雷的硬幣和郵票 - 硬幣收集的遺產

2024年11月22日，我收到了有關硬幣文章的第一封信。發送這封信的善良紳士給了我我收藏中最古老的硬幣。

A kind gentleman named Samuel Cary has been sharing his passion for coin collecting with the local newspaper, and his articles have touched the lives of many readers. Recently, one reader took the time to send Samuel a letter and some of his oldest coins, including a flying eagle penny, a 1909 wheat penny in beautiful condition, and an 1835 large cent.

一位名叫塞繆爾·卡里（Samuel Cary）的善良紳士一直在與當地報紙分享他對硬幣收集的熱情，他的文章感動了許多讀者的生活。最近，一位讀者花了一些時間給塞繆爾（Samuel）和他最古老的硬幣發送了一封信，包括一隻飛鷹竹enny（Flying Eagle Penny），1909年的麥角（1909年的小麥佳餚，狀況良好，還有1835年）。

The gentleman also requested that Samuel write an article about Raymond Rose’s coin shop, “Ray’s Coins and Stamps”. He mentioned how Raymond was his coin collecting mentor and taught him about collecting U.S. coins.

這位紳士還要求塞繆爾（Samuel）寫一篇有關雷蒙德·羅斯（Raymond Rose）的硬幣店“雷的硬幣和郵票”的文章。他提到雷蒙德是他的硬幣收集導師，並教他收集我們的硬幣。

Samuel reached out to Raymond’s son, Mr. Craig Rose, who provided him with some interesting details about his father’s coin shop and his own journey into foreign coin collecting.

塞繆爾（Samuel）與雷蒙德（Raymond）的兒子克雷格·羅斯（Craig Rose）先生聯繫，後者為他提供了一些有趣的細節，這些細節以及他自己的外國硬幣收集的旅程。

Raymond Rose had always enjoyed looking through his pocket change for coins worth more than face value. During the years 1959-1960, Mr. Rose started getting into coins more seriously. He would go to the bank, get a bag of coins, search through the bag for valuable coins, then return them and repeat the process over again.

雷蒙德·羅斯（Raymond Rose）一直喜歡通過口袋換錢，尋找價值超過面值的硬幣。在1959年至1960年的年裡，羅斯先生開始更加認真地進入硬幣。他會去銀行，拿一袋硬幣，搜索袋子尋找有價值的硬幣，然後退還它們，然後再次重複該過程。

“As a kid in grade school, I remember dad going to the bank and buying a bag of coins and bringing them home where we would sit around the kitchen table and look for elusive dates to fill in the old Whitman blue coin folders,” stated Mr. Rose in his e-mail to Samuel.

“小時候，我記得爸爸要去銀行買一袋硬幣，然後把它們帶回家，我們坐在廚房的桌子旁，尋找難以捉摸的日期來填補舊的惠特曼藍色硬幣夾，”羅斯在電子郵件給塞繆爾的電子郵件中說。

Ray opened the coin shop around 1972. While he owned the coin shop, he also worked night shifts for the railroad. After he slept for a few hours, he would go to his shop and work until closing time.

雷在1972年左右開設了硬幣店。在擁有硬幣店時，他還為鐵路工作了夜班。他睡了幾個小時後，他會去商店工作直到關閉時間。

American coins were Raymond’s main interest, but as a coin shop owner, he needed to be open to buying foreign coins too. Ray owned a 1907 St. Gaudens high relief gold Double Eagle. Samuel looked it up and found one for $119,000! He also helped buy an 1895 proof Morgan silver dollar for a museum.

美國硬幣是雷蒙德（Raymond）的主要興趣，但作為硬幣店老闆，他也需要願意購買外國硬幣。雷擁有1907年的聖高登斯高浮雕金雙鷹。塞繆爾（Samuel）抬起頭，發現一個價格為119,000美元！他還幫助購買了1895年的摩根摩根銀幣作為博物館。

Mr. Craig Rose also shared how in his twenty’s, his father told him that he needed to start investing in coins. He bought some Morgan silver dollars and some gold coins but still wasn’t interested in collecting until his father brought up foreign coin collecting.

克雷格·羅斯（Craig Rose）先生還分享了他的二十歲，父親告訴他，他需要開始投資硬幣。他購買了一些摩根銀幣和一些金幣，但直到父親提出外國硬幣收集之前，仍然不感興趣。

“On his way to a coin show in Omaha on one trip, he stopped by my home to visit in Lincoln and ask me, ‘how would you like to become a foreign coin collector?’, and he handed me a coffee can about a third full of junk foreign coins (that had come in a collection) and big coin catalog to look them up in. I got hooked and started going to an occasional coin show with him,” Mr. Rose explained.

“在一次旅行中去奧馬哈的一場硬幣表演的途中，他在我的家中參觀林肯，問我：'您想成為外國硬幣收藏家嗎？'，他遞給我一杯咖啡大約三分之一的垃圾外國硬幣（垃圾外來硬幣）（這些收藏中的垃圾）（出現在集合中），然後大硬幣與我一起融為一體。

When he went to some coin shows with his father, he found a dealer that was selling some ancient coins. Craig bought a cheap 1,800-year-old coin and he couldn’t help thinking about who could have held that coin. Now Craig deals in foreign coins and works in the foreign department for Heritage Auctions.

當他和父親一起去一些硬幣表演時，他找到了一個正在出售一些古老硬幣的經銷商。克雷格（Craig）買了一款廉價的1,800年的硬幣，他不禁想到誰可以拿著硬幣。現在，克雷格（Craig）用外國硬幣交易，並在外交部工作進行遺產拍賣。

Raymond’s coin shop was in business from 1972-2007. If you have any memories of this coin shop, you can send them to samuelcary24@gmail.com.

雷蒙德（Raymond）的硬幣店從1972年至2007年開展業務。如果您對這家硬幣商店有任何回憶，可以將它們發送到samuelcary24@gmail.com。