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<p>[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 1867523, member: 5233"]Here's another coin in my collection that has special meaning to me. This is a 1925 St. Gaudens Double Eagle. Now, to anyone else this is just a regular BU common date double eagle. They are common. But, to me this coin a special meaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was won in a contest in the 1970s by my grandmother. She owned it for around 30 years. Shortly before she passed away in 2006...she gave me the coin. I was the only grandchild that collected coins and she told me that it would mean the most to me. So, she gave it to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>A few years later, I decided to have it graded by PCGS. I wanted it authenticated and protected. It graded MS64...but I will never let it go. It is worth far more to me than it's retail value.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/contest1o.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/contest1o.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/contest1o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/contest1r.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/contest1r.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/contest1r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CamaroDMD, post: 1867523, member: 5233"]Here's another coin in my collection that has special meaning to me. This is a 1925 St. Gaudens Double Eagle. Now, to anyone else this is just a regular BU common date double eagle. They are common. But, to me this coin a special meaning. This coin was won in a contest in the 1970s by my grandmother. She owned it for around 30 years. Shortly before she passed away in 2006...she gave me the coin. I was the only grandchild that collected coins and she told me that it would mean the most to me. So, she gave it to me. A few years later, I decided to have it graded by PCGS. I wanted it authenticated and protected. It graded MS64...but I will never let it go. It is worth far more to me than it's retail value. [center][URL=http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/contest1o.jpg.html][IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/contest1o.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s17.photobucket.com/user/RichieB16/media/contest1r.jpg.html][IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/contest1r.jpg[/IMG][/URL][/center][/QUOTE]
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