Bought my girl a Peace dollar in trade...

[Hoot]

...for her letting me pull her tooth at the coin store!

 

She patiently sat waiting for me, all the while playing with a loose tooth. When i was purchasing my coins, she had me look at the tooth. It was quite loose and the dealer told her he'd buy it for a dollar if she let me pull it right then and there! She thought about it but with hands over mouth, refused. So, I upped the ante and told her I'd buy her her first silver dollar if she'd let me! With a tad of reluctance, she lowered her hands, opened her mouth, I reached in and PRESTO! out came the tooth! Blood everywhere! And 8 bucks later she had a nice looking VF Peace dollar! She's been happy with the entire event all day. When she asked me why she scored so good with the dollar, I simply said, "That's one thing a dad only gets to do once in a lifetime!"

 

Hoot

[spy88]

Hey, hoot! How old is this little numismatist? Shoulda told her that the tooth fairy sometimes leaves silver dollars under the pillow for good little girls who loose their teeth! Er...second thought, how many teeth do you loose during childhood anyway? Could get expensive!

 

David;)

[chrisfuccione]

Hopefuly this will make her want to start collecting. CHRIS

[jtryka]

It's a good thing you live in the land of the Big Sky, because in some states you could get arrested for pulling a stunt like that! Either way, it's a nice story and an experience she will likely treasure whenever she looks at that coin. I remember as a little kid, I would get Ike dollars from the tooth fairy whenever I lost a tooth.

[Wihlborg]

Hoot,

 

Aren’t little girls great? I have two, the first is 18 and the second is almost 8. Watching them grow up has given me some of the best memories and experiences of my life.

 

That moment the two of you shared pulling her tooth in the coin shop is worth far more than the eight dollars you spent on that peace dollar, in fact it’s priceless!

 

But than, I’m sure you already know that!

 

John

[Wihlborg]

I would get Ike dollars from the tooth fairy whenever I lost a tooth.

 

Jeff,

 

If my parents had given me an Ike dollar whenever I lost a tooth, I would have crazy glued them back in before they found out I had lost them!

 

John

[EVillageProwler]

Touching story, Mark. I'm sure that the blood unnerved you somewhat, since it is your little girl's blood!

 

Oh, and, *my* "girls" arf back at you!

 

EVP

[jtryka]

I would get Ike dollars from the tooth fairy whenever I lost a tooth.

 

Jeff,

 

If my parents had given me an Ike dollar whenever I lost a tooth, I would have crazy glued them back in before they found out I had lost them!

 

John

 

But John, you have to remember, back then it wasn't important that it was an Ike (they were still pumping them out by the millions) but that it was a dollar! Back then things were still cheap. They still had penny candy, candy bars were 20c, a box of Lemonheads was 10c and a bottle of grape Nehi was 35c, so that dollar went a long way towards the next tooth coming out!

[Wihlborg]

I was Just kidding Jeff!

 

I was a kid once too, and also remember how far a dollar went. Back than I wouldn’t have cared if the tooth fairy left me Sacagawea's!

 

John

[Hoot]

My little "numismatist" is a budding 12 years, or nearly so! She's just nuts about coins - well, maybe not nuts! Although she thinks I'm nuts. (Her most famous numismatic expression was, "Gosh dad, when you've seen one buffalo nickel, haven't you seen 'em all? ) It was a moment to long remember! Thanks for the replies.

 

Hoot

[Bruceswar]

My little "numismatist" is a budding 12 years, or nearly so! She's just nuts about coins - well, maybe not nuts! Although she thinks I'm nuts. (Her most famous numismatic expression was, "Gosh dad, when you've seen one buffalo nickel, haven't you seen 'em all? ) It was a moment to long remember! Thanks for the replies.

 

Hoot

 

 

That statment mentioned is a classic....