Collection of Foreign Currency

This is the collection of foreign currency that was gifted to my niece.  I collected the currency from England and Switzerland myself and the ones from Mexico and China came from a dear friend who travels with his job, and the one from Saudi Arabia with the photo of Saddam Hussein was given to me by my husband's uncle who served in the U.S. Air Force.  The others were collected from various other places including my friend, Ebay.

Leandra & Marissa

Sharing

Over the years I've collected many things and in the process have gathered lots of STUFF!  So when I learned my two nieces were coming to visit over the Christmas holiday, I thought it was time to share some of my treasures.  So after all the gifts were opened and all the dishes were cleaned from lunch, I told them that they could choose 3 items from anywhere in my home that they would like to have for themselves and from their list of 3, I would decide which item they could have. I was quite surprised when my oldest niece, Leandra found some dust covered frames under my bed that were holding, you guessed it... a collection of foreign money, both paper and coins. And, oh my goodness...she added it to her list!  Knowing how much time and effort went into that collection, it took a little time to decide if that would be the item she could take.  The framed coins contained some old ones from when my husband's grandfather was in WWII, so we decided to keep the coins, But once I discovered that she would be hanging the other frames on the bare walls of her apartment, it was easy to let the collection go.  I will be glad that she is enjoying it and that it's not hiding anymore, covered in dust and left ignored.