scaupus
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I spent some time in Miami this weekend, I came to realize that we have a lot of really neat architecture down here from the 1920's and 30's. In the 20's it was Bungalows, Moorish (Opalocka) and Mediterranean, Spanish, and Spanish Mission fantasy stuff in eccentric combinations here in s. florida http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v222/Scaup/Sites - Tour Historic/, then in the 30's you see the Moderne, Streamlined and Art Deco.
I remember my mother gave me a change purse when I was little, in the late 1950's, and I used it. Maybe you can remember those oval rubbery things with the slit down the middle, they were very popular as advertising novelties at the tail end of the coin purse era, I was probably around 10 when those came out. I remember as a kid when I overfilled that thing and was appalled to find later there were coins missing from it. The thing is, folks were more careful with coins back then. I could buy a 6oz coke for a nickel, or a bag of chips.
Despited the care taken by myself and others in the old silver days, folks did lose coins, we probably lost more silver coins in the 50's and 60's with all the affluence and inflation and everyone having a car (dropping coins as keys pulled from pockets), than in all the rest of American history combined. This weekend I added 3 more Mercury dimes and one more sterling ring to my silver collection. It's always a thrill to see silver glowing through the dirt, isn't it? I also found a Happy Face, an Oldsmobile Royale hood badge, and 2 wheaties. Not pictured are $10.19 in clads and copper memorials, and about 21 ounces of copper and copper alloy scrap metal. Grand total value of found objects: about $25 or a bit more. What I learned about my city and its people and history...well, not sure it was priceless, but certainly worth the effort.
The British coin is a worthless new pence, demonetized.
I remember my mother gave me a change purse when I was little, in the late 1950's, and I used it. Maybe you can remember those oval rubbery things with the slit down the middle, they were very popular as advertising novelties at the tail end of the coin purse era, I was probably around 10 when those came out. I remember as a kid when I overfilled that thing and was appalled to find later there were coins missing from it. The thing is, folks were more careful with coins back then. I could buy a 6oz coke for a nickel, or a bag of chips.
Despited the care taken by myself and others in the old silver days, folks did lose coins, we probably lost more silver coins in the 50's and 60's with all the affluence and inflation and everyone having a car (dropping coins as keys pulled from pockets), than in all the rest of American history combined. This weekend I added 3 more Mercury dimes and one more sterling ring to my silver collection. It's always a thrill to see silver glowing through the dirt, isn't it? I also found a Happy Face, an Oldsmobile Royale hood badge, and 2 wheaties. Not pictured are $10.19 in clads and copper memorials, and about 21 ounces of copper and copper alloy scrap metal. Grand total value of found objects: about $25 or a bit more. What I learned about my city and its people and history...well, not sure it was priceless, but certainly worth the effort.
The British coin is a worthless new pence, demonetized.
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