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Woman leaves $40,000 at Md. shrine for safekeeping
HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.
Operators of the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes near Emmitsburg thought they had been blessed with a big donation when a groundskeeper found the two plastic freezer bags filled with gold and silver while raking leaves.
But Shrine Director William Tronolone said the woman approached him after a noon Mass Sunday, six days after the discovery, to ask whether anyone had found some coins she had hidden beneath fallen leaves at the site on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University.
"I said, 'Why did you leave it there?' And she said, 'Well, I had to go away and I was afraid to leave it and I wanted the Blessed Mother to watch over it for me — and evidently she did because you found it,'" Tronolone said.
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HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) – A woman quietly left $40,000 worth of rare U.S. coins near a Catholic shrine for safekeeping so the Virgin Mary could watch over her life savings while she was out of town, and apparently it worked: The money was returned to her when she got back a week later.
Operators of the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes near Emmitsburg thought they had been blessed with a big donation when a groundskeeper found the two plastic freezer bags filled with gold and silver while raking leaves.
But Shrine Director William Tronolone said the woman approached him after a noon Mass Sunday, six days after the discovery, to ask whether anyone had found some coins she had hidden beneath fallen leaves at the site on the campus of Mount St. Mary's University.
"I said, 'Why did you leave it there?' And she said, 'Well, I had to go away and I was afraid to leave it and I wanted the Blessed Mother to watch over it for me — and evidently she did because you found it,'" Tronolone said.
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Me at the Springfield coin show:
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
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<< <i>I hate to be one of the "it's already been posted" people but. It's already been posted.
Hey, I've been away for a few days and didn't feel like looking through more than the past day's worth of posts to see if anyone else had found this item. So there.
60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
I hate to be one of the "it's already been posted" people but. It's already been posted; twice, this makes three.
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Hoard the keys.
Buying top quality Seated Dimes in Gem BU and Proof.
Buying great coins - monster eye appeal only.
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In memory of the USAF Security Forces lost: A1C Elizabeth N. Jacobson, 9/28/05; SSgt Brian McElroy, 1/22/06; TSgt Jason Norton, 1/22/06; A1C Lee Chavis, 10/14/06; SSgt John Self, 5/14/07; A1C Jason Nathan, 6/23/07; SSgt Travis Griffin, 4/3/08; 1Lt Joseph Helton, 9/8/09; SrA Nicholas J. Alden, 3/3/2011. God Bless them and all those who have lost loved ones in this war. I will never forget their loss.
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<< <i>I hate to be one of the "it's already been posted" people but. It's already been posted.
Hey, I've been away for a few days and didn't feel like looking through more than the past day's worth of posts to see if anyone else had found this item. So there. >>
It might be a good idea..so there ...so there!!!
Plus the story was even on AOL, so even the mouth breathers know by now.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."
Don't be so lazy.