Challenge........
AUandAG
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Go into your safe, desk, coin space and pull a random coin and post it here. Tell us something about the coin, year, yourself, etc.
Should be fun and historical?
bob 
Picked this 1962 proof nickel (I don't collect nickels and have no idea why I kept this one).
In 1962 I was a sophmore in HS and in love with Linda (not the Linda I married). She didn't know who I was and probably never found out! I was enamored with looks and personality!
The Cuban missile crisis was in full swing with the Russians putting ICBMs in Cuba and President Kennedy blockading Cuba that eventually led to Russia removing them. The Cuban Blockade is what it was called. Castro was Cuba's President. A communist dictator that overthrew a capitalistic government led by Bastista. Cuba was a southern Miami with wonderful hotels, casinos and beaches. Then it became the "forbidden" land 90 miles south of Florida.
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46 years before I came around. One of the more important events that took place was the start of the Korean war.
Cost of Living in 1950:
Average Cost of new house - $8,450.00
Average wages per year - $3,210.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas - 18 cents
Average Cost of a new car - $1,510.00
Stromburg Black and White Television - $249.95
Ball Point Pen - 25 cents
Samsonite Case - $25.00
Clock Radio - $59.95
Average House Price - 1,940
Coincidence that you would note the Cuba crisis, AU. This is the only slabbed coin on my desk. Found it deep in a GC auction near where the errors are listed. Any space related coin at a reasonable price I am in for. This piece was about $50. Don't know what 10P is worth in Havana, but if it buys a couple cigars, all is good.
1980 was a difficult year as I had some potentially life ending health issues. When I gave up on the Docs and learned how to get healthy, my body grudgingly but determinedly recovered.
high relief token that has been sitting on my desk for over a year now.
bought out of coin club auction. I did not make a friend that night by winning this lot
3rd anniversary of Lafayette Masonic lodge in Seattle, some 95 years ago. Pretty cool when I put that in words
I have some wheat cents I find in change on a shelf next to where I sit at my computer.... I reached over and picked one up. It was this 1962 Lincoln cent.... In 1962 I was in the Navy... and dab smack in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis...While standing on the fantail, I spotted a periscope... then another and another... We were surrounded by three Russian submarines... Definitely a tense situation.... However, we prevailed. Cheers, RickO
Tense situation indeed!!
I had this in my desk drower
This is a dog show medal that was awarded at the 1926 Sesquicentennial celebration. The commemorative half dollar and quarter eagle were issued in connection with this event. I believe that it marked first time the an award was given at this show from a gray hound.