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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John the Jute, post: 545711, member: 17740&quot;]Hi Ruben,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When Grandfather was in his thirties, he put aside a few gold sovereigns--the ordinary everyday circulation sovereigns of the time--for a rainy day.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Well rainy days came ...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>... for him in the Depression of the early 1930s, and</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>... for his sons in the years after WWII,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>... so only one--a London-struck 1906 sovereign--came down to me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I would grade it as being about VF, so it isn&#039;t the finest sovereign in my collection--heck, it isn&#039;t even the finest 1906 in my collection--but, if I ever have to sell, it will be the last one to go.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Later,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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