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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 24561799, member: 10461"]I like FM Bahamian coins. Bahamian coins in general, as I actually spent some as a kid when we were island-hopping in the Bahamas. We lived on a 40-foot trimaran sailboat and would often anchor out on some of the less inhabited islands. When in Nassau or Bimini, Mom would give me one of these "bonefish" 10-cent pieces. It would buy a comic book at the time ('74), as I recall.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody asked me why I bothered to spend the money on slabbing this coin. Aside from the fact that it's a pretty coin and a cool design, it was that sentimental memory above that made me buy one of these and slab it. Never mind that it's a $2-ish coin in a $50-ish slab now.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/f93b42d6375a438fbbad344938f626a2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 24561799, member: 10461"]I like FM Bahamian coins. Bahamian coins in general, as I actually spent some as a kid when we were island-hopping in the Bahamas. We lived on a 40-foot trimaran sailboat and would often anchor out on some of the less inhabited islands. When in Nassau or Bimini, Mom would give me one of these "bonefish" 10-cent pieces. It would buy a comic book at the time ('74), as I recall. Somebody asked me why I bothered to spend the money on slabbing this coin. Aside from the fact that it's a pretty coin and a cool design, it was that sentimental memory above that made me buy one of these and slab it. Never mind that it's a $2-ish coin in a $50-ish slab now. [IMG]https://img.colleconline.com/artefactimg/fce2382df96e4e178fd8741fc4cb7cd0/f93b42d6375a438fbbad344938f626a2.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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