I expect it is a fairly common occurance/experience that soon after you start collecting coins the other
members of your family start thinking that you are
bit weird for getting excited over a little disc of metal that you can't spend. And then either because of their love for you or taking the opportunity to clean out some old
tat (or both) they hand over an small tin/pouch/money bag of old coins, collected by someone else in the family during their lifetime of travels. Mostly they will be worn victorian penny's (or other coins of a similar age depending on where you live) and only worth keeping for playing poker or 21 at
Christmas but occasionally the odd little
gem sneaks in. This is a nice little George III sixpence which was given to me by my father but originally collected by one of my great uncles.
