How Uncover Pre-1964 Silver Coins For Face Cost!
Like most boys who get involved in coin collecting, my collection started out as an accumulation of Lincoln Cents. They were readily available, and the fact that there had recently been a design change ("Wheaties" were still common, and the Lincoln Memorial Cents were making their way into circulation) made "pennies" interesting. My father carried a Peace Dollar with him everywhere he went, and the simple design burned itself into my mind as an exemplar of beautiful coinage. But it wasn't until I began work on the Coin Collecting Merit Badge in Boy Scouts that I encountered my first Walking [...]