I have a cousin who I think I talked out of buying sets of these coins as collectors items. Unfortunately he’s a schizophrenic, and is of the belief that he’s got a lot of money in coins he’s collected over the years. While he does have a handful of collectible coins (some indian head nickles, wheat pennies, and silver quarters and half dollars), they’re in such bad condition that there’s nothing special about them. The vast majority of his coins are simply worth face value. I’ve tried to convince him of the fact, including going to his house with a book on collectible coin values, but he accused me of trying to steal his coins from him, with a book that was supposed to rip him off. So I convinced him to let us simply document some of his coins, then go to a library to figure out their value. He did finally admit that his “coin collection” wasn’t worth what he thought it was, but I think that he still doesn’t believe that his coins aren’t worth a fortune... It’s hard to tell with him. As a defensive measure (from a mother and aunts who would “henpeck” the hell out of him) he tends to lie alot, telling people what he thinks they want to hear, so that they’ll leave him alone.
He honestly believed that by buying a few sets of those coins, he’d be “set for life.” I think I talked him out of it, but I don’t know for sure.
He did vote for Obama... His reason? “I’m voting for whoever’s going to give me free healthcare.”
Mark
I'm not trying to be mean, but history isn't your cousin's strong point. Give him an impartial history book outlining Hitler's free health care initiatives, particularly his actions towards the mentally ill.