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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;woodyhenderson, post: 1504063, member: 33122&quot;]As a boy of 7 years old when going to school lunch cost 25 cents.</p><p>I was given that money every morning to buy lunch.</p><p>Ill never forget some mornings i got 5 nickles and others 2 dimes a nickle and mostly a standing liberty quater.</p><p><br /></p><p>I skip lunch to keep those coins and got a nice collection for my first&nbsp; 2 years in school.</p><p>But in 3rd grade my dad signed me up to work in&nbsp; the lunch room for my meals.</p><p>I still have most of those coins but i have spent or sold the ones haveing no dates.</p><p>I wished i could have gotton them all the way to 10th grade as at that time i was needed at home and dropped out of school never to return.</p><p>Those few coins paved the way&nbsp; for what i have today.</p><p>Seems strange to read someone post that&nbsp; you should&nbsp; never touch the surface&nbsp; of&nbsp; your coins.</p><p>Heck back then&nbsp; we didnt care about how they&nbsp; got handled and dont know if any here have played a game call throwing to the line where if your coin is closer to it you win all the coins used.</p><p>When i see the coins you post here and see words like wear pmd and look at what i saved those years i wonder if your coins lived in the real world i grew&nbsp; up in.</p><p>Mine&nbsp; show&nbsp; macine washed the wear&nbsp; from pocket change clanging togeather and how many times have i seen guys at old stores match for a drink and let the coin hit the floor to show the side it landed on.</p><p>No way your coins have the history these coins could tell but to me they are priceless.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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