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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2772274, member: 10461&quot;]I got lucky.&nbsp; The information in this case fell into place in less than half an hour of web searching.&nbsp; I am not an exhaustive researcher or scholar by any means.&nbsp; I just know how to do the right keyword searches sometimes.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the index in my present signature line, you&#039;ll see this was not the only time I&#039;ve gotten lucky and found some interesting and poignant history.&nbsp; Check out the <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pill-poppin-sam-before-the-big-binge-1773-love-token-on-british-king-george-iii-halfpenny.287430/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/pill-poppin-sam-before-the-big-binge-1773-love-token-on-british-king-george-iii-halfpenny.287430/">&quot;Pill-Poppin&#039; Sam&quot;</a> story, among others.&nbsp; Or &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/relic-of-a-short-life-jasper-dilday-love-token-on-ca-1867-1869-shield-nickel.287391/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/relic-of-a-short-life-jasper-dilday-love-token-on-ca-1867-1869-shield-nickel.287391/">Relic of a Short Life</a>&quot; and &quot;<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-war-i-love-token-on-1916-french-franc-from-a-fallen-canadian-soldier-to-his-mother.286034/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/world-war-i-love-token-on-1916-french-franc-from-a-fallen-canadian-soldier-to-his-mother.286034/">Bertha&#039;s Boy</a>&quot;.&nbsp; In those searches, I actually found <i>faces</i> from the past- old <i>photos</i> of the actual people!&nbsp; You wanna talk about &quot;eerily personal&quot;?&nbsp; Try lookin&#039; &#039;em in the eyes!&nbsp; It&#039;s a moving experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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