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Message:: [QUOTE="swish513, post: 1382098, member: 22068"]just thought i would post something very random about a coin of mine. a coin that i really never gave 2 thoughts to until recently. a coin that is now my favorite coin in my collection. it's my 1851 large cent.[ATTACH]164042.vB[/ATTACH] nothing fancy, just an everyday, worn large cent. well, this coin used to be in my dad's collection. but my dad never bought a coin, EVER, he only roll searched. he used to tell me that to pay more than face for a coin was a waste of money. so i began to wonder how my dad came into possession of this coin. i called him a few days ago and asked him about it. he said, "your great-grandfather owned it, gave it to your grandpa, who gave it to me. now it's yours." COOL!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> a family heirloom, of sorts. then i began to think about it more. how did great-grandpa get the coin? he was born in 1883, well after large cents weren't in circulation. was it my great-great-grandpa's before that? well, he was born in 1856, so it's possible. then i came up with my "romantic hopeful theory." my 3rd-great-grandparents were married in 1853. maybe it was theirs to commemorate the year they met?? i like to think so. thanks for reading. hope you enjoyed my theory, and a little history about an everyday coin.[/QUOTE]