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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 5141486, member: 19250&quot;]Well I agree with that statement....what I think we forget is this.....and I remember this from my dear mother.</p><p>Mom worked for 7 Lawyers in her youth....she would travel between Baltimore and Annapolis on a train&nbsp; to the state capital.</p><p>She was paid $7 @ week. This was the 1930&#039;s so that should give you a measure of the value of money.</p><p>Alot of these smashed pennies were a lot of money to the working class.</p><p>The expos were more so for those of means, not the evey day man.</p><p>To be able to attend,and also have the means to obtain even a 1 cent souvenir was big!</p><p>I often use a inflation calculator to bring my wants into reality. As our wants always exceed our needs.</p><p>These smashed coins are a portal to understand a different time.</p><p>When simple items gave us such pleasure, and a smashed coin a lifes treasure.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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