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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SPP Ottawa, post: 1962036, member: 39508&quot;]Many years ago, there was one online coin forum in Canada, CCRS... one gentlemen there was a token dealer and offered an interesting 1859 to a good friend of mine (Bill - also known as &#039;Bill in Burl&#039; here). On CCRS, Bill was, of course, using &#039;Bill in Burl&#039; as his online handle, and the token dealer was using &#039;Carpman&#039;...</p><p><br /></p><p>More than once, Bill&#039;s big ol&#039; fingers would mistype &#039;Crapman&#039; on the old CCRS forum... which amused the masses greatly...</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2012, Bill had sent me all his 1859 Canadian large cents for a massive XRF study in my quest to help figure out the 1859 brass cent. I found the coin Bill had bought from Carpman, because it was written in pencil... well, being the mischievous person I am, I soon found an eraser, and replaced the pencil letters appropriately... Bill still has the coin, in the original holder (albeit, corrected)...[ATTACH=full]346437[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>We still laugh about this one over beers at coin shows in Toronto...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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