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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 4401226, member: 15445&quot;]Hello [USER=111931]@john65999[/USER]&nbsp;&nbsp; I guess we live near each other in Connecticut.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106228[/ATTACH] </p><p>This 1863 Peru coin is special in my collection. It is high grade and I always wondered how such a high grade coin survived the trip from Peru to get into my collection in Connecticut. Then I discovered that the coin was actually minted in Waterbury Connecticut by the Scovil Manufacturing Company. That might explain how the coin got to CT in such good shape.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are a couple other items made in Waterbury:</p><p><br /></p><p>Haiti 1905 W.&nbsp; The &quot;W&quot; stands for Waterbury:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106229[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Also,many of the encased postage stamp holders were made in Waterbury:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1106230[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1106231[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I grew up in California &amp; the water meter on the side of my CA house was made in Waterbury CT.&nbsp; I live in the forest south of Waterbury today.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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