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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rushmore, post: 2009293, member: 17011&quot;]For me some special coins would be an 1980 Australia 20 Pence, 1984 Australia one dollar and 1988 Australia two dollar.&nbsp; Back in the 6th grade my language arts teacher had us do this writing project where we would write to other kids our age in Australia in honor of Australia&#039;s 200th anniversary.&nbsp; This was before social media and the internet (1987-88 school year).&nbsp; Several months passed and one class in Ipswich, Queensland Australia responded to our letters.&nbsp; I had four respond to mine.&nbsp; Eventually we were pen pals for a year and one of them sent me those coins as a Christmas present and I of course sent her some.&nbsp; Being 11-12 years old at the time and no allowance to buy coins these three coins were the first ones I ever owned that were not US or Canada.&nbsp; I had some Canadian coins that my dad gave me from a trip we took to Canada in 1985 which actually started my passion for coins and some wheat cents and Bicentennial quarters that I gotten in change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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