I sent a coin to someone famous and they wrote me back! UPDATE almost a year later...(in first post

notlogical

Does anybody else feel like a coin can be a good luck piece? I do. I kind of think coins from the year your born are lucky. So I sent a cent I found from the year Bill Callahan, the head coach at Nebraska, was born and sent it to him. I met him once and he was really nice and he has had a lot of mean things said about him this year. So I felt bad for him and wanted him to know I liked him and was glad he was our coach. So I looked up when he was born, found a nice (AU) lincoln cent (it was kind of rose/purplish toned) in a bunch of old cents my grandpa had saved in a old sock, put it in a air-tite (I didn't want him to mix it up with his change, and sent it to him a week ago friday for good luck with a letter telling him I was glad he is our coach.

Yesterday I got a letter from him thanking me for the coin and all the trouble I went to to think of him. And said he was going to carry it with him for good luck! It really made me feel good! He also sent me a autographed picture and a autographed press guide. I was really surprised! I wasn't expecting to hear back from him and I really didn't think he would send me something. PLUS the Huskers won!!!! I can't help but wonder if my penny helped!!!

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UPDATE (september 1 2006)

This morning my Dad took me to the "Big Red Breakfast" and coach Callahan was there. After we ate breakfast he gave a speech and stuff. After that my Dad and me went up to him. I was really nervous but my Dad had me ask him if he remembered getting a lucky penny in the mail and he smiled really big and said, "Was that you that sent that too me? I still have it and I believe in things like that." I was so happy. He was really nice and it made me feel good all over again for sending it too him last year.

LucyBop

groooovy story!

coinlieutenant

That is a good story!! Stuff like that gets noticed...you always dont know that it is noticed, but what goes around, comes around...and not just the bad stuff.

INXS

Samuel, you are a son that every parent wishes they had. I commend your parents for the upbringing that they provide and you for knowing the difference between right and wrong.


I bet the penny did help!

notlogical

DenverDave

I'm a Buff's Fan..."-) but got to love a class act...

notlogical

GTOster

Paul

BAJJERFAN

Did you "DIP" the thing in Callahan Creek? I notice there is a road sign for that creek on I-80 about 15 miles east a Lincoln.

Smittys

You the "Man" Way to go..

MAD4MORGANS

Great story!!

Now, I'll have to follow the Huskers to see how they do!!

pharmer

Samuel, that's a neat story, and he is surely held in higher regard now after what his team did to CU yesterday.

BAJJERFAN

Iowa State did the same thing to CU. Where did they go wrong so fast?

FatMan

Thats pretty cool. Good for you.

BTW, Samuel I'm kinda famous (in my own mind). Will you send me coin? I'll write you back too.

MadMonk

that's great!

XpipedreamR

Cool

JrGMan2004

You never know what will come from random acts of kindness

CoinHusker

<< <i>Samuel, you are a son that every parent wishes they had. I commend your parents for the upbringing that they provide and you for knowing the difference between right and wrong.


I bet the penny did help! >>





thanks for the kind words! He is a great kid.

Shamika

Oh no, not another Husker fan!

TommyB

He's got to be nice to everybody, because he will probably be needing a job pretty soon. We even beat Nebraska this year.

TB

mgoodm3

nice story.

lathmach

That's really neat notlogical.
You should try doing that again. Hint hint.
You know something, I'm quite famous here at least locally. Hint hint.
I'd really enjoy getting a U.S. Cent from my birth year as a gift. Hint hint.
I was born in 1793, BTW.

Ray

markglicker

Great story.

fc

nice story!

Man

That's a nice story and you're cool for doing that.

I wonder if that would that work for the Jets coach.

kryptonitecomics

Congratulations.....is always nice to hear a positive story for a change around here as opposed to the who screwed who threads......nice work!

notlogical

<< <i>That's really neat notlogical.
You should try doing that again. Hint hint.
You know something, I'm quite famous here at least locally. Hint hint.
I'd really enjoy getting a U.S. Cent from my birth year as a gift. Hint hint.
I was born in 1793, BTW.

Ray >>






BTW, Samuel I'm kinda famous (in my own mind). Will you send me coin? I'll write you back too. >>





Sorry, but I think finding a lucky penny in a old sock only works for Husker head coaches.

Hadleydog

Cool story, notlogical.

pursuitofliberty

Samuel, great story ... what a KEWL thing to do!!


... ohh, and yes, I too believe that coins can be a good luck charm ... have believed it from the time I was about your age ... and still believe it today many years later

michael

great idea............................ i am glad he wrote you back

Coinhusker1

Well, that coin may have worked like a charm for Callahan's luck!!

Because NU crushed Colorado 30-3 yesterday, they are now 7-4, and may have salvaged a respectable season.

notlogical

<< <i>Samuel, great story ... what a KEWL thing to do!!


... ohh, and yes, I too believe that coins can be a good luck charm ... have believed it from the time I was about your age ... and still believe it today many years later >>





Thanks! I know I'm only a kid but i hope it made him feel better and know that at least one person likes him and is glad he's our coach. I don't Think any body likes to get picked on and told their dumb and stupid even if their grown up. I think it still hurts. My Dad says, "Hurt people hurt people" but it still hurts to be made fun of so I hope my letter and that penny made him feel better and brings him lots of luck.

CoinHusker

<< <i>Did you "DIP" the thing in Callahan Creek? I notice there is a road sign for that creek on I-80 about 15 miles east a Lincoln. >>




I drive between Omaha and Lincoln all the time and never even noticed Callahan Creek. I must be too busy trying not to get crushed between 2 semi's to notice it before.

oldcameoproofsguy

Good story, but I graduated from the University of Colorado.

notlogical

Well, they sure have beaten us enough lately.

notlogical

for my update.

robertpr

Louis

MrKelso

coinguy1

Nice update, Samuel.

keez

Great story and update. Thanks for posting it. Heartwarming.

mach19

Fantastic story, Alway's been a husker fan. Just don't start throwing oranges just yet!

notlogical

<< <i>Nice update, Samuel. >>




Thanks every body!

Moose1913

Great story and another reason why I love college football. It almost makes me feel bad for my Buccaneers rolling all over Callahan in Super Bowl XXXVII. Almost.

Shamika