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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CircCam, post: 2820627, member: 85675&quot;]I received this 1862 from my father&#039;s collection as a birthday gift and figured I&#039;d share his story.&nbsp; It will be the CN piece for a 7070 I&#039;m working on.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]662171[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My dad grew up in rural Massachusetts in the 50&#039;s and his mother did the accounting at a private school.&nbsp; She brought him home all the change and replaced anything he needed for his albums and he bought/traded for any missing dates.&nbsp; He ended up completing full date sets of IHC&#039;s and Wheat Lincolns.&nbsp; He says he remembers that the albums were 100% full but doesn&#039;t recall if they included S MM&#039;s for the IHC&#039;s, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>What he does remember is trading them both away for a Mossberg 152 when he was fourteen!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]662177[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve heard him lament this decision many times over the years but I can certainly understand why he did.&nbsp; He lived on a farm with 80 acres of land to roam and had his own horse, so I imagine trading the coins for a beautiful rifle to go out patrolling with would have been too much to resist. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, this 1862 was acquired later but it&#039;ll definitely be a great addition to the type collection and reminder of my dad.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.....And I <b>won&#039;t</b> be selling it! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]662183[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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