My wife was born in 1955 and finding circulated Franklins for her was always hard.* But I found this great Unc 1955 for her. I must have compared 20 Uncs to find one with Pass and Stow Philada MDCCLIII. The one I found was a weak on the Bell Lines, mushy in the middle. I passed up a bunch of "Bug Bunny" die clashes in Unc. We are big fans of the National Treasure movies, granted that they have their problems, and that the first was the best by far. My favorite scene is where they are in Carpenters Hall and Gates says, "The last time this was here, it was being signed." That made me cry in the movie theater and I have teared up about 20 times since then. Once, I was on a midnight patrol with another officer, young guy in the police academy and he saw the movie too. When I told him about my favorite scene, I choked up again - and when I looked over, he was swallowing a sob. *I buy 90% for WSTHF. But speaking of numismatics... If you want your wife to soften a bit about your spending so much money at the coin store, just buy her something. My wife is a huge Jane Austen fan. It's pretty easy to bring home something from the UK from the (short) lifetime of Jane Austen and say, "This could have passed through her hands." Just sayin'...
Yes, the "National Treasure" movies give me chills about our history. I bought a raw Proof 1955 off eBay several months ago at a good price cause the pic was blurry. Yes, it was kind of a weak strike, but came back a PF65.
