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<p>[QUOTE="Cincimatti, post: 24721063, member: 16004"]I love old Whitman coin folders, probably because I didn't have the money as a kid to experiment with collecting other series than the Lincoln cent. Jefferson nickels, yeah, but... snore zzzzz. Presidents on coins besides Lincoln just don't do it for me!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Exceptions: BU Washington 32-D, 32-S and Kennedy 1964. Clad coins are abysmal! The reverse of the Ike is cool - but that's about it! I wouldn't be surprised to hear the SBA Society took up words with the mint! That was <i>harsh</i>! Such an unflattering effigy!)</p><p><br /></p><p>"Zincolns" are a national embarrassment! I <i>refuse</i> to waste my energy on any Lincoln after 1982! My collection even has that year divided with blank holes for the 4 zinc varieties. Fast forward to 2009, legacy composition uncirculated set. Done!</p><p><br /></p><p>So anyway, I stumbled upon this 20th century folder. <i>Very</i> basic! Get in, get'er done!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581254[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1581255[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Nothin' to see here, right? Wait for it!</p><p><br /></p><p>In honor of my great grandma who was born in 1891 (and who left a huge bunch of folders and purses and boxes and jars full of coins via my grandmother, when they both passed, I thought... hmmm what if? A woman working on this album in 1971 would only be at the dawn of her 80s. It could happen:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1581257[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1581256[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1581258[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1581259[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>(The Morgan is also an 1891.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cincimatti, post: 24721063, member: 16004"]I love old Whitman coin folders, probably because I didn't have the money as a kid to experiment with collecting other series than the Lincoln cent. Jefferson nickels, yeah, but... snore zzzzz. Presidents on coins besides Lincoln just don't do it for me! (Exceptions: BU Washington 32-D, 32-S and Kennedy 1964. Clad coins are abysmal! The reverse of the Ike is cool - but that's about it! I wouldn't be surprised to hear the SBA Society took up words with the mint! That was [I]harsh[/I]! Such an unflattering effigy!) "Zincolns" are a national embarrassment! I [I]refuse[/I] to waste my energy on any Lincoln after 1982! My collection even has that year divided with blank holes for the 4 zinc varieties. Fast forward to 2009, legacy composition uncirculated set. Done! So anyway, I stumbled upon this 20th century folder. [I]Very[/I] basic! Get in, get'er done! [ATTACH=full]1581254[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1581255[/ATTACH] Nothin' to see here, right? Wait for it! In honor of my great grandma who was born in 1891 (and who left a huge bunch of folders and purses and boxes and jars full of coins via my grandmother, when they both passed, I thought... hmmm what if? A woman working on this album in 1971 would only be at the dawn of her 80s. It could happen: [ATTACH=full]1581257[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1581256[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1581258[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1581259[/ATTACH] (The Morgan is also an 1891.)[/QUOTE]
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