could find and kept them separate. Probably used 'em to buy a loaf of bread or something.<br /><br />I also liked the hubcap-sized Eisenhower dollar with the eagle landing on the moon on the reverse.El Capitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-16307532806090328992013-08-26T08:48:56.903-04:002013-08-26T08:48:56.903-04:00Mercury dimes. As a kid, I thought that Mercury, w...Mercury dimes. As a kid, I thought that Mercury, with his nifty hat, was many times cooler than FDR. I also remember the very occasional steel penny.<br /><br />SlashAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-34780883282302046392013-08-25T17:41:11.999-04:002013-08-25T17:41:11.999-04:00For me, it was the fifty cent pieces, especially t...For me, it was the fifty cent pieces, especially the Bi-centennial edition.<br /><br />I do have an Indian Head nickel that I got in pocket change about ten years back. Too bad it wasn't Two hundred years old... we could say it was its BISONTENNIAL celebration.T1Ghttp://beerbrains.comnoreply@blogger.com