The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 51, December 16, 2007, Article 31

MERCURY DIME SET GIFT TOUCHES A FATHER'S HEART

[As the holidays approach, here is a touching story about a
son's numismatic gift to his father.  It was published today
in the Charlotte Observer.  Here are some excerpts.  -Editor]

Frank DeGeorge had no idea what his son down in Charlotte had
sent him for Christmas. A book of some kind, maybe.

Then he opened it, and it nearly took his breath... And he
thought: Steve remembered.

The memory came from more than 30 years ago, when Frank
DeGeorge had a wife and five kids and no money coming in.

He and his brother started a food brokerage, helping small
companies get their products on the shelves. But the business
couldn't get off the ground. Frank was staring at a dwindling
savings account and no money coming in.

He had to sell the Mercury dimes.

He hated to do it. He had collected coins his whole life.
Steve -- the middle child -- had caught the bug, too. They'd
go to the bank and swap a $5 bill for 10 rolls of pennies
and sift through them back home, looking for rare ones like
miners panning for gold.

The Mercury dimes were the jewels of Frank's collection...
The money fed his family and paid the bills for a few months.
Not long after that, the brokerage business picked up and the
DeGeorges had made it through their toughest times.

Steve, the son who loved coins, went to school and became a
lawyer. Eventually he moved to Charlotte, where he works for
the firm of Robinson, Bradshaw and Hinson.

A couple of years ago he was trying to figure out what to
get his dad for Christmas. Then it came to him.

To read the complete article, see:
http://www.charlotte.com/local/story/407122.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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