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A good friend passes - Brad Swain
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I received this on my I-phone when I woke up this morning:
Dan:
It is with deep regret that I tell you Brad has passed away....would you please post this for me....I don't know how. I am his fiancee LeeAnn. He loved coins, helping people with the hobby, buying and selling....he gave so much to the entire world. We will greatly miss him.
Kind Regards,
LeeAnn Smith
Dan:
It is with deep regret that I tell you Brad has passed away....would you please post this for me....I don't know how. I am his fiancee LeeAnn. He loved coins, helping people with the hobby, buying and selling....he gave so much to the entire world. We will greatly miss him.
Kind Regards,
LeeAnn Smith
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Although I knew he was suffering from cancer and unwell this news still has came as a shock to me.
My thoughts and prayers are with him, his family and friends.
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Too many here lately, and far too soon.
I'll always remember Brad nailing the ID of that Netherlands dime in my contest ........... in about 5 milliseconds.
Brad was a true Darkside Original™.
I mean no disrespect, but there is a chuckle in the initial post thread. Check out OchoReales post responding to Brad's initial post about his illness. Commiserates with him, says he has lung cancer, then asks if he has any coins. A true collector.
http://www.allexperts.com/ep/2297-21130/Coin-Collecting/Brad-Swain.htm
He will be missed by all those whom he helped and shared his knowledge with-such contributions speak volumes for the collector has was and the collector we should all aspire to be-
My sincere sympathy to Brad's family
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<< <i>That is very sad, I wish his fiancee well.
I mean no disrespect, but there is a chuckle in the initial post thread. Check out OchoReales post responding to Brad's initial post about his illness. Commiserates with him, says he has lung cancer, then asks if he has any coins. A true collector. >>
Actually, I was responding to Brad's decision to sell his collection, hoping to possibly help ( if he had something that fit my collecting parameters). I hope no offense was taken by any on the Forum as I certainly was not looking to solicit a dying Forumite. My condolensces Brad's family and fiancee as well
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his communications here.
Our condolences to his family and friends; the world needs more Brads, not fewer....
It's just that I got my PCGS grades.
Great guy. He bought some modern Philippine bank rolls from me back in 2006. He'll be missed.
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Sympathies to his family and friends.
I'll second that.
A very classy guy. I was greatly impressed with the way he handled his situation and
his communications here.
I'll second that too. I've read pretty much all of Brad's recent posts referring to his condition, and I was impressed by the humour and the class he could find, in these moments. There was much more than numismatic knowledge that set him apart.
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Concolences to the family and friends!
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Brad's knowledge and friendly attitude will be deeply missed.
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He was the quickest coin ID on the boards. Somebody could post a "what's this coin?" thread, and he'd nail it, within mere minutes of it being posted. Oftentimes I'd type up a reply to one of these threads, and by the my answer posted, Brad had already done the full ID. I used to have this mental image of him in Western gunslinger attire, with Krause catalogs holstered on each hip.
Yep, ol' Brad was Quick Draw McGraw when it came to coin ID.
Wayne/"newbiecollector" was probably my closest forum buddy amongst those who've passed on, but I'll keenly miss Brad, too.
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<< <i>What I remember most about Brad Swain:
He was the quickest coin ID on the boards. Somebody could post a "what's this coin?" thread, and he'd nail it, within mere minutes of it being posted. Oftentimes I'd type up a reply to one of these threads, and by the my answer posted, Brad had already done the full ID. I used to have this mental image of him in Western gunslinger attire, with Krause catalogs holstered on each hip.
Yep, ol' Brad was Quick Draw McGraw when it came to coin ID.
Wayne/"newbiecollector" was probably my closest forum buddy amongst those who've passed on, but I'll keenly miss Brad, too.
I always thought I was pretty good at ID'ing but I rarely even try here since
there are several far better than I and Brad was among the best and the fastest.
Cathy