| Retiree completes coin collection
It must have been a slow news day in Searcy, Arkansas. Retiree completes coin collection Quote:
When Therlow Abbott's daughter, Diane Garrison, was given change after a purchase Dec. 31, one of the coins caught her attention. Soon she gave it to her father, and he was overjoyed.
Abbott had finally obtained the last of 50 commemorative quarters he had been collecting over the last nine years, each minted in honor of one of the United States of America.
It made me feel good because it completed my collection, Abbott said.
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Collecting coins is not something Abbott would ordinarily have done, he said.
I'm not a collector, Abbott said. I just happen to have this gadget I got for a Christmas present and I just stayed with it until I got it finished. I wanted to see if I could do that and I made it.
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Abbott feels the quarters, with a face value of $12.50 and a value to collectors of more, have a sentimental value for him.
They're probably worth some money, but I'm not sure how much, Abbott said, saying he wouldn't sell his collection.
| This guy would be very disappointed if he tried to sell his collection. Get a load of how he places his coins in his board: Quote:
The last quarter he got was, appropriately enough, in honor of Hawaii, the last state to join the union. The order of issuance from the mint compared to the order the states entered the union.
I was just proud enough to get it and I got the glue and glued it to it, then came to the newspaper office, Abbott said.
| GLUE?!?!?!     
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