>>13641672I've been collecting coins off and on over the years, especially when working for tips. Though the majority of my employed life was post 2008 collapse. I heard tales of changing out tip jars multiple times a day, and getting slipped fifties or hundreds. Those times did not return. Some of my tips contained actual silver coinage. And yet it never occurred to me to think of it as money itself. It was collectible, valuable because someone else wanted it. That was and mostly still is how I value various collectibles.
Thanks to my gramps, who noted my interest in old coins and got me started collecting, I have a foot in the door for silver and money of actual worth.
Days are coming when nobody will want paper dollars.
