Hi Everyone,� I found these crazy miniature U.S. coins today while poking around in the ol' coin vault...� What else is there to do on a cold Sunday afternoon... Right???� Anyhow, from what I gathered is that were sold as a set and used as a novelty item to "emphasize" the inflation problem in America during the late 1970's through the early 1980's.�� So here we are again some 40 odd years later and these are right back in style!� Inflation surrounds us...Shrinking our U.S.� dollar...� My set includes an Indian Cent, Buffalo Nickel, Mercury Dime, Washington Quarter, Walking Liberty and a Eisenhower Dollar.� The Shield Cent is just for size comparison.� Aren't they tiny!� So appropriate to describe our monies value of today... � � haha � � Hope you enjoyed just reading a silly blog.� Comments are always welcomed!

Here's a fun little blast from the past blog!� I have been collecting these vintage coin saver bank folders back from the 50's and 60's.� At the time these were geared towards kids to teach them to save money.� (What a Great idea!)� haha��� This one I'm showing today features a squirrel and he's collecting "nuts" or what I would call "Mercury Dimes"...�� I wanted all of these dimes to be blast white just for the fun of it, but to my surprise while finished and sitting on a shelf I noticed that the dimes are starting to tone.� Well the top half of the dime that is...� Crazy!�� The part that is slid down in the pocket is still shiny silver.� Now I would have thought it would have been the opposite perhaps the cardboard having some chemical in it...� But no, the part of the dime not touching the cardboard toned.� Any thoughts on why this happened?� Another crazy thought...� This little folder holds 30 Mercury Dimes and when filled up you have saved $3.00!� Well back in the 50's that is! � haha���� Hope you enjoyed my blog!� Comments are welcomed.��� ; )

This isn't going to be the traditional blog about coinage...� Rather one about a movie I watched a few nights ago.� "The Good Marriage",� based on a short story and psychological thriller written by Stephen King.� It comes from the collection titled "Full Dark, No Stars".� The movie was released in October 2014.� Starring Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly and Stephen Lang.� Now if there's a Stephen King movie on, I'm all over it...� Scary, dark, mind-bending stories!� What's not to love!� The thing with this particular movie is that (and pleasantly to my surprise) it involves coins!� Well... and a Serial Killer!� As not to give too much of the plot away...� Darcy Anderson (Joan Allen) has been married to Bob (Anthony LaPaglia) an accountant from Portland, Maine, for 27 years. They have a happy yet ho-hum relationship, running a mail order business selling and appraising rare coins.� Darcy discovers her husband's sinister secret while he is away on a business trip... Yes for coins!� �A few months after Darcy's "discoveries", Bob is elated to find, yes find...can you imagine...He finds a rare 1955 Doubled Die Cent in miscellaneous change and the couple goes out to celebrate.� Now this is where I stop.� So at this point the movie might sound a bit corny, but did I mention Serial Killer early in my blog...�� ��Let's just say if you are a Stephen King fan and enjoy when coins play a part on the big screen then you might want to check this one out!

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