A nickel towards a house

My dad, grandpa, uncle and cousin came to visit for two nights at the beginning of last week. My dad brought along with him an envelope from my 5-year-old sister, Lisa.

Lisa had heard that her big brother is buying a house (we're moving March 1st) and she knew that houses must cost a LOT of money. So, she made sure my dad brought with him this envelope to give to me.

There was no card or piece of paper inside the envelope. Just "to Joey from Lisa" scribbled on the outside of the envelope. Inside the envelope was a lone nickel. She told my dad that she wanted to give Joey some money to help pay for his house.

I'm keeping the 1999 Jefferson, along with the envelope it came in. After all, college is awfully expensive, Lisa will be 18 in 13 years, and you can't underestimate how far a nickel could go...