Recently, I was considering what "tangible" items do I have that future people looking at my research could actually hold in their hands. I'm not talking about copies of documents, but actual items from the past. Since I don't have really any item from an ancestor, I thought of something that is possible to obtain, coins. That's right, United States coin currency. So, I thought about it, what years would I want to look for, and for how many ancestors would I attempt this? So, since I'm researching my family surname, ARNEY, I decided to concentrate on direct ancestors, as far back as I could trace and obtain, at a reasonable cost. I chose to concentrate on birth and death years, perhaps marriage years (if known). As far as my first ancestor to arrive in Tennessee, I went a little further, the year he went to the Cumberland area of Tennessee, and when specific Tennessee Counties formed, that he lived in, but the County borders, therefore names changed (ex. Smith County > Jackson County > Overton County), he died in Overton County, Tennessee.
I wasn't actually looking for "perfect" coins, and any specific denomination. I only looked for coins, of the years I needed, without regard to their actual condition, as long as they were readable and a low cost to me.
What do you think of this idea?
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