雷的硬币和邮票 - 硬币收集的遗产

2024年11月22日，我收到了有关硬币文章的第一封信。发送这封信的善良绅士给了我我收藏中最古老的硬币。

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.

一位名叫塞缪尔·卡里（Samuel Cary）的善良绅士一直在与当地报纸分享他对硬币收集的热情，他的文章感动了许多读者的生活。最近，一位读者花了一些时间给塞缪尔（Samuel）和他最古老的硬币发送了一封信，包括一只飞鹰竹enny（Flying Eagle Penny），1909年的麦角（1909年的小麦佳肴，状况良好，还有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.

这位绅士还要求塞缪尔（Samuel）写一篇有关雷蒙德·罗斯（Raymond Rose）的硬币店“雷的硬币和邮票”的文章。他提到雷蒙德是他的硬币收集导师，并教他收集我们的硬币。

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.

塞缪尔（Samuel）与雷蒙德（Raymond）的儿子克雷格·罗斯（Craig Rose）先生联系，后者为他提供了一些有趣的细节，这些细节以及他自己的外国硬币收集的旅程。

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·罗斯（Raymond Rose）一直喜欢通过口袋换钱，寻找价值超过面值的硬币。在1959年至1960年的年里，罗斯先生开始更加认真地进入硬币。他会去银行，拿一袋硬币，搜索袋子寻找有价值的硬币，然后退还它们，然后重复该过程。

“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.

“小时候，我记得爸爸要去银行买一袋硬币，然后把它们带回家，我们坐在厨房的桌子旁，寻找难以捉摸的日期来填补旧的惠特曼蓝色硬币夹，”罗斯在电子邮件给塞缪尔的电子邮件中说。

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年左右开设了硬币店。在拥有硬币店时，他还为铁路工作了夜班。他睡了几个小时后，他会去商店工作直到关闭时间。

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.

美国硬币是雷蒙德（Raymond）的主要兴趣，但作为硬币店老板，他也需要愿意购买外国硬币。雷拥有1907年的圣高登斯高浮雕金双鹰。塞缪尔（Samuel）抬起头，发现一个价格为119,000美元！他还帮助购买了1895年的摩根摩根银币作为博物馆。

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·罗斯（Craig Rose）先生还分享了他的二十岁，父亲告诉他，他需要开始投资硬币。他购买了一些摩根银币和一些金币，但直到父亲提出外国硬币收集之前，仍然不感兴趣。

“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.

“在一次旅行中去奥马哈的一场硬币表演的途中，他在我的家中参观林肯，问我：'您想成为外国硬币收藏家吗？'，他递给我一杯咖啡大约三分之一的垃圾外国硬币（垃圾外来硬币）（这些收藏中的垃圾）（出现在集合中），然后大硬币与我一起融为一体。

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.

当他和父亲一起去一些硬币表演时，他找到了一个正在出售一些古老硬币的经销商。克雷格（Craig）买了一款廉价的1,800年的硬币，他不禁想到谁可以拿着硬币。现在，克雷格（Craig）用外国硬币交易，并在外交部工作进行遗产拍卖。

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）的硬币店从1972年至2007年开展业务。如果您对这家硬币商店有任何回忆，可以将它们发送到samuelcary24@gmail.com。