Balance is the Key

When I was a young teenager, the Federal government decided to take most of the Silver out of our coins instantly, all the old coins, which were solid silver were both much more than the new coins the government was minting. Individuals and businesses begin buying up the solid silver coins and, meetings gathered up as many solid silver coins as we could find.

I was especially in luck. My dad on the dairy queen, and he han brought home a pile of coins each night that I would have to roll up in paper rolls. I would carefully select out the solid silver coins with my dad's permission and then take them out to sell them.

I loved pulling open the heavy wooden door at the hardware store off the main street. The musty smells of old wood, furniture polish and oil would welcome me along with the friendly voice of Mr. Smalley saying " Hello, Son!" when Mr. Smalley Swami coming he would bring out a scale to way my coins. Used the old fashioned kind that had two trees on either side of a balance arm. Mr. Smalley loaded Mike coin on one tray, and then placed weights, one at a time on to the other tray.

I remember holding my breath with excitement when he had to keep pulling out more and more brass weights when he had to counterbalance all my coins.-Ray D. Strand

The bottom line for this anecdote is that balance is the key. Here weights are the anti-oxidants and the silver coin is the oxidative stress.