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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GaryBurke, post: 52790, member: 1874&quot;]To answer a few of the questions some of you folks were kind enough to ask...</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t worry too much about grade.&nbsp; I get more of a kick seeing the holes filled than worrying about high quality.&nbsp; However, I feel, all of the coins are at least nice ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Empty feeling.&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; I put away my first Franklins when I was in high school in the 1950&#039;s.&nbsp; Now, at 62 and counting, I finally finished.&nbsp; Brings back memories and the feeling of the passing of time.&nbsp; Would like to go back to the 50&#039;s and start over again.</p><p><br /></p><p>Money spent.&nbsp; Probably right at $100, thanks in part to generosity of some of the members of this forum.&nbsp; To have bought them all from my coin dealer would have taken the fun out of completing the collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>I could be wrong, but I think the first Franklin likely came from my paper route days.&nbsp; Several others were put away through pocket change.&nbsp; So, it&#039;s fun to try and remember where they came from.&nbsp; Not so fun if I just handed money to the coin dealer and plugged the Franklins into the spaces provided.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope to finish a few more collections before heading to the Great Beyond.&nbsp; We have three children and each will enherit a different type of collection.&nbsp; My oldest son, an attorney, will get the coins, or most of them.&nbsp; He is a collector himself, and I think they will have a wonderful home with him.&nbsp; Then, hiopefully, he will see fit to pass them down to my Grand Children.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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