Recently his firm began converting scrap silver, whether it is jewelry, flatware or old coins such as pre-1964 U.S. quarters into pure silver.

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Those old coins in the bottom of your attic trunk just got marvelously valuable, if two full-page ads in the NY Times today is any proof.

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For instance, a five-year-old must recognize different coins while a 13-year-old must create a budget, says Suzanne Harper, the Girl Scouts' director of program resources.

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So I can imagine some likely lads putting 2 and 2 together and deciding to try and collect as many of the old 1 Rs coins as they can.

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In 2002 euro notes and coins came in and the old paper currencies were phased out.

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Here, bottles of the 135-year-old hot sauce are the equivalent of ancient coins.

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Koetsu once sold his house to raise the money 30 gold coins for a particularly famous old tea caddy he yearned to buy.

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In days of old, money-strapped monarchs reduced the gold or silver content of their coins.

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Shijo Bridge, in front of you, might be the ground zero of Kyoto old and new: a monk is standing, stock-still, collecting coins, and the mountains to the north are blue in the dusk.

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Upstairs is old school, including vintage slot machines for those who still remember actually putting in coins and pulling levers.

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