While I was teaching economics I built up quite a collection of coins and notes, but now I am decluttering I decided to take them along to the visiting man who buys old coins, jewelry, watches etc. Unfortunately there are no new young coin collectors out there willing to start with inferior goods, so even my 1883 penny with the young Victoria on it was passed over. (It is very worn)All he wanted was coins with silver in them. I think he got about 1.5g of silver, so I got about $40. This has been lodged in my Grandkids Uni fund, along with last year's tax refund. Paper notes it seems are pretty worthless. He wasn't even prepared to look at my stamp album.
I am taking all the NZ coins to the Reserve Bank when we are in Wellington, but I suspect I will only get a few dollars
Next box was a collection of cards for our engagement, wedding, birth of children and 21st. Nearly all of the senders are dead now.
Now onto the toys. I have three suitcases, and hope to reduce it to one. We rarely have children to visit now. This may take some time as there are special memories. Often the things which are worn or broken are the things the kids loved the most.
