When I was 17 and working in a drug store back in the early 90's, it was a Saturday morning and an older, foreign couple came in to buy a paper. At the time, the Saturday paper in upstate New York was 35 cents, so the man kinda tossed the 35 cents onto the counter. I have always kinda been into coins and such and I knew the sound right away; it was not "regular" money. Whatever he threw up there was silver. I put it in the register, trying not to show my excitement. When the line of customers was gone, I pulled the change back out and gave it a look: It was a Mercury head dime and a pre '65 quarter, which are both silver. Not worth a ton of cash, but definitely something cool. I kinda figured the story to be like this: Perhaps many, many years ago, one of couple had been to the U.S., spent some time there, took some money back with them, and kept it. So when they made it back many years later, they took that money with them. Of course, by this time, it's money not normally used in circulation. Regardless, I traded it out with change in my pocket and still have it today... smile.gif