Coin Stories can appear in the strangest places ...
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I was recently going through some family memorabilia and came across a clipping from the January, 1952 edition of the "Inside News", an employee publication of the Chicago Transit Authority. The reason this clipping had been saved was that it featured a photo of my grandfather with a group of fellow bowlers who had just won a league trophy. I flipped the clipping over and read a story on the back side ... it concerned the finding of a Booker T. Washington Half Dollar in change. The employee who found the coin thought it was unusual enough to report the story.
All glory is fleeting.
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Imagine finding one today in change.... heck, we do not even see Kennedy halves in change now...Cheers, RickO
When I was about six years old, I'd get candy at a gas station right next to my elementary school a few times a week. The owner of the place was very friendly older guy, and knew each of us on sight by name.
One day, I got a few pennies in change from my purchase. I got upset. " Mr. (I forget his last name)," I don't think this penny is real. It doesn't have Mr. Lincoln on it."
He looked at it, smiled, and replied, "Jeff, it's okay. It's a real penny, it's just very old."
I took him at his word and kept it. It was the first Indian Head Cent I ever saw.
"Seu cabra da peste,
"Sou Mangueira......."