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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2821904, member: 10461&quot;]I received this 1827 Bust half for my 11th birthday on December 28, 1976.&nbsp; It was my childhood pride and joy, and is still my &quot;index&quot; or &quot;reference&quot; coin - when I&#039;m in a bookstore and pick up a new coin price guide like the Red Book, I check the listing for the 1827 Square Base 2 Capped Bust Half every time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Carried it to school with me one day around 1977 or &#039;78, and had it out on my desk in the classroom.&nbsp; I was bored, so I &quot;shined it up&quot; with a pencil eraser.</p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3">(Who among us has not done that at least once?&nbsp; But I did it to a then-150-year-old coin.&nbsp; Hey... I was a kid.)</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Forty years later, I do still have it - it is one of only two of my childhood coins that remains.&nbsp; Today it looks OK and has mostly retoned, but it would still never slab with a straight grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>This photo was taken maybe five years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/1827halfUnionSt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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