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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GaryBurke, post: 28130, member: 1874&quot;]I guess it was the fact I was a history teacher for 35 years...</p><p><br /></p><p>Whenever I find older coins in my pocket, the first thing I look for are birth dates of my family - myself, wife, kids and grandkids.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always think history when I run across an older coin.&nbsp; Over the past few years I have come across, and kept, coins with such dates as 1912 (Titanic), 1927 (Babe&#039;s 60th homer, Lindbergh&#039;s flight), 1945 (atom bomb, end of WWII, FDR&#039;s death), 1963 (JFK assassination).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you were to look through my several hundred loose coins, a majority would probably have a historical connection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe someday I&#039;ll come up with a display which shows the coin as well as something about the historical event(s) which took place the year it was minted.</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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