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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 668241, member: 12965&quot;]Howdy peeps,&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Charles Sherwood Stratton (aka: General Tom Thumb) was born on January 4, 1838, and for reasons unknown he stopped growing early in his childhood. At the age of five, he stood only 25 inches tall and weighed 15 pounds.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://history1800s.about.com/od/americanoriginals/a/gentomthumb.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://history1800s.about.com/od/americanoriginals/a/gentomthumb.htm" rel="nofollow">http://history1800s.about.com/od/americanoriginals/a/gentomthumb.htm</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/38/001zpe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/9690/002avu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are some nice die cracks on the obverse, some interesting recutting of the legends on the reverse, and it&#039;s lightly scratched up on both sides but in decent condition (XF) and there are 2 varieties, the US version (this one) and an English version, which I still need.&nbsp; :goofer: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I first saw this for sell from a Ebay seller in Switzerland but the starting bid was more than I was willing to spend but I finally found one I felt was affordable.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Post yours, if you have one.&nbsp; :thumb:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&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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