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<p>[QUOTE="charley, post: 5423281, member: 5372"]my mother was not a collector. of anything, really.</p><p>but she had a closet full of very old mason jars that were full of cents. i mean a closet full. a big closet.</p><p>i asked her why she had so many.</p><p><br /></p><p>she said: well, at the time, the war ended, and i wanted to gather 1 cent for every american that died, and i was going to take them to arlington. but doing it became very depressing, and i just put them away.</p><p>when she died, she still had them. they were delivered to arlington on her behalf. she had lived to be 102 and died last nov.</p><p>she never complained about a darn thing except about me.</p><p><br /></p><p>she often said the happiest she had ever been was going to union station on a daily basis welcoming the troops home. she said she also got a lot of dates that way...her irish humor.</p><p><br /></p><p>just another facet of why cents are saved.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="charley, post: 5423281, member: 5372"]my mother was not a collector. of anything, really. but she had a closet full of very old mason jars that were full of cents. i mean a closet full. a big closet. i asked her why she had so many. she said: well, at the time, the war ended, and i wanted to gather 1 cent for every american that died, and i was going to take them to arlington. but doing it became very depressing, and i just put them away. when she died, she still had them. they were delivered to arlington on her behalf. she had lived to be 102 and died last nov. she never complained about a darn thing except about me. she often said the happiest she had ever been was going to union station on a daily basis welcoming the troops home. she said she also got a lot of dates that way...her irish humor. just another facet of why cents are saved.[/QUOTE]
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