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debris4spike in photo_scavenger

Coin

My Dad had actually left school before WWII started, and although he only went to the "local" school he was taught to work with copper.

When my parents married, and they were waiting for the stork to arrive (!) they did a bit of travelling in Europe, and the odd coins leftover were put in Dad's copper pot ... since then a few other coins have been added and it is now full ... lots of travel memories for them.



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Posted on Jun. 11th, 2013 at 08:32 pm | | Leave a comment | 20 comments |

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shirebound

Dragon treasure!

That's a great way to store memories.
Posted on Jun. 11th, 2013 07:50 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

*g* - I love the idea of the dragon treasure!
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 05:19 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

brutti_ma_buoni

That's a lovely pot and a lot of memories.
Posted on Jun. 11th, 2013 08:09 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

It is special to him ... and me!
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 05:19 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

ysilme

What a lovely memory! And what treasures there must be, going back so far in time already.
Posted on Jun. 11th, 2013 08:42 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

It is good to just see a few old British coins in there as well - a lot of memories.
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 05:20 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

cairistiona7

What a fantastic little copper pot, and a great place for storing coins like those.
Posted on Jun. 11th, 2013 09:32 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

It is a great pot ... I should clean it more often!
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 05:20 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

curiouswombat

That's a beautiful little pot. I am rather taken with the flower-shaped coin near the front of the picture.
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 07:27 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

I will admit when I upended the pot for the photo I looked for that coin as it has always fascinated me as well.
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 05:21 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

suzy_74

It's fun to keep those coins and memories. That's real nice copper pot!

Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 10:13 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

Memories are so important, aren't they?
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 05:21 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

myrhiann

Your Dad's copper pot is beautiful, and what treasure trove it contains. There must be an interesting memory attached to every one of those coins.
Posted on Jun. 12th, 2013 06:28 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

It is great to see the pot ... and then when you peep inside, the interest increases.
Posted on Jun. 15th, 2013 06:03 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

bojojoti

I love copper--it's such a beautiful metal. Such a lovely copper pot!
Posted on Jun. 15th, 2013 03:13 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

Copper and brass are so "warm" looking, aren't they?
Posted on Jun. 15th, 2013 06:03 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

grey_wonderer

That is so very cool. All those memories of adventures. I love it.
Posted on Jun. 17th, 2013 03:49 am (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

There is so much "history" in that small pot.
Posted on Jun. 17th, 2013 04:49 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

spikereader

Such a beautifully rich colour on your dad's copper pot. And like with the stamps, I bet there are many coins in there for countries and currencies that no longer exist.
Posted on Jun. 17th, 2013 04:25 pm (UTC) | | Thread | Reply

debris4spike

Certainly the currencies have changed - as there are some old English coins in there from when I was a kid.

I really must go back and look at them all.
Posted on Jun. 17th, 2013 04:49 pm (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply