28 JANUARY 2023 WorldWide Drilling Resource® Mother arrived home from grocery shopping to witness two teenage boys running out of the front door carrying an entire drawer from the chest in my room. It was the one containing all of my prized specimens - over 100 coins housed in their own little cardboard and plastic cases. Six years of work, pouring over rolls of coins searching for rarities, studying and memorizing coin values, then all of my shrewd trading, gone. Worst of all was losing the Barber dime my mother had given me. I was devastated. The loss was so great I was never able to collect coins with any enthusiasm ever again. Oh, I continued my habit of keeping silver coins and the occasional wheat penny I found in circulation, but I stopped seeking them intentionally. I no longer traded or went to coin shows. Friendships with fellow coin collectors fell off. Most of all, I mourned the loss of the Barber dime. A Surprise Reunion - I moved on with other hobbies, interests, and activities; one of which was getting a job. I was working as a cashier in a hospital parking lot less than two miles from my home. Nearly two years after the burglary, my skill at spotting silver in a pile of copper-nickel coins was still strong. Then one day I saw the edge of a silver dime peeking out of the change drawer in my cash register. I pulled a clad dime out of my pocket and swapped it for the silver one. Then I looked at it. I couldn’t believe my eyes; it was my stolen Barber dime, the same year, with the same rare mint mark. It was slightly worse for wear, but it had to be same one; it was too rare to be any other. My dime came back to me, and that's what makes it lucky! Robert Robert is an innovation/change speaker, author, and consultant. He works with companies that want to be more competitive through innovation and with people who want to think more creatively. Contact him via e-mail to michele@worldwidedrillingresource.com Wilson Cont’d from page 26.
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