I was visiting my aunt in Calgary a few years ago and went into a drug store to mail something to myself that I didn't want to carry through customs (bulky). After the postal clerk explained something about a Canadian coin that was kind of rare in my coin purse, it turned out the guy collects the U.S. quarters. So I pulled out that coin purse and I think we were able to exchange six or seven that he didn't have. Who knew? I'm missing a couple from the states still, and I've just been noticing the parks or territories quarters, but don't have a book for those yet. I have two books, for two children. And every so often one of them comes up with "Have you seen this new one yet, Mom?" as they hand me a clean coin. Now we just have to work on getting them to hand me bills in large denominations. . .

I had a bunch of silver certificates and old currency from a great aunt's house that I sold on eBay. I didn't have enough for a collection, I wasn't interested in starting a collection, so I sold them. All of them, even the older more worn bills, went for more than face value. Some went for considerably more than face value (usually the consecutive uncirculated bills). I have a bunch of old coins to do next.

SRS