Hey, guys!.....I don't want to mess this thread up......but......I just thought of this!...Coin related! I think a big part of what got me started collecting coins were all the coins that my uncles gave me when I was a kid that they picked up during WWII.
I have binders filled with them. European, Chinese, Philippines, Japanese, North African, etc.......the best collection that I have of WWII coins was collected by my father-in-law. He was a merchant Marine and he was a coin collector. I have so many MS grade coins that he picked up in Peru, Chile, and Australia..... The Lovely Mrs. Hydrants Dad. What a nice guy he was.......He lost two fingers off his right hand when his ship was torpedoed off Australia!..... A wonderful man......R.I.P.
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Hey, guys!.....I don't want to mess this thread up......but......I just thought of this!...Coin related! I think a big part of what got me started collecting coins were all the coins that my uncles gave me when I was a kid that they picked up during WWII.
I have binders filled with them. European, Chinese, Philippines, Japanese, North African, etc.......the best collection that I have of WWII coins was collected by my father-in-law. He was a merchant Marine and he was a coin collector. I have so many MS grade coins that he picked up in Peru, Chile, and Australia..... The Lovely Mrs. Hydrants Dad. What a nice guy he was.......He lost two fingers off his right hand when his ship was torpedoed off Australia!..... A wonderful man......R.I.P.
Beautiful Story.
lol. My Father-in-Law too, was also a Merchant Marine. lol.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.
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Awesome, in the trenches too!
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.Navy
Marines: Son is 2nd from the right, current.
Marines: Me, last century.
fka renman95, Sep 2005, 7,000 posts
Hey, guys!.....I don't want to mess this thread up......but......I just thought of this!...Coin related! I think a big part of what got me started collecting coins were all the coins that my uncles gave me when I was a kid that they picked up during WWII.
I have binders filled with them. European, Chinese, Philippines, Japanese, North African, etc.......the best collection that I have of WWII coins was collected by my father-in-law. He was a merchant Marine and he was a coin collector. I have so many MS grade coins that he picked up in Peru, Chile, and Australia..... The Lovely Mrs. Hydrants Dad. What a nice guy he was.......He lost two fingers off his right hand when his ship was torpedoed off Australia!..... A wonderful man......R.I.P.
Beautiful Story.
lol. My Father-in-Law too, was also a Merchant Marine. lol.
"Jesus died for you and for me, Thank you,Jesus"!!!
--- If it should happen I die and leave this world and you want to remember me. Please only remember my opening Sig Line.