
“Black birds tend to like shiny things.” ~ The Bloody Raven
A quick post!
To battle my anxiety and other inner demons, I dust off a shiny coin that bought me back to my carefree little pirate days. In a nutshell, my father shared with me from his coin collection. While he let me play pirate with most of his circulated raw coins, this is one of some coins he held back from my careless abandoned handling as evidenced by the lack of chocolate coin finger prints on the cardboard flip.

Even today, I never understood why he picked this date coin. With a mintage of 5,884,000 not including those from the two other New Orleans & San Francisco mints, it’s not a low mintage year. Nor an error coin in any form. And looks like a strong EF grade at worst or weak AU by my unprofessional grading qualifications.
I recall him mentioned buying it from a friend in Seattle and not from a coin shop lingering back in my vague memories. Vague, as in not really paying attention, so whatever the reason, it was important. My first guess that it was a birthday, but whom in the family tree?

It was perhaps a mistake to throw out the handful of business cards that were tucked in haphazard under his collection case. A regrettable decision on my part as it would give me a hint to this coin’s pedigree if it had one.
What counts is that it is one he cherished, and the strong bonds that formed between us by sharing his passion. A coin I’ve classified as NSF, Not For Sale!
Now my "Power Up!"
Why do I continue to participate when I no longer qualify for the amazing fabulous prizes and unbridled glory? To keep encouraging my readers to focus on building their accounts and that every Hive counts over the long term!

100 Hive freshly staked. Mission accomplished!
Are you #threading yet?
Adding another 100 Hive tokens to my crypto Stack for the big coming Storm!

Thank you @traciyork, @hivebuz and a cast of generous contributors for this fun initiative of #hivepowerupday and #HivePUD. Even though I have crossed beyond the 8000 HP threshold in terms of eligibility I can still enjoy a bit of fun and participate.
References
Sources
In memory of my Father, the original source of my Stacking inspiration.
50g 0.999 FS Silver Raven made by 'Silver to Burn'
Cameo Raven Broach from The Black Wardrobe




