I remember it like it was yesterday, the first time I got a 90% silver half dollar. It was my 12th birthday party and I was busy with my friends. At that time I was more worried about my friends than my Nana and Papa. My Papa hung out with us the entire time, of course he took a few naps on the back porch from time to time. In fact in the Picture I think he was enjoying a quick nap. He was there till the end of the party and thats when we had the talk, he said very softly, hey come here and let me show you something. at that point he pulled a 1964 half dollar out of his pocket and said, how much is this worth, I said come on Papa can you not see it? it says 50cents right there on the coin. (the entire time I was thinking great now his memory is gone). He said your right this coin is worth 50 cents but what if I told you it was actually worth $8.50. Sitting there thinking to myself this man has lost his mind it clearly says 50 cents on the coin and thats when he dropped it on me and told me that 90% of the metal content was silver and silver was worth way more than the face amount of the coin.
So at this point he had my attention, He told me that any coinage beside pennies and nickels that where made before 1965 contain 90% silver and where worth way more than their face value. Then he handed it to me and said Happy Birthday always try to find more. Now this half dollar stayed with me and in my mind every day and over the next few years I was able to find some more just by going through my moms pocket book. Now My dad is a stacker and he has help me a lot with my stack But my Papa helped me understand why it is important to have silver.
So As much as my dad 
P.s. He just woke up from a nap in this last picture as well.
Thank You for reading.
