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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gboulton, post: 1046943, member: 27043&quot;]Thanks, Eagle...but as I mentioned above, I can not take credit for the idea.&nbsp; it&#039;s one of many Ramsey-isms we&#039;ve adopted.&nbsp; *heh*</p><p><br /></p><p>============</p><p><br /></p><p>Along very similar lines, I&#039;d meant to come share this today anyway, and this seems the perfect thread to do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I said earlier that the daughter is learning various lessons with the whole silver eagle exercise.&nbsp; Some numismatics, so lessons around &quot;value vs price&quot; and so on.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t realize QUITE how well she&#039;d learned them...and others apparently...until last night. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hit up a few banks on the way home for some halves.&nbsp; While hunting, one teller said she had &quot;17 silver dollars I&#039;m tired of counting every night.&nbsp; Want them?&quot;&nbsp; I said &quot;Sure!&quot; figuring they were probably random Ikes, but hey...ya never know...and they&#039;ll still spend anyway if they are.&nbsp; Sure enough, that&#039;s exactly what they were.&nbsp; Oh well, no great loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>A little later, picking daughter up from dance, I happened to show her the stack, and said &quot;Hey, you want one of these?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;What are they?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;They&#039;re called Ikes.&nbsp; Eisenhower dollars.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;They&#039;re too big for dollars...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Well, no..remember my peace dollars?&nbsp; They&#039;re that size.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;OH!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>She immediately grabbed the stack, and like ANY good roll hunter...TURNED IT ON ITS SIDE!&nbsp; :too-funny:&nbsp; After a quick 5 second scan, she announced &quot;What a rip.&nbsp; These aren&#039;t made of silver!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve trained her well.&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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