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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 8148417, member: 100459&quot;]I got 3 1988 American Silver Dollar with my coins that he left me.&nbsp; None have a Mint Mark.&nbsp; He put it in one of those plastic coin holders.&nbsp; I just wanted to find out how bad they were when I finally got them.&nbsp; There were 6 all together.&nbsp; My brother got 3 and I got 3.&nbsp; Anyway, I wrapped the coins (with the cases), and put them with my other ASEs.&nbsp; I like to look at them from time to time.&nbsp; My Dad died in 1997 on his 72nd birthday.&nbsp; He was killed when a tractor/trailer broadsided him.&nbsp; It was instantaneous, thankfully.&nbsp; My wife and I were married November 22, 1996 and he died May 20th, 1997.&nbsp; My parents lived in Castroville, California and we were living in Dunn, North Carolina.&nbsp; I had a great life with my parents, especially when we travelled through Germany when I was 8.&nbsp; My Dad joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 at the age of 17, just after Pearl Harbor was bombed, December 7th.&nbsp; I was born in the Navy hospital in Hawaii, December 20th, 1947.&nbsp; I have gobs of pictures of my parents, especially of him in uniform.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to downsize some of his pictures..one was him in the ancient navy uniform.&nbsp; He looks like a baby.&nbsp; He served in submarine duty in South Pacific.&nbsp; He sent my mom coins of places they had stopped.&nbsp; I&#039;ve got them now.&nbsp; I am 74, now and I miss my Pop so much.&nbsp; When I was a kid, I had an allowance of 5 cents a week.&nbsp; I never spent them and I still have them.</p><p>Sorry for the length.&nbsp; You guys and gals are the greatest and I appreciate all of your comments.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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