I have so much shame @darrenclaxton , when mama turned over the house to me, it included her life long collection of coins, Silver Certificate $2 bills, a few Confederate paper bills, rolls of silver US quarters (25¢ coins) quite a lot of foreign coinage and one in particular, a silver 50 Piaster Turkish coin from 1908.
I loved that coin for much the same reasons you have put forth.
Alas, in my despair and growing addictions, I basically gave all those things away at face value, I got $2 for 2 dollar bills that were worth close to $20. $0.25 USD for silver quarters worth at least a dollar each...
Oh, if we could only turn back time

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