Willie Terrazas: Collecting Coins and a Lifetime of Memories
At the age of 10, a young El Pasoan by the name of Willie Terrazas would receive the occasional odd coin from his mother or grandmother. These were coins found in regular commerce. An example of an odd coin find would have been a Buffalo nickel. As with most young children, he often would spend it as part of an allowance. Back then, a nickel could buy a lot of different things a young boy might want.
Willie’s mom worked at the local Piggly Wiggly market. As a cashier, she had access to a lot of day-to-day transactions. One
