My son-in-law, Jon, has become fascinated with coin collecting.
At the hobby shop he bought a number of coin collecting books that store either pennies, nickels, dimes or quarters in ascending years. The challenge is to fill all the slots which requires a lot of looking at the dates and cities of minting on many coins.
I was delighted to see his enthusiasm for this very old pastime and equally thrilled that he brought his supplies over to share the fun with his young brothers-in-law. He reconnected with an old friend who is an avid coin collector and who now has a very impressive collection of pure silver quarters. That fellow had begun to collect coins as a child and over many years his family members gave him coins that they thought he might appreciate, adding to his collection.
Although, while smiling in amazement, we gave him a little bit of grief over this old fashioned hobby, we were so grateful to see him enjoying this wonderful way to spend a morning in a family setting. Who could have foreseen this?!!!! To God be the Glory!
