1891

This coin, which bears the date 1891, is something I truly treasure. I don't know for sure why I love the heavy piece of silver money, but I do.

Maybe it is because I wonder where it has been, whose palms it had crossed when it was still active currency. If the 114 year old coin could talk, I bet it'd tell some interesting stories. I wonder if it wound up in the dying remnants of the Old West, perhaps won over a poker table or given to a 'lady of the night.' Or maybe it belonged to a hoity-toity politician before falling into my family's clutches.

I like the cold weight of it in my hand as I ponder about the coin's possible beginnings and where it will end up long after I'm gone.