A numismatic and sentimental gift for my sister
lordmarcovan
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When we were kids, we lived in Tanzania in 1972 and The Bahamas in 1974.
I added these two coins to my collection a few years ago, for purely sentimental reasons. Though each of them is worth less than five dollars numismatically, I spent nearly fifty dollars apiece to have them certified, just so I could add them to my (slabbed) collection.
Each of these coins is from the same year we lived in those countries.
For my birthday last December, my sister Elizabeth began building me a website, which was the best gift she could have given me. (As of this writing, that is still only in the earliest phase of development, if only because I have not yet gotten around to my share of the work.)
As a token of gratitude, I bought a fancy presentation box for the two slabbed coins, printed and laminated a little sign to go inside, and passed them on to her.
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.
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Cool coins and presentation.
When I was a kid, I lived in the Marshall Islands.
Marshall Island coins are worthless “collectibles.” But I have a couple anyway. (We used USD at that time.)
Went to Italy at the age of ten to visit my grandmother with my Mom and stayed there for three months. Nonna gave me a 2 lira from 1923, a very common date but a wonderment to a ten year old. Still collect Italian as my main collection and also sold the Meduno Collection of Italian Provas a couple years ago. Meduno being the small town that my parents came from in northern Italy.
You guys had much more interesting childhoods than I did.
Really neat gift LM!
Wasn’t always easy. In the Bahamas, we were a family of four, with one one on the way, living aboard a 40’ trimaran sailboat. Money was tight and so was our living space. And constantly moving around during my formative years was challenging.
BUT… having had those experiences and adventures as a kid, I’m definitely glad I did.
Years later, after we grew up, Mom tried to apologize for us having such a gypsy childhood.
“What, are you kidding me?” I replied. “I wouldn’t trade it for anything now, in hindsight.”
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.